USA April 2014

There was a time when they fought for the leadership, now the Volt is just happy for being in #2... 

Rock Steady Edition

8.605 units were sold last month in the US EV market, a steady 20% increase over the same month last year, putting the EV Share at 0,60%.

Looking at the models ranking, we see the Leaf winning the top spot for the sixth consecutive month (2.088 units), followed by a surprisingly strong Prius Plug-In (1.741 units, best result since last October) and Volt (1.548 units, best result in '14). All this led for the Tesla Model S to drop two positions to #4 in the YTD chart for benefit of the two above (Chevy in #2 and Toyota in #3).

The Ford Energi cousins are still comfortably cruising between the Top 4 and the rest of the pack, while behind them we see the Smart Fortwo ED (203 units, Personal Best Result) pass the Focus Electric and reach #7.

Another model to rise in the chart was the cheeky FIAT 500e, now in #9.

Looking at the brands ranking, Nissan is clearly on top with 24% share, while the race for #2 is close between Ford (#2, with 5.634 units and 18% share), Chevrolet (#3, 5.523 units and 18%) and Toyota (#4, 5.323 units and 17% share).  

Pl	USA	April	YTD	%
1	Nissan Leaf	2.088	7.272	24
2	Chevrolet Volt	1.548	5.154	17
3	Toyota Prius Plug-In	1.741	5.037	16
4	Tesla Model S e)	1.100	4.900	16
5	Ford Fusion Energi	743	2.954	10
6	Ford C-Max Energi	525	2.158	7
7	Smart Fortwo ED	203	608	2
8	Ford Focus Electric	116	522	2
9	Fiat 500e	152	448	1
10	Chevrolet Spark EV	97	369	1
11	Porsche Panamera PHEV	63	317	1
12 13 14	Toyota RAV4 EV Cadillac ELR Honda Fit EV	69 61 50	306 241 150	1 1 0
15 16	Honda Accord Plug-In Mitsubishi I-Miev	37 12	106 40	0 0
	TOTAL	8.605	30.582	100

Source: insideevs.com