Few Electric Vehicles Sold In Significant Volumes

An article by John Voelcker at Green Car Reports claims that of the electric cars (including pluggable hybrids like the Volt) on the market only the Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf, and Tesla Model S are being widely marketed and sold. Some of the EVs are only sold in California and a few other states in very limited numbers just to meet state regulatory requirements. Those are the Chevy Spark EV, Fiat 500e, Honda Fit EV, and Toyota RAV4 EV. In June 2014 the Fusion Energi outsold the Chevy Volt and the plug-in version of the Prius. But Energi sales fell in July and Energi dropped back a couple of places in the sales rankings of EVs and PHEVs. A really...

Source: FuturePundit - August 25, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Randall Parker Source Type: blogs