model Jul_14 Jun_14 May_14 Apr_14 1 Toyota Prius Liftback 12866 11277 15944 10298 2 Toyota Camry Hybrid 4609 3874 5199 3916 3 Jetta Diesel 3721 3286 3552 4355 4 Toyota Prius C 3700 3291 4590 3569 5 Nissan Leaf 3019 2347 3117 2088 6 Ford Fusion Hybrid 2851 3016 4641 3537 7 Sonata 2800 1523 2094 2055 8 Toyota Prius V 2738 2510 3567 2403 9 Passat Diesel 2442 2316 3172 3923 10 Ford C-Max Hybrid 2163 1952 2051 1586 11 Chevrolet Volt 2020 1777 1684 1548 12 13 Lexus CT200h 1979 1521 1762 1054 14 Avalon Hybrid 1767 1437 1957 1522 15 3-Series Diesel 1705 972 1189 929 16 Tesla Model S* 1400 1400 1400 1400 17 Toyota Prius Plug In 1371 1571 2692 1741 18 Accord Hybrid 1362 1135 1530 1442 19 ES Hybrid 1358 1102 1408 1242 20 Fusion Energi 1226 1939 1342 743 21 Kia Optima Hybrid 1155 1006 735 1060 22 5-Series Diesel 980 1058 389 294 23 RX 400 / 450 h 914 872 837 387 24 Ford C-Max Energi 831 988 782 525 25 XV Crosstrek Hybrid 746 788 1003 26 MKZ 638 787 1128 1047 27 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel 595 468 511 491 28 Lacrosse Hybrid 462 610 772 716 29 Q5 Diesel 454 627 629 532 30 Honda Civic Hybrid 409 410 415 450 31 i3* 363 358 336 32 Honda CR-Z 356 302 389 369 33 Q7 Diesel 349 450 408 410 34 GLK Class Diesel 343 340 356 369 35 A6 Diesel 342 398 373 303 36 Touareg Diesel 318 277 304 319 37 forTwo EV 298 278 206 203 38 Honda Insight 291 333 493 441 39 ML Class Diesel 283 357 434 438 40 GL-Class Diesel 261 276 447 434 41 Q50 Hybrid 246 242 294 263 42 BMW X5 Diesel 244 539 712 724 43 E-Class Diesel 227 236 247 264 44 Golf Diesel 222 237 271 479 45 Pathfinder Hybrid* 221 191 238 183 46 Highlander Hybrid 214 280 355 418 47 Ford Focus EV 198 197 177 116 48 ELR 188 97 52 61 49 Beetle Diesel 178 167 159 184 50 Cayenne Diesel 159 184 270 475 51 Cayenne Hybrid 159 72 75 84 52 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid 156 206 209 149 53 X3 Diesel 155 221 174 54 Grand Cherokee Diesel 152 151 181 55 Spark 128 85 182 97 56 500E 119 166 167 152 57 QX60 Hybrid* 112 108 137 114 58 A7 Diesel 95 89 99 90 59 Toyota RAV4 EV 68 91 149 69 60 Honda Civic 67 94 78 115 61 Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid 63 111 53 63 62 A8 Diesel 54 105 78 52 63 Impala Hybrid 43 63 58 34 64 Fit EV 42 38 33 50 65 Accord Plug In 41 28 46 37 66 ILX Hybrid 35 44 63 49 67 Regal Hybrid 34 75 64 41 68 Malibu Hybrid 30 62 94 130 69 Audi Q5 Hybrid 22 19 25 21 70 i 17 22 35 12 71 ActiveHybrid 3 (335ih) 11 13 13 13 72 Lexus GS 450h 8 15 9 35 73 M Hybrid 8 11 12 11 74 LS 600h 6 5 5 9 75 E400H 5 13 16 39 76 ActiveHybrid 5 (535ih) 4 18 12 6 77 S-Class Diesel 4 5 12 27 78 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid 2 10 10 5 79 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid 2 8 2 2 80 Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid 2 6 3 3 81 GMC Yukon Hybrid 2 3 2 7 82 7-Series ActiveHybrid 1 6 5 6 83 ML450H 0 0 7 84 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid 8 4 Source: Jeff Cobb's Hybrid Market Dashboard | HybridCars.comHybridCars.com (well worth reading!) Charts and details follow: Chevy Volt is in the second tier group Prius Plug-in did not sustain second tier grouping Sonata had a good month Prius hatchback is still the elephant in the room . . . but on a diet Bob Wilson
Last month you said: This month's chart: Here's my evaluation. Symptoms Volt: Steady with optimistic outlook for next year Prius Plugin: erratic sales behavior with manic breakthrough followed by market depression Prescription Volt: Recommend changes to reduce modest bloating and occasional excess gas Prius Plugin: Recommend increased Lithium dosage
i would say gm is losing money to save face and toyota is looking to the future. and it looks like the future is in south korea.
Now the 3.1% market share for hybrids makes sense: Source: U.S. auto sales fall short of expectations in July| Reuters I was worried that the lowering gasoline prices might have reduced Prius sales but that does not appear to be the case. Another hypothesis crashes into a facts and data. Bob Wilson
...next week or so we get the California 2nd quarter sales data at CNCDA.org. But I am thinking Ca. HOV plays strongly into PiP and Volt results.
Prius PHV is almost completely out of stock. There are very few actually left on dealer lots. Volt has both 2014 and 2015 readily available on dealer lots, which means there's incentive to get rid of the old inventory. There are also reports of leases expiring and those Volt owners replacing their Volt with a newer model. It other words, the diagnosis was incomplete.
I have little doubt that inventory of the PHV is lower than for the Volt at this time. I usually pay almost no attention to dealer inventories but I don't recall reading about serious availability problems. A trivial search revealed in-stock availability in my area. Dianne Whitmire just posted July 30 in her most recent update that she had 80 plugins in-stock with HOV stickers and with strong discounts (lease deals, $3,000 discount for cash buyers etc.). There's a regional Toyota 2014 clearance sale going on that includes the plugin. There doesn't seem to be any shortage in California that would stop anyone from buying. In any case, I was just working from the last four months of sales numbers like Bob Wilson but posting a humorous alternative analysis. I don't mean it to be taken very seriously. There are all sorts of factors behind these sales numbers including inventory control, HOV sticker availability, local credits and rebates, etc. I don't claim to really understand it.
