USA August 2013

After almost three years on the road, these two continue to beat sales records

Record Sales Galore - US Edition

It's party time in the daddy of EV markets, the USA accounts for over half of plug-in car sales in the world and this month it has hit a new record, the new sales highmark now stands at 11.078 units, an improvement of 29% (!) over the previous record set back in December 2012, enabling the EV Share to climb to 0,55%.

Instead of a unusual event from a specific model, this was a month where almost everybody contributed, with six models reaching personal best scores:

Volt August Sales - 3.351* (Previous record: 2.961 in October '12);

Leaf August Sales - 2.420 (Previous record: 2.236 March '13);

Fusion Energi August Sales - 600 (Previous record: 416 May '13);

RAV4 EV August Sales - 231 (Previous record: 133 March '13);

Fortwo ED August Sales - 182 (Previous record: 60 May '13);

500e August Sales - 160 (Previous record: 150 July '13).

* - All time sales record

And another two achieved year best scores:

Prius Plug-In August Sales - 1.791 (Sales record: 1.889 October '12);

C-Max Energi August Sales - 621 (Sales record: 1.259 November '12).

So, time to bring the champagne and commemorate the event, but some have more reasons to celebrate than others, because GM's poster child, the Chevy Volt, recovered the #1, both in the YTD and in the Monthly ranking, and the Smart Fortwo ED (#11) and Fiat 500e (#12) climbed one position in exchange of the Honda Accord Plug-In, which dropped to #13.

Pl	USA	August	YTD	%
1	Chevrolet Volt	3.351	14.994	25
2	Nissan Leaf	2.420	14.123	24
3	Tesla Model S	1.300	12.050	20
4	Toyota Prius Plug-In	1.791	6.822	12
5	Ford C-Max Energi	621	3.536	6
6	Ford Fusion Energi	600	2.592	4
7	Ford Focus Electric	175	1.225	2
8	Mitsubishi I-Miev	30	958	2
9	Toyota RAV4 EV	231	750	1
10	Honda Fit EV	66	420	1
11	Smart Fortwo ED	182	355	1
12 13 14	Fiat 500e Honda Accord Plug-In Chevrolet Spark EV	160 44 102	310 298 232	1 1 0
15 16	Fisker Karma Scion iQ EV	5	107 30	0 0
	TOTAL	11.078	58.802	100

Source: insideevs.com

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Norway August 2013

One of those "Only in Norway" kind of pictures, with all kind of early EV's, as well as 2 Leaf's and some I-Miev's

Record Sales - Norwegian Edition

After a weak July, August sales came to the rescue and with 680 units sold, the Norwegian EV market headed to a new record high, reaching 6% share this month and jumping the YTD EV share to 3,73%.

The unusual fact is that more than 90% of this sales flood came from just two models, one was the sales champion Nissan Leaf, that sold 448 units, just 7 behind its April record, allowing it a great #4 spot in the global ranking, and the second was the Tesla Model S with 185 units, this first real sales month enabled it to jump to third in the YTD sales chart, with the second place already in its sights. 

Finally, the Prius Plug-In, best PHEV in the ranking, is just #4 with 3% share, small numbers if we compare them with the success PHEV's have in other scandinavian countries.

Pl	Norway	August	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	448	2.690	77	1
2	Mitsubishi I-Miev e)	15	222	6	2
3	Tesla Model S	185	192	5	N/A
4	Toyota Prius Plug-In e)	15	120	3	5
5	Volvo V60 Plug-In e)	5	73	2	N/A
6	Renault Kangoo ZE	2	65	2	8
7	Opel Ampera	5	37	1	6
8	Renault Twizy e)	5	33	1	N/A
9	Peugeot iOn		26	1	4
10	Citröen C-Zero		16	0	3
11	Smart Fortwo ED		5	0	N/A
12 12 12	Buddy EV Think City Mia Electric		4 4 4	0 0 0	9 10 11
15 16	Tesla Roadster Fisker Karma		2 1	0 0	7 12
	TOTAL	680	3.494	100

e) Estimate

Source: ofvas.no

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