Monthly Plug-In EV Sales Scorecard: Historical Charts

By: Steven Loveday

Dec 3, 2018 at 9:25pm ET

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Historical EV Sales Charts 2018-2010

2018 U.S. EV SALES	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	TOTAL
Tesla Model 3*	1875	2485	3820	3750	6000	5902	14250	17800	22250	17750	18650	25250	139,782
Toyota Prius Prime	1496	2050	2922	2626	2924	2237	1984	2071	2213	2001	2312	2759	27,595
Tesla Model X*	700	975	2825	1025	1450	2550	1325	2750	3975	1225	3200	4100	26,100
Tesla Model S*	800	1125	3375	1250	1520	2750	1200	2625	3750	1350	2750	3250	25,745
Honda Clarity PHEV*	604	911	1131	1129	1639	1495	1542	1462	1997	2025	1897	2770	18,602
Chevrolet Volt*	713	983	1782	1325	1675	1336	1475	1825	2129	1475	2530	1058	18,306
Chevrolet Bolt EV*	1177	1424	1774	1275	1125	1083	1175	1225	1549	1975	2825	1412	18,019
Nissan LEAF	150	895	1500	1171	1576	1367	1149	1315	1563	1234	1128	1667	14,715
BMW 530e*	224	413	689	518	729	942	536	749	756	733	1012	1363	8,664
Ford Fusion Energi	640	794	782	742	740	604	522	396	480	453	1131	790	8,074
Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid**	375	450	480	425	650	710	450	654	637	623	895	713	7,062
BMW i3 (BEV + REx)	382	623	992	503	424	580	464	418	461	424	490	356	6,117
BMWX5 xDrive 40e*	261	596	627	563	499	321	431	264	225	224	213	210	4,434
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	300	323	373	273	297	390	350	366	378	309	376	431	4,166
Kia Niro PHEV*	155	246	227	120	218	281	225	346	313	323	619	316	3,389
BMW 330e*	101	142	202	166	150	138	106	192	195	229	373	606	2,600
Audi A3 Sportback e-tron*	145	199	214	189	267	238	220	240	230	210	180	265	2,597
Volvo XC60 PHEV*	109	155	167	141	214	226	185	210	215	180	225	240	2,267
Fiat 500e**	210	235	285	215	250	225	220	75	94	100	148	193	2,250
Porsche Panamera E-Hybrid*	1	2	49	336	275	168	195	200	210	170	200	230	2,036
Mercedes C350e*	29	172	208	158	166	176	165	170	82	75	80	240	1,721
Hyundai IONIQ PHEV*	22	178	218	180	217	143	180	43	11	128	136	134	1,590
Mini Countryman SE PHEV*	127	100	74	106	163	211	210	128	140	117	74	114	1,564
Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV*	99	106	93	90	126	133	115	125	120	100	130	150	1,387
Volkswagen e-Golf	178	198	164	128	76	32	18	32	14	62	230	222	1,354
smart ED	84	90	103	80	110	126	103	108	98	95	100	122	1,219
Kia Soul EV*	115	163	157	152	133	57	130	33	18	61	61	54	1,134
Porsche Cayenne S-E*	113	121	197	265	59	12	15	45	60	25	35	75	1,022
Mercedes GLE 550e*	44	70	181	93	83	75	85	90	42	28	35	140	966
Kia Optima PHEV*	86	103	156	142	98	83	90	39	17	51	79	21	965
Honda Clarity BEV*	153	74	48	39	34	86	102	75	108	106	37	86	948
BMW i8	32	39	47	57	64	45	72	67	55	64	133	97	772
Ford C-Max Energi	234	142	105	57	18	6	4	4	12	0	0	0	582
Mercedes GLC 350e*		5	57	59	64	66	60	65	27	20	24	120	567
Ford Focus Electric	70	73	137	83	88	50	46	7	4	0	1	1	560
Hyundai Sonata PHEV*	52	54	78	38	67	62	60	20	15	5	5	4	460
Volvo S90 T8 PHEV*	27	29	52	29	30	35	30	40	45	35	40	45	437
Jaguar I-Pace*										5	165	223	393
Hyundai IONIQ EV*	49	3	60	7	32	47	35	21	12	21	34	24	345
BMW 740e*	18	23	31	60	17	16	40	18	25	45	18	28	339
Cadillac CT6 PHEV*	6	24	17	42	30	18	26	23	11	12	13	9	231
Mercedes B250e	40	49	33	7	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	135
Mercedes S550e*	13	3	11	9	7	7	8	10	8	5	4	11	96
2018 U.S. Sales Totals	12,009	16,845	26,443	19,623	24,307	25,029	29,598	36,347	44,544	34,074	42,588	49,900	361,307
2017 U.S. Sales Totals	11,004	12,375	18,542	13,367	16,596	17,046	15,540	16,514	21,242	14,315	17,178	26,107	199,826
2018 Worldwide Sales*	82,000	81,000	141,000	128,450	159,346	160,894	144,975	175,362	206,500	214,800	237,553	286,367	2,018,247

Above - 2018 Monthly Sales Chart For The Major Plug-In Automakers. *Estimated Sales Numbers – Reconciled on Monthly or Quarterly Totals. ** Estimated (Based on State/Rebate Data and other reports). BEV models are designated with the icon.

