USA July 2013 (Updated)

The funky 500e landed just in time for the summer

Just the Two of Us Edition

With Tesla focused on the Model S landing in Europe, both the Leaf and the Volt were back to their natural top spots, this time with advantage for the japanese car. It will surely be an interesting fight until the end of the year between these two.

On an off month for the US EV market, with 6.744 units sold, staying below the 7.000 units threshold for the first time since February, some models deserve mention, the Prius Plug-In reached #3 in the monthly ranking, it's best ranking since February, the Chevrolet Spark EV reached 103 units in its second sales month and the Fiat 500e landed with a bang, selling 150 units, reaching #7 in the monthly ranking and it's already ahead YTD of its main competitor, the Spark EV. Not bad for a debut month...

For a brand that's reluctant in investing in EV's, Fiat has quite a success in its hands, making one wonder why aren't they more enthusiastic about it, after all, having a cute, fun-to-drive, reasonable priced city car is something that their competitors could only dream about, and yet they hesitate...But i digress.

In July, the subcompact EV king was the 500e, but the Spark EV is just waiting around the corner to take the crown away from the Italian rival. 

Pl	USA	July	YTD	%
1	Nissan Leaf	1.864	11.703	25
2	Chevrolet Volt	1.788	11.643	25
3	Tesla Model S	700	10.500	22
4	Toyota Prius Plug-In	817	5.031	11
5	Ford C-Max Energi	433	2.915	6
6	Ford Fusion Energi	407	1.992	4
7	Ford Focus Electric	150	1.050	2
8	Mitsubishi I-Miev	46	928	2
9	Toyota RAV4 EV	109	519	1
10	Honda Fit EV	63	354	1
11	Honda Accord Plug-In	54	254	1
12 13 14	Smart Fortwo ED Fiat 500e Chevrolet Spark EV	58 150 103	173 150 130	0 0 0
15 16	Fisker Karma Scion iQ EV	2	102 30	0 0
	TOTAL	6.744	47.474	100

Source: insideevs.com