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Two of these are retiring this year, but the Third still has to soldier on a bit more...


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Some 11.500 plug-ins were sold in the US last month, which is the best result of the year, but still some 6% below the same month last year, taking credit for those who say that the US will be flat until the arrival of the 2nd Gen Volt and Tesla Model X.

If in the previous months of the year we had some great numbers from the random Second Tier Player (Spark EV, 500e...), in May six of the Top 7 models were known veterans, all three years old or more, with five of them (Model S, Leaf, Volt, Prius Plug-In, Fusion Energi) scoring year best results, the veteran that benefitted the most was the Chevy Volt, with the First Gen retiring this May and leaving to Florida, the american car recovered a bit of its mojo and climbed two positions to #3, reaching a podium seat for the first (And last?) time this year.

The Tesla Model S continues in the leadership, in no small part thanks to the 70D arrival, with the Nissan Leaf not that far away, while a bit lower in the table, the Ford Fusion Energi surpassed its C-Max brother and reached #5.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, there is an interesting fight, with Tesla running ahead (19%), but being tailed by the #2 Ford and #3 Nissan, both with 18% share and only 500 units away from the leadership.

PlUSAMayYTD%
1Tesla Model S e)2.2508.08619
2Nissan Leaf2.1047.74218
3Chevrolet Volt1.6184.39710
4BMW i38183.9059
5Ford Fusion Energi9863.5638
6Ford C-Max Energi7153.5608
7Fiat 500e 4202.6836
8Toyota Prius Plug-In7272.4266
9Chevrolet Spark EV2831.5594
10Volkswagen e-Golf4101.2253
11Mercedes B-Class ED2789302
12
13
14
15
Ford Focus Electric
BMW i8
Smart Fortwo ED
Cadillac ELR
165
117
102
116
659
596
552
531
2
1
1
1
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In
Kia Soul EV
P. Panamera Plug-In
Porsche 918
Honda Accord Plug-In
Mitsubishi I-Miev
Toyota RAV4 EV
Honda Fit EV
105
108
21
4
5
18
3

454
361
196
90
55
49
16
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0

TOTAL11.37043.636100

e) Estimate


Source: insideevs.com
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