Once again, Jeff Cobb's excellent data: July 2016 Dashboard Model 07/15/16 06/15/16 05/15/16 04/15/16 1 Prius Liftback 9930 8531 9389 8923 2 RAV4 4692 3751 4185 3807 3 Ram Pickup Diesel* 4310 4437 4493 4382 4 Transit Diesel* 3967 5053 5 Fusion Hybrid 3519 2542 1716 2035 6 Volt 2406 1937 1901 1983 7 Model S* 2400 2800 1500 1700 8 Camry Hybrid 2214 1649 2055 1975 9 Model X* 1500 2000 2000 1500 10 i3* 1479 608 696 814 11 Prius c 1402 1355 1909 1676 12 Prius v lowercase v 1358 1130 1215 1322 13 Fusion Energi 1341 1700 1453 1331 14 Sonata 1301 1242 2513 1788 15 C-Max Hybrid 1112 1486 1327 1621 16 Leaf 1063 1096 979 787 17 CT200h 849 785 797 577 18 Optima Hybrid 768 483 570 483 19 C-Max Energi 755 630 538 607 20 Avalon Hybrid 707 619 660 715 21 ES Hybrid 705 646 735 700 22 RX 400 / 450 h 684 684 719 899 23 MKZ 681 766 805 613 24 Colorado Diesel 679 789 593 731 25 X5 649 583 500 655 26 Accord Hybrid 565 31 15 29 27 Highlander Hybrid 524 528 473 442 28 Malibu Hybrid 416 371 246 1 29 Sonata Plug In* 350 200 250 250 30 A3 Plug In 349 353 361 321 31 Canyon Diesel 347 335 294 271 32 e-Golf 344 248 269 326 33 Grand Cherokee Diesel 334 336 377 360 34 Spark 333 359 394 419 35 500e* 274 278 388 372 36 CR-Z 272 235 234 253 37 Range Rover Sport 263 231 213 236 38 Range Rover 241 175 145 120 39 NX Hybrid 228 183 229 222 40 XV Crosstrek Hybrid 193 214 303 303 41 Soul EV 179 134 120 139 42 XC90 Plug In 178 166 110 150 43 i8 166 169 146 130 44 3-Series Diesel 153 136 332 151 45 Cayenne S E-Hybrid 148 176 191 237 46 X5 Diesel 146 257 291 250 47 Q50 Hybrid 112 94 95 147 48 GLE-Class Diesel 99 149 102 135 49 Jetta Hybrid 87 44 47 46 50 5-Series Diesel 85 61 97 85 51 QX60 Hybrid 74 88 85 66 52 X3 Diesel 73 61 45 95 53 GL-Class Diesel 65 57 137 90 54 forTwo EV 62 53 75 66 55 Civic Hybrid 60 62 83 92 56 Focus EV 58 54 54 81 57 Lacrosse Hybrid 55 60 42 115 58 Pathfinder Hybrid 55 57 60 56 59 B-Class Electric 50 44 49 56 60 E-Class Diesel 49 35 52 307 61 Mirai 41 41 41 41 62 S550 Plug In 32 27 27 29 63 Promaster Van Diesel 31 21 29 29 64 3-Series Plug in 25 25 25 25 65 Panamera S E-Hybrid 21 22 26 25 66 i 20 4 2 6 67 ELR 15 94 45 95 68 GS 450h 12 3 7 16 69 RLX Hybrid 11 18 19 70 Q70 Hybrid 10 10 10 11 71 Insight 5 9 9 9 72 Cruze Diesel 4 32 11 57 73 Prius Plug In 4 11 4 4 74 Tucson 4 4 4 4 75 ActiveHybrid 5 (535ih) 3 8 2 76 E400H 2 4 77 Regal Hybrid 2 4 7 14 78 LS 600h 2 1 2 5 79 Q5 Hybrid 1 2 2 2 80 GLK Class Diesel 1 1 81 Impala Hybrid 10 2 3 82 ILX Hybrid 1 1 Fusion hybrid - who woke them up? Any ideas? Bob Wilson
Ford and GM have been having decent incentives on their cars this year to counter the extra trucks they are selling for CAFE. What is * denoting? Impala hybrid?
autoblog article says that more than 40% of fusion hybrid and energy sale are in L.A.,i wonder if that is true for everyone?
