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Chevy Bolt down in Hot Market
The US market is pressing the accelerator this year, with over 12.000 registrations, a new record for February, with YoY sales up 55%, leaving the EV Share at a record heights (0.92%), the US market is headed for a record year, with December surely surpassing the 250.000 units landmark, and 300.000 units in 2017 a possibility at hand.
GM's starchild, the Chevrolet Bolt failed once again to win the Best Seller of the Month award, registering only 952 units, in fact a 200 unit slump regarding the previous month, which poses the question: Is it still production/logistic issues or is demand simply not there? Mmmm...
Another model that could face the same question would be the Prius Prime, Second Placed last month with 1.362 units. Only in this case i believe its more a allocation problem than anything else, as Toyota landed its plug-in car last month in its home market and is on its way to arrive in markets across Europe. With the regular Prius sales down 25% YoY, they'd better push the Prime into dealerships, in order to stop the eco nameplate sales bleeding.
Possibly related to the Chevy Bolt and Prius HEV underperformances, the surefooted Chevrolet Volt registered 1.820 units last month, a new all-time best for a single model in February, cementing once more its leadership. Not bad for a car that was supposed to be this years Sideshow Bob, eh?
GM's starchild, the Chevrolet Bolt failed once again to win the Best Seller of the Month award, registering only 952 units, in fact a 200 unit slump regarding the previous month, which poses the question: Is it still production/logistic issues or is demand simply not there? Mmmm...
Another model that could face the same question would be the Prius Prime, Second Placed last month with 1.362 units. Only in this case i believe its more a allocation problem than anything else, as Toyota landed its plug-in car last month in its home market and is on its way to arrive in markets across Europe. With the regular Prius sales down 25% YoY, they'd better push the Prime into dealerships, in order to stop the eco nameplate sales bleeding.
Possibly related to the Chevy Bolt and Prius HEV underperformances, the surefooted Chevrolet Volt registered 1.820 units last month, a new all-time best for a single model in February, cementing once more its leadership. Not bad for a car that was supposed to be this years Sideshow Bob, eh?
Looking below in the YTD ranking, we see the Tesla Model S surpassing the Chevrolet Bolt, thus becoming the Best Selling BEV in the ranking, with 2.650 units, the Ford C-Max (639 units, up 30%) cementing its #8 spot, possibly at the cost of its HEV sibling, which was down 23%, to just 676 units. HEV/PHEV parity is in sight for Ford's MPV, who would have thought a couple of years ago?
Speaking of Ford, its Focus Electric (Hey, remember me?) pure electric model had its second best month ever (228 units), allowing it to jump to #16. Is this an indication that the improved, CCS-capable version, will be able to sit in the first half of the ranking?
Looking elsewhere, the VW e-Golf surpassed the Fiat 500e and is now #11, while the Mercedes C350e slumped to just 51 deliveries, dropping to #19.
Speaking of Ford, its Focus Electric (Hey, remember me?) pure electric model had its second best month ever (228 units), allowing it to jump to #16. Is this an indication that the improved, CCS-capable version, will be able to sit in the first half of the ranking?
Looking elsewhere, the VW e-Golf surpassed the Fiat 500e and is now #11, while the Mercedes C350e slumped to just 51 deliveries, dropping to #19.
In the manufacturers ranking, Chevrolet (24%, down 2%) is determined to win the manufacturers title in 2017, now being followed by Tesla (19%, up 4%) and Ford (14%).
In February, 142 FCEV's were registered, with the Toyota Mirai leading (110 units), followed by the Honda Clarity (27) and the runnout mode Hyundai Tucson FCEV (5 units), that placed the share at 0.01%.
In February, 142 FCEV's were registered, with the Toyota Mirai leading (110 units), followed by the Honda Clarity (27) and the runnout mode Hyundai Tucson FCEV (5 units), that placed the share at 0.01%.
Pl
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USA
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Feb.
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YTD
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%
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1
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Chevrolet Volt
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1.820
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3.431
|
15
|
2
|
Toyota Prius Prime
|
1.362
|
2.728
|
12
|
3
|
Tesla Model S e)
|
1.750
|
2.650
|
12
|
4
|
Chevrolet Bolt
|
952
|
2.114
|
9
|
5
|
Nissan Leaf
|
1.037
|
1.809
|
8
|
6
|
Tesla Model X e)
|
800
|
1.550
|
7
|
7
|
Ford Fusion Energi
|
837
|
1.443
|
6
|
8
|
Ford C-Max Energi
|
639
|
1.112
|
5
|
9
|
Audi A3 e-Tron
|
400
|
787
|
3
|
10
|
BMW i3
|
318
|
700
|
3
|
11
|
Volkswagen e-Golf
|
293
|
625
|
3
|
12
13
14
15
|
Fiat 500e
BMW X5 PHEV
Hyundai Sonata PHEVPorsche Cayenne PHEV |
240
275
175
121
|
585
537
365
298
|
3
2
2
1
|
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26 27 28 29 30 30 32 |
Ford Focus Electric
BMW 330e Kia Soul EV Mercedes C350e Volvo XC90 PHEV Kia Optima PHEV
Mercedes GLE550e
Mercedes B250e
BMW i8
Mercedes S500e
BMW 740e
Smart Fortwo ED Chrysler Pacifica PHEV Chevrolet Spark EV
Cadillac ELR
Por. Panamera PHEV Mitsubishi I-Miev |
228
144
152
51
83
85
59
56
58
51
35
22 4 1 1 |
284
273
269
261
179
125
111
109
108
106
53
37 12 8 3 3 1 |
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
TOTAL
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12.049
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22.676
|
100
|
e) Estimate
Source: insideevs.com; Hybridcars.com
I wish the Bolt were doing better. It's really a nice piece of work.
ReplyDeleteYes, i think so too, but maybe the Bolt will be a better fit to overseas markets, like Europe of Asia.
DeleteThe question still in the air is: "Is GM really interested in selling it in large volumes outside North America?"
And now, with the announcement of Opel being bought by PSA, I wonder what will be the faith of the Ampera-e...
DeleteWhat is the EV share if you only look at califonia?
ReplyDelete