1st EV To Break Into Global Auto Sales’ Top 10… (Poll Results)

On Friday, I started a poll regarding which electric car would be the first to break into the top 10 of global auto sales, with a long and exciting preface beforehand (click that link above if you didn’t see it). It has been fun to watch the results roll in, and I received one surprising observation as a bonus. The main results are posted below.

I decided to use Polldaddy’s free service for this first poll. As such, I’m not supposed to be able to see voter location stats, and the poll is not supposed to allow more than 200 people to vote. For some reason (a glitch? a teaser stage in which I can get more than the free version is supposed to offer?), I was able to see voter location for a couple days (also, the votes on this poll got up to 252). However, I seem to now be cut off from anything beyond the free service options. Nonetheless, before getting cut off, I did get a peek into the extent of our global EV enthusiast readership.

Right off the bat, it was clear that CleanTechnica actually has a very global audience, at least when it comes to the topic of EVs. The first several votes (other than my own) were from Romania, Australia, the Maldives, and India. Before Polldaddy cut my ability to see voter location stats, we had 250 votes from 36 countries. The US very clearly dominated, but it still provided less than 50% of the vote. Here’s a snapshot of the top countries from which we received votes, which I snapped when we were at 246 total votes (click to enlarge):

Don’t really care about the global extent of our readership or this poll? OK, on to the key poll results…

Throughout the voting period, the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model “C” were pretty much been neck and neck for #1. In the end, the Nissan Leaf edged out the Model C. The Leaf received 28.57% of the votes (72 votes), while the Model C received 27.38% of the votes (69 votes). The Tesla Model S came in at a distant but clear 3rd with 9.52% of the votes (24 votes). All in all, though, the votes were spread out quite a bit. The Toyota Prius Plug-in EV hit 18 votes, the Chevy Spark EV hit 18 votes, the Chevy Volt hit 15 votes, and the BMW i3 hit 13 votes.

Here are the full results:

Naturally, several voters also wrote in answers, including votes for the Renault Zoe, a 3rd generation Tesla (isn’t that the Model C I included?), and some other model not yet created.

Stay tuned, in a few moments or so I’m going to start a related follow-up poll suggested by a reader and early voter.