Thursday, May 5, 2016

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$, is Colorado, with an additional 6.000$.






2 comments:

  1. why are tesla sales (estimates) so low compared to march?

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    1. Two diferente reasons:

      1 - Model S: It's the first month of the quarter, usually the slowest for deliveries, as Tesla allots most production for overseas markets;

      2 - Model X: Quality problems made Tesla increase the number of QC procedures, thus slowing down the rythm of production.

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