Comments on: April EV & Hybrid Sales Report

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Sat, 25 May 2013 09:01:21 +0000

[…] 2013 Nissan Leaf is selling like hotcakes (and not just in Norway). And there’s a reason for it. It’s cheap (well, relatively […]

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:07:00 +0000

Sorry, Ford got flipped for some reason. Corrected now.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:42:00 +0000

EVs got a huge amount of negative press when they first appeared.

The conservative-dominated mainstream media had a field day over range anxiety and the largely-bogus battery fire issue. And battery “bricking”.

Enough time has passed for those hit jobs to fade from memory and be replaced with months and months of real world experience. If you’ve observed someone you know driving an EV for a year of so without having to be hauled home all the time or bursting into flames you’re more likely to make a judgement based on the math and not the myths.

And the LEAF entry cost is lower than the Volt. Much nicer with Nissan’s recent cost cut.

By: James Hilden-Minton

James Hilden-Minton — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Looks like potentially good news for Tesla since full EVs are clearly showing the biggest growth. Perhaps the market is ready to throw off the training wheels of hybrids and embrace the simplicity of fully electric.

By: JimBouton

JimBouton — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:31:00 +0000

I am confused with that spreadsheet. How can the Ford C-Max Hybrid have 3,197 sales in April of 2013, but zero for YTD 2013. Plus, it has 11,708 sales in 2012? Are you sure that those columns are not mislabeled?

By: MrEnergyCzar

MrEnergyCzar — Mon, 06 May 2013 00:57:00 +0000

If those Ford Energi plug-ins didn’t get just half of the $7,500 tax credit, they’d be selling better…

MrEnergyCzar