Monday, November 7, 2016

USA October 2016

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As if the P90D wasn't fast enough...


Time to Breathe Edition

With over 10.000 registrations, the first time October ended in the five digit area, the upward sales trend continues, with YoY sales up 9%, leaving the YTD EV Share slightly down to 0.82%, the US market is headed for a record year, with December probably surpassing the 20.000 units landmark, as by that time the presumable hot sellers Chevrolet Bolt and Toyota Prius Prime will land.

With Tesla taking the usual time to breathe after the last month of the quarter stampede, this time aggravated by the new Autonomous Drive hardware addition, the Best Seller of the Month trophy went to the surefooted Chevrolet Volt, which won its fourth Best Seller title this year (Basically, whenever the Model S takes the time to relax, the Volt jumps in to replace it). 

The Volt is something of a Regularity Champ, scoring between 1.800 to 2.200 units seven times out of the last eight months, GM is probably happy with it as it is, but the question for the future will be how the Volt and Bolt will coexist. 

Looking below, we see some changes, with the Ford Fusion recovering momentarily the Third Spot, while two Mercedes deserve a mention, the 250e scored its best result in seven months, with 58 units, climbing to #20, tied with the dying Cadillac ELR, but the surprise of the month belonged to its S550e larger brother, registering a record 174 units and jumping to #22, while at the same time surpassing its direct competitor, the Porsche Panamera PHEV.

In the manufacturers ranking, Tesla (28%, down 2%) is comfortable in the leadership, while Chevrolet (18%) decreased slightly its advantage over the Third Placed Ford (17%, up 1%).

In October, 103 Toyota Mirai's were registered, that placed the monthly and YTD share at 0.01%, with the Toyota product trailing the Hyundai FCEV model by 813 to 39 units.

Pl
USA
Oct.
YTD
%
1
Tesla Model S e)
865
20.917
18
2
Chevrolet Volt
2.191
18.517
16
3
Ford Fusion Energi
1.372
13.022
11
4
Tesla Model X e)
665
12.931
11
5
Nissan Leaf
1.412
10.650
9
6
BMW i3
442
6.205
5
7
Ford C-Max Energi
571
5.947
5
8
BMW X5 40e
406
4.990
4
9
Fiat 500e
345
3.790
3
10
Audi A3 e-Tron
348
3.297
3
11
Volkswagen e-Golf
407
3.189
3
12
13
14
15
Chevrolet Spark EV
Hyundai Sonata PHEV
Por. Cayenne PHEV
Volvo XC90 T8
260
255
138
142
2.979
2.485
1.780
1.650
3
2
1
1
16
17
18
19
20
20
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
Kia Soul EV
BMW i8
Ford Focus Electric
Smart Fortwo ED
Cadillac ELR
Mercedes B250e
Mercedes S550e
BMW 330e
Por. Panamera PHEV
Bolloré Blue Car
Mercedes GLE550e
Mitsubishi I-Miev
Toyota Prius Plug-In
Porsche 918
190
199
73
43
3
58
174
92
38

19
4


1.352
1.288
734
570
526
526
427
415
302
160
118
86
52
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
TOTAL
10.712
118.906
100

 e) Estimate


Source: insideevs.com; Hybridcars.com

4 comments:

  1. Thanks for a great work you do with this website, have been following it for several years. One thing I notice in this article and that I have seen before is that you have different size (and fonts?) wish makes it harder to read. I don't see it in my phone but I see it on my computer.

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    1. Sorry, i don't see it on my computer.

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    2. I have it on my Android phone as well. I think those in blue are true EVs, with black being PHEVs. However, amongst PHEVs some ar larger font eg BMW i8 and Ford C-Max are written about twice the size of the other PHEVs.

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