With the Ampera E, Opel has built one of the most advanced electric vehicles. The problem: In Germany, private customers can not buy the car for now.
Monday, 15.05.2017
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With the Ampera E Opel has outperformed manufacturers such as Mercedes, Audi or VW: The Rüsselsheim presented a few months ago, an electric production car, which brings it to a lush range, But potential buyers are now disappointed: The vehicle announced for this year is initially only in very small numbers on the European market. In Germany, of the 2400 Opel dealers only 40 specially trained commission agents receive the Ampera Eas the company explained. There it can be leased by private customers from autumn only, but not completely bought. Opel announced its own reservation system for interested parties. For large customers, a separate contingent is provided.
According to the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung” (FAS) Private individuals willing to buy should presumably wait until the end of 2018 or the beginning of 2019. Opel did not want to comment on this. It is with the parent company General Motors (GM) in negotiations to get a larger number of vehicles for the European market.
The Ampera E is made like its almost identical sister model Chevrolet Bolt in the USA. Since the sales launch in December 2016, almost 5000 Bolt have been sold on the local market.
The number of 2017 available cars for Europe, however, according to Opel is not yet fixed. First, the car will be marketed in Norway, where there is particularly high subsidies and demand for electric cars. Still unclear is the future of the model, if Opel as planned this year sold by GM to the French PSA group becomes.