We’ve been covering Tesla’s sales drops for a while now, and I think the quarterly focus has actually come to obscure how much the EV giant has slid. No one is talking about Tesla’s targeted 50% growth a year any longer. However, Tesla bulls and fans are generally optimistic about … [continued]
Continuing our series on US auto sales and US EV sales in the second quarter of 2025, we now get to a short post but a big one. The whole idea of “cleantech” is technology that will help cut pollution, especially CO2 emissions, but also air pollution that is extremely … [continued]
Yesterday, I reported on the USA’s top selling electric vehicle models in the 2nd quarter, and also reported that US EV sales were down 6% in Q2 year over year — entirely because of Tesla’s sales drop. But, looking more broadly, how are different auto brands and auto groups ranked … [continued]
After reporting on the overall US EV market and how it changed in Q2 2025 compared to Q2 2024, Q2 2023, Q2 2022, and Q2 2021, I want to now get into specific EV models and how their sales have changed over time. First of all, let me note that … [continued]
US electric car sales were going up, up, up, and up. Even as Tesla sales started to drop, non-Tesla EV sales were rising enough that overall EV sales were up. See the Q1 US EV sales report for an example of this. However … it just got to be too … [continued]
Kelley Blue Book came out with its monthly US auto sales report this week. As part of that, it report jumping electric vehicle sales in the country. We have to wait until next week for most of the details, but KBB put out a few key stats. US EV sales … [continued]
About 22% of light-duty vehicles sold in the first quarter of the year in the United States were hybrid, battery electric, or plug-in hybrid vehicles, up from about 18% in the first quarter of 2024. Among those categories, hybrid electric vehicles have continued to gain market share while battery electric … [continued]
As they say, everything’s relative. Well, not everything — if it was, the word “relative” wouldn’t exist. But sometimes we want to or need to understand things in absolute terms, and other times we want to or need to understand things in relative terms. I have to say that I … [continued]
Which auto brands and auto groups are now ruling the US pure electric vehicle (EV) market? How much competition is there at the top now? Let’s roll into the numbers and charts and see. First of all, yes, despite Tesla losing sales year over year for two years in a … [continued]
We just looked at overall electric vehicle sales in the United States in the 1st quarter of 2025 compared to the 1st quarter of the previous four years. Overall, the sales trend is great. Sales of fully electric vehicles (EVs) were up 200% compared to Q1 2021. While Tesla still … [continued]
