The volt was released with much fanfare in October. 2010, and by 2012 GM was selling 2500 a month at just to match manufacturing with sales and still make a profit. In the meantime , Nissan , ford, and Toyota were making significant moves in the battery powered car business. Nissan released the leaf, ford released the electric focus and Toyota offered the plug-in prius and the all- electric RAV4, which claimed to get 103 MPG.