BEV, PHEV and plain HEV sales, in 2013, are shown here.
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US Sales of Electric Vehicles, Including HEVs |
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| Month |
Hybrid (HEVs) |
PHEVs & Extended Range Vehicles |
Battery (BEVs) |
Totals |
| January |
34,611 |
2,354 |
2,022 |
38,987 |
| February |
40,173 |
2,789 |
2,616 |
45,578 |
| March |
46,327 |
3,079 |
4,553 |
53,959 |
| April |
42,804 |
2,735 |
4,403 |
49,942 |
| May |
48,796 |
3,209 |
4,545 |
56,550 |
| June |
44,924 |
4,169 |
4,573 |
53,666 |
| July |
45,494 |
3,499 |
3,943 |
52,936 |
| August |
53,020 |
6,407 |
4,956 |
64,383 |
| September |
33,576 |
4,477 |
3,650 |
41,703 |
| October |
33,565 |
6,367 |
3,733 |
43,625 |
| November |
36,085 |
4,903 |
3,930 |
44,918 |
| December |
36,155 |
5,020 |
4,770 |
49,945 |
| Totals |
495,530 |
49,008 |
47,694 |
592,232 |
Combined sales for PHEVs and BEVs in 2013, were 96,702 vehicles.
This compares with 2012 vehicle sales of 38,584 for PHEVs and 14,251for BEVs, or a total of 52,835 vehicles.
Therefore, in 2013: PHEV sales increased by 27%, while BEV sales increased a very respectable 235%.
It should be noted that Tesla accounted for approximately 18,000 of the 47,694 BEV sales in 2013.
While this growth would seem to reflect a positive scenario, the total number of PHEV and BEV vehicles is trivial, compared with the sale of all other vehicles, as well as the original projections of 1 million vehicles.
For reference, sales in 2011, essentially the first year for PHEV and BEV sales, were 7,671 PHEVs and 10,064 BEVs.
For the period 2011 thru 2013, PHEV sales were 95,263 vehicles, while BEV sales were 72,009 vehicles.
Total PHEV and BEV sales combined; for 2011 thru 2013, were only 167,272 vehicles.
This compares with Obama’s 2011 call for 1,000,000 EVs on the road by 2015. It’s also a very paltry payback for the $5 billion the government has spent pushing electric vehicles.
This brings us to an important distinction between HEVs, i.e., hybrids, and plug-in vehicles, because some news media and environmental groups are trying to restate Obama’s goal by including HEVs. With HEVs, total sales already exceed 1,000,000 vehicles.
An important distinction between HEVs and plug-in vehicles is that only Plug-in vehicles can travel extended distances on battery power. For example, HEVs can only travel around 2 miles on battery power.
Another distinction is that HEVs don’t use grid power.
Only PHEVs and BEVs use grid power to recharge their batteries.
Trying to include HEVs merely distorts whether PHEVs and BEVs are having a significant impact on pollution and CO2 emissions.
It also distorts the reality of paltry PHEV and BEV sales.
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