The year, 2015 must have been disappointing for those promoting electric vehicles.
- In total, the sale of PHEVs and BEVs were down 4%, though the sale of BEVs were up 11.5% from 2014.
- As this would indicate, the sale of PHEVs, extended range vehicles such as the Volt, were down a whopping 32% from 2014.
- So-called hybrids, such as the Prius, were down 14.9%.
The accompanying table shows how the sales of these vehicles fared throughout 2015.
As a percentage of total vehicle sales, PHEVs and BEVs combined, only represented 0.66% of all vehicles sold in 2015. (114,022 divided by 17,386,331 vehicles)
Since the introduction of PHEVs and BEVs in 2010, there are fewer than 400,000 such vehicles on the road today, compared with approximately 255,000,000 gasoline and diesel-powered light vehicles.
This is in stark contrast to President Obama’s forecast of 1,000,000 PHEVs and BEVs being sold by the end of 2015.
Tesla achieved its sales forecast by selling its vehicles in Europe, especially Norway.
| US Sales of Electric Vehicles, Including HEVs 2015 | |||||
|
Month |
Hybrid (HEVs) |
PHEVs & Extended Range Vehicles |
Battery (BEVs) |
Totals |
Total PHEV & EV |
| January |
25,312 |
2,113 |
3,977 |
31,402 |
6,090 |
| February |
27,038 |
2,589 |
4,435 |
34,062 |
7,024 |
| March |
33,655 |
3,020 |
5,715 |
42,390 |
8,735 |
| Total 1Q |
86,005 |
7,722 |
14,127 |
107,854 |
21,849 |
| Total 1Q 2014 |
101,436 |
11,249 |
10,873 |
123,558 |
22,122 |
| % change |
(15.21%) |
(31.35%) |
29.93% |
(12.71%) |
(1.23%) |
| April |
32,378 |
2,962 |
6,037 |
41,377 |
8,999 |
| May |
40,257 |
4,416 |
7,057 |
51,730 |
11,473 |
| June |
32,330 |
3,409 |
6,975 |
42,714 |
10,384 |
| Total 2Q 2015 |
104,965 |
10,787 |
20,069 |
135,821 |
30,856 |
| Total 2Q 2014 |
130,882 |
17,880 |
14,971 |
163,733 |
32,851 |
| % 2Q change |
(19.80%) |
(39.67%) |
34.05% |
(17.05%) |
(6.07%) |
| July |
35,666 |
3,836 |
5,143 |
44,645 |
8,979 |
| August |
37,633 |
3,786 |
5,224 |
46,643 |
9,010 |
| September |
32,106 |
3,038 |
6,704 |
41,848 |
9,742 |
| Total 3Q 2015 |
105,405 |
10,660 |
17,071 |
133,136 |
27,731 |
| Total 3Q 2014 |
124,081 |
15,017 |
18,159 |
157,257 |
33,176 |
| % 3Q change |
(15.05%) |
(29.01%) |
(5.99%) |
(15.34%) |
(16.41%) |
| October |
30,489 |
4,081 |
5,740 |
40,310 |
9,821 |
| November |
25,153 |
4,259 |
6,103 |
35,515 |
10,362 |
| December |
32,387 |
5,449 |
7,954 |
45,790 |
13,403 |
| Total 4Q 2015 |
88,029 |
13,789 |
19,797 |
121,615 |
33,586 |
| Total 4Q 2014 |
95,303 |
11,211 |
19,413 |
125,927 |
30,624 |
| % 4Q change |
(7.63%) |
23.00% |
1.98% |
(3.42%) |
9.67% |
| TOTAL Year 2015 |
384,404 |
42,958 |
70,680 |
498,426 |
114,022 |
| TOTAL Year 2014 |
451,702 |
55,357 |
63,416 |
570,475 |
118,773 |
| % change |
(14.90%) |
(22.40%) |
11.45% |
(12.63%) |
(4.00%) |
| Data from Electric Drive Transportation Association | |||||
| Total light vehicle sales in US during 2015 = |
17,386,331 |
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Has this small number of electric vehicles warranted the $8,000,000,000 in taxpayer money used for subsidizing the purchase of the vehicles, plus the billions of subsidies and grants to manufacturers and for charging stations?
Tesla was supposed to introduce a lower cost EV, with a selling price of around $35,000 this year, but appears to have delayed its introduction until 2017.
It’s still very much a question whether Tesla, or any other manufacturer, can produce an EV for under $35,000 that will appeal to the average driver.
Both GM, with the Bolt, and Tesla with its model 3, indicate they have plans to begin selling BEVs at around $35,000, but it’s not clear when.
Automobile manufacturers claim they will be introducing many new models of PHEV and BEV vehicles this year. It will be interesting to see whether the large number of new models will increase the sale of PHEVs and BEVs.
Battery powered vehicles continue to be for the rich and famous, with tax payer money being used for subsidies.
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