2017 U.S. EV SALES	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	TOTAL
Tesla Model S*	900	1750	3450	1125	1620	2350	1425	2150	4860	1120	1335	4975	27,060
Chevrolet Bolt EV	1162	952	978	1292	1566	1642	1971	2107	2632	2781	2987	3227	23,297
Tesla Model X*	750	800	2750	715	1730	2200	1650	1575	3120	850	1875	3300	21,315
Toyota Prius Prime	1366	1362	1618	1819	1908	1619	1645	1820	1899	1626	1834	2420	20,936
Chevrolet Volt	1611	1820	2132	1807	1817	1745	1518	1445	1453	1362	1702	1937	20,349
Nissan LEAF	772	1037	1478	1063	1392	1506	1283	1154	1055	213	175	102	11,230
Ford Fusion Energi	606	837	1002	905	1000	707	703	762	763	741	731	875	9,632
Ford C-Max Energi	473	639	662	720	950	936	844	705	683	569	523	436	8,140
BMW i3 (BEV + REx)	382	318	703	516	506	567	601	504	538	686	283	672	6,276
Fiat 500e**	752	590	785	541	473	359	395	290	285	310	215	385	5,380
BMWX5 xDrive 40e	262	275	397	291	433	488	463	317	333	329	929	832	5,349
Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid**	12	0	0	335	705	355	125	425	475	875	570	720	4,597
BMW 330e	129	144	365	260	475	496	387	409	329	307	477	363	4,141
BMW 530e				13	147	239	343	345	511	596	872	706	3,772
Volkswagen e-Golf	332	293	342	307	381	232	308	317	187	203	289	343	3,534
Audi A3 Sportback e-tron	387	400	414	301	294	324	218	129	85	17	38	270	2,877
Hyundai Sonata PHEV	190	175	295	280	220	255	205	185	190	210	135	195	2,535
Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV	96	83	103	145	146	202	174	265	236	174	204	368	2,196
Kia Soul EV	117	152	171	167	129	100	145	300	255	210	207	204	2,157
Ford Focus Electric	56	228	407	125	132	110	148	131	131	115	121	113	1,817
Tesla Model 3							30	75	117	145	337	1060	1,764
Porsche Cayenne S-E	177	121	126	185	174	195	160	178	124	73	38	23	1,574
Kia Optima PHEV	10	61	70	86	85	78	130	182	228	235	213	134	1,512
Honda Clarity BEV							34	15	52	34	459	527	1,121
Honda Clarity PHEV											5	898	903
Mercedes C350e	210	51	17	3	7	0	112	212	126	49	16	14	817
Mercedes B250e	53	56	50	66	46	46	81	58	87	59	31	111	744
BMW 740e	18	35	42	123	33	52	80	39	43	55	120	67	707
Mercedes S550e	55	51	60	81	83	81	124	32	35	16	22	26	666
smart ED	15	22	13	3	1	3	0	94	123	73	68	129	544
Volvo XC60 PHEV							13	65	97	100	82	174	531
BMW i8	50	58	49	23	18	22	55	29	27	33	44	80	488
Mini Countryman SE PHEV						10	75	86	80	56	96	72	475
Mercedes GLE 550e	52	59	47	36	33	41	27	23	14	8	41	82	463
Hyundai IONIQ EV			5	19	75	58	43	66	36	28	23	79	432
Cadillac CT6 PHEV				8	16	20	22	23	27	27	29	35	207
Volvo S90 T8 PHEV									5	28	32	52	117
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV												99	99
Chevrolet Spark EV	4	4	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	2	23
Porsche Panamera E-Hybrid	2	1	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	5	0	18
Cadillac ELR	3	0	2	2	0	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	17
Mitsubishi i-MiEV	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
2017 U.S. Sales Totals	11,005	12,377	18,541	13,365	16,596	17,046	15,540	16,514	21,242	14,315	17,170	26,107	199,818
2016 U.S. Sales Totals	6,221	7,763	13,857	10,531	11,467	14,863	13,067	14,592	17,224	11,007	13,237	24,785	158,614
2017 Worldwide Sales*	41,372	53,561	94,650	71,762	91,417	102,130	92,835	104,225	124,197	125,447	148,903	176,618	1,227,117

Above - 2017 Monthly Sales Chart For The Major Plug-In Automakers. *Estimated Sales Numbers – Reconciled on Monthly or Quarterly Totals. ** Estimated (Based on State/Rebate Data and other reports). Credit to HybridCars.com for assistance on Hyundai/Kia and some BMW data in historical charts. BEV models are designated with the icon.

Above - 2016 Monthly Sales Chart For The Major Plug-In Automakers. *Estimated Tesla Sales Numbers, NA for X through Q3, US Q4 – Reconciled on Quarterly Totals. ** Fiat/Hyundai Does Not Report Sales Directly, Estimate Based on State/Rebate Data.

Above - 2015 Monthly EV Sales Chart For The Major Plug-In Automakers. *Tesla Full Year Totals On Model S/X Verified Q4 2015. ** Fiat/Hyundai Does Not Report Sales Directly, Estimate Based on State/Rebate Data.

2014 Update: Fiat 500e estimate restated to reflect numbers based on incentive data over less accurate 3rd party data previously used.

Above - 2014 Monthly EV Sales Chart For The Major Plug-In Automakers. *Tesla Full year Model S Results Verified, Monthly Estimated. Update: Fiat 500e data estimated via incentive data.

Above - 2013 Monthly EV Sales Chart For The Major Plug-In Automakers. *Estimated Tesla Numbers have been included in this graph. Tesla Total US Sales Based On Quarterly Disclosures (Q1 & Q2 from filings, Q3 based on shareholder letter, and Q4 based on company estimate of half of sales out of North America). *Fiat 500e estimated based on available data.

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Above - 2012 Monthly EV Sales Chart For The Major Plug-In Automakers (click to enlarge). Tesla sold approximately 2,650 Model sedans in 2012 (as per Tesla financials – monthly estimate shown).