USA September 2014

With the help of increased production, Tesla is gunning for higher places

Better Luck Next Time Edition

10.551 plug-ins were sold in the US last month, which a bit far from the 12.000 needed to beat the current sales record, but Chevrolet and especially Toyota had bad performances last month, with the japanese maker selling 800 Prii less than the same month last year, making this the worst sales month (353 units) for the Plug-In Prius since 2012. Nevertheless, the EV Share continues to progress, now standing at 0,70%

Ford also under-performed, mostly due to the Fusion Energi selling just 640 units, its worst month since January.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Nissan Leaf	2.881
2	Tesla Model S e)	2.500
3	Chevrolet Volt	1.394
4	BMW i3	1.022
5	Ford C-Max Energi	677

But not everything was bad news, as predicted, Tesla sales climbed to unheard heights, selling some 2.500 units, recovering with it the #4 that it had lost to the Fusion Energi, and if the Prius continues to sell below average, we might even see the Model S resing to #3 soon.

There were just a few changes in the YTD ranking, the runnout mode Toyota RAV4 EV climbed one position to #11 at the expense of the Chevy Spark EV, while the bottom of the ranking the surprisingly slow-selling Merc B-Class ED switched positions with the Mitsu I-Miev, climbing to #17, and the BMW i8, in its first full sales month, sold 58 units, which was more than the Porsche 918 (Naturally), I-Miev (Stock issues), Fit EV (Runnout mode), Accord Plug-In (Who?) and even the Spark EV (Whaaat?). 

If in next months the i8 beats the Panamera Plug-In, we might have found a new six-figure-priced champion... 

Pl	USA	Sept	YTD	%
1	Nissan Leaf	2.881	21.822	25
2	Chevrolet Volt	1.394	14.540	17
3	Toyota Prius Plug-In	353	11.842	14
4	Tesla Model S e)	2.500	11.000	13
5	Ford Fusion Energi	640	9.323	11
6	Ford C-Max Energi	677	6.486	7
7	BMW i3	1.022	3.104	4
8	Smart Fortwo ED	182	1.780	2
9	Ford Focus Electric	176	1.534	2
10	Fiat 500e	137	1.438	2
11	Toyota RAV4 EV	125	967	1
12 13 14 15	Chevrolet Spark EV Cadillac ELR Porsche Panamera PHEV Honda Fit EV	51 111 82 27	895 885 694 345	1 1 1 0
16 17 18 19 20	Honda Accord Plug-In Mercedes B-Class ED Mitsubishi I-Miev BMW i8 Porsche 918	42 65 15 58 13	309 157 149 67 32	0 0 0 0 0
	TOTAL	10.551	87.369	100

Source: insideevs.com; Good Car Bad Car