Electrical automobile gross sales are at file ranges each in California and nationally, in response to figures launched by the California Vitality Fee and interpreted by the electrical automobile advocacy group Veloz final week.
And once more, they’re led by Tesla — by a tremendous lead, although a collection of rallies. Californians purchased greater than one-sixth of the Teslas bought globally (one even larger than final quarter), and Tesla accounts for 10.6% of the California mild automobile market. In different phrases, Tesla bought 78% of the 67,118 battery electrical automobiles bought in California in Q1.
Nationally, Individuals purchased about 208,000 electrical automobiles (together with plug-in hybrids) within the first quarter of the yr. California contains 81,292 of these, or about 40% of US plug-in gross sales.
California 2022 first quarter plug-in gross sales replace – Veloz
For California, that’s up 37% (and about 15,000 automobiles greater) from final yr at this level. Veloz notes that on the Golden State there may be now greater than 16% market share for electrical automobiles, which once more contains PHEVs. That’s mainly a doubling of the market share for plug-ins there for the reason that identical quarter of 2020.
In accordance with Veloz, the corporate has been tallying electrical automobile gross sales since late 2010 and the arrival of the Nissan Leaf, which has now grown to a cumulative whole of two.64 million in nationwide gross sales and practically 1.14 million. cumulative gross sales in California.
In California, Tesla Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y topped the gross sales charts, with 24,375 and 23,117 respectively.
Mannequin S got here in third, at 3,557, whereas Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Ford Mustang Mach-E have been Wednesday and Thursday, at 1,959 and 1,664 for the in-state quarter. The Toyota Prius Prime, Tesla Mannequin X, Jeep Wrangler 4xe, Nissan Leaf and Volvo XC90 Recharge made the listing of the highest ten best-selling plug-in automobiles in California.