I just copy what Jeff posts and shuffle into a spreadsheet. I know the Tesla has to do with estimated sales and i3 with the mix of BEV and REX. Check the source for the others. Good Luck Bob Wilson
Thanks Bob! Rav4 and Gen4 are not so bad at all, c and v are weak. In a week or two I can post % sold in California for Jan-Jun for hybrids and plug-ins. Fusion hybrid gain inexplicable to me except I think probably low prices and low leases. Also maybe re: Energi low cost leases. I am at a loss to explain decent PHEV sales without CA HOV pushing sales, I hate to admit actual demand. But I think we were expecting more green HOV stickers, so for a little while longer I can explain it. CA green HOV stickers, what is the latest news?
The * just means estimate by the source. I'm still surprised I never heard of the Impala with eAssist until now; over a year after it was cancelled.
Found this in another forum: Perhaps some of our EV/Plug-in advocates might add this in the future as a subset? Bob Wilson ps. I will see if there is someway to code the Jeff Cobb table to identify vehicle types. Perhaps a new first column with a 'filter' selectable type.
One of the reasons I do this summary is to deal with incomplete articles like: Toyota Lags Behind VW in Global Sales as Prius Stumbles in U.S. - Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp. lagged behind Volkswagen AG by global deliveries in the first half of the year, as demand for the newly redesigned Prius hybrid slumped in a U.S. market dominated by trucks and sport utility vehicles. . . . The implication is the Prius is responsible for Toyota's 'global deliveries.' Of course they could not mention sales numbers of the 2016 Prius which will good haven't been the failures seen in other releases. What is worse, the 'lying by omission' authors didn't notice the RAV-4 hybrid sales that have done very well. It is like describing the Grand Canyon of sales and ending it by saying,"oh a squirrel." So just to look over the January-to-June sales for the Prius and two SUV-style hybrids: Model 06/15/16 05/15/16 04/15/16 03/15/16 02/15/16 01/16/16 1 Prius Liftback 8531 9389 8923 8130 7169 6333 2 RAV4 3751 4185 3807 3073 2462 1973 3 Highlander Hybrid 528 473 442 492 396 375 Last year was last year and though good, the 2016 Prius sales are nothing to dismiss and certainly not the reason for a world-wide sales dip. Bob Wilson
Insideevs is confused also. July 2016 Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Report Card I did get an email telling me to take a test drive, and a really low lease payment (but IIRC $4000 down payment). I deleted it, otherwise I would post.
Incentives is the best guess. An i3 will go a long way in balancing out BMW's sportier models for CAFE.
I'm not sure if its additional incentives or bmw just getting the word out with an email campaign. I looked up the terms 2016 BMW i Series - leasing Offers - BMW North America 36 month lease $239/mo with $4163 due at signing which includes the first months lease payment. That sounds to be about the advertisement they emailed me. The bmw 330e is $319/month with $4244 due at signing that includes first months lease.
Also, Fusion sales may be incentives too - on another site I'm on, someone mentioned getting something ludicrous like $8k off a 2016 Fusion Hybrid.
Both GM and Ford have been running some substantial incentives on their actual cars this year to keep them in balance with the increased truck sales.
Jeff Cobb is one of the most insightful reviewers of the market we are interested: These Plug-in Cars Are Selling Well Compared to Regular Hybrids Although media reports periodically focus on relatively low sales for plug-in electrified vehicles (PEVs), a few standout models are selling in numbers respectable even next to much-better established non-plug-in hybrids. The regular, non-plug-in hybrid market has had 16 years in the U.S. to get underway and today the two top sellers – the Toyota Prius and new RAV4 Hybrid – have sold from January through July 58,405 units and 23,943 units respectively. . . . His numbers are spot on although we might disagree on which plug-in makes most sense. I don't have any problem with his metrics. Bob Wilson
