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With the help of increased production, Tesla is gunning for higher places

Better Luck Next Time Edition

10.551 plug-ins were sold in the US last month, which a bit far from the 12.000 needed to beat the current sales record, but Chevrolet and especially Toyota had bad performances last month, with the japanese maker selling 800 Prii less than the same month last year, making this the worst sales month (353 units) for the Plug-In Prius since 2012. Nevertheless, the EV Share continues to progress, now standing at 0,70%

Ford also under-performed, mostly due to the Fusion Energi selling just 640 units, its worst month since January.

PlModelSales  
1
Nissan Leaf
2.881
2Tesla Model S e)2.500
3Chevrolet Volt1.394
4BMW i31.022
5Ford C-Max Energi677

But not everything was bad news, as predicted, Tesla sales climbed to unheard heights, selling some 2.500 units, recovering with it the #4 that it had lost to the Fusion Energi, and if the Prius continues to sell below average, we might even see the Model S resing to #3 soon.

There were just a few changes in the YTD ranking, the runnout mode Toyota RAV4 EV climbed one position to #11 at the expense of the Chevy Spark EV, while the bottom of the ranking the surprisingly slow-selling Merc B-Class ED switched positions with the Mitsu I-Miev, climbing to #17, and the BMW i8, in its first full sales month, sold 58 units, which was more than the Porsche 918 (Naturally), I-Miev (Stock issues), Fit EV (Runnout mode), Accord Plug-In (Who?) and even the Spark EV (Whaaat?). 

If in next months the i8 beats the Panamera Plug-In, we might have found a new six-figure-priced champion... 

PlUSASeptYTD%
1Nissan Leaf2.88121.82225
2Chevrolet Volt1.39414.54017
3Toyota Prius Plug-In35311.84214
4Tesla Model S e)2.50011.00013
5Ford Fusion Energi6409.32311
6Ford C-Max Energi6776.4867
7BMW i31.0223.1044
8Smart Fortwo ED1821.7802
9Ford Focus Electric1761.5342
10Fiat 500e1371.4382
11Toyota RAV4 EV1259671
12
13
14
15
Chevrolet Spark EV
Cadillac ELR
Porsche Panamera PHEV
Honda Fit EV
51
111
82
27
895
885
694
345
1
1
1
0
16
17
18
19
20
Honda Accord Plug-In
Mercedes B-Class ED
Mitsubishi I-Miev
BMW i8
Porsche 918
42
65
15
58
13
309
157
149
67
32
0
0
0
0
0

TOTAL10.55187.369100




Source: insideevs.com; Good Car Bad Car
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