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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 | USA | Feb. | YTD | % |
1 | Chevrolet Volt | 1.820 | 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 | 12.049 | 22.676 | 100 |
e) Estimate
Source: insideevs.com; Hybridcars.com
