USA April 2016

#1 is closer...

Tesla Home Run(s) Edition

For the first time ever, April sales reached five digits, with over 10.500 units registered, numbers were up 10% YoY, with YTD numbers 16% higher than last year, it looks that the US EV market is firmly on the recovery path, with the EV share increasing 0.01% regarding March (0.68%).

The Chevrolet Volt was the Best Seller of the month, delivering 1.983 units, doubling YoY sales and closing in to the leader Model S, this month in chill mode after the busy March. 

Good performance also for the Ford Fusion Energi, registering a surprising 1.331 units, its best performance in almost two years, surpassing the Nissan Leaf in the race for the Third Place.

Chevrolet also had good news from the Spark EV, with 419 registrations, its best performance in a year, while BMW also had something to celebrate: All their models had year best performances, with the X5 PHEV beating its own personal record.

In the manufacturers ranking, Tesla (26%, down 5%) leads, while Chevrolet (18%, up 1%) is managing to keep Ford (17%, up 1%) at bay.

Pl	USA	April	YTD	%
1	Tesla Model S e)	750	6.755	18
2	Chevrolet Volt	1.983	5.970	16
3	Ford Fusion Energi	1.331	4.082	11
4	Nissan Leaf	787	3.718	10
5	Tesla Model X e)	850	3.250	9
6	Ford C-Max Energi	607	2.057	5
7	BMW i3	814	1.576	4
8	BMW X5 40e PHEV	655	1.494	4
9	Fiat 500e	395	1.235	3
10	Audi A3 e-Tron	326	1.233	3
11	Chevrolet Spark EV	419	1.026	3
12 13 14 15	Volkswagen e-Golf Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV	326 250 237 150	938 900 799 730	2 2 2 2
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26	Kia Soul EV Cadillac ELR Ford Focus Electric BMW i8 Smart Fortwo ED Mercedes B250e Por. Panamera Plug-In Mercedes S550e BMW 330e Toyota Prius Plug-In Mitsubishi I-Miev	139 95 81 130 66 56 25 29 25 4 6	359 357 338 305 238 217 108 79 44 27 14	1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
	TOTAL	10.536	37.849	100

 e) Estimate

Source: insideevs.com; Good Car Bad Car

Tesla Model S vs The Others

Pl	Model	YTD 2016
1	Mercedes E & CLS-Class	14.467
2	BMW 5-Series	14.164
3	Tesla Model S	6.755
4	Cadillac CTS	5.308
5 6	Lexus GS Audi A6	4.990 4.977

  

The Model S is Third, behind the Mercedes E/CLS-Class and BMW 5-Series sales champs, while the rest of the competition is behind the Californian.

An interesting stat is that the Model S is the only model in the ranking with YoY growth (+16%), while every other model here are having a two digit sales dive...

Tesla Model X vs The Others

Pl	Model	YTD 2016
1	Mercedes GLE-Class	16.668
2	Cadillac SRX	15.818
3	BMW X5	13.814
4	Volvo XC90	10.586
	Tesla Model X	3.250

The Model X has a much tougher cookie to deal with than its older brother, not only the number of competitors is higher, but the numbers are growing every passing month, so it will be a lot more difficult to reach the front positions.



As final treat for this months edition, here is a link for an interesting article in Jane Ferguson's website, where she makes a comprehensive study on the overall cost of a Nissan Leaf, compared to a regular gas car, in the several US states, with some interesting facts. like: The state with most incentives, besides the federal 7.500$, is Colorado, with an additional 6.000$.