Despite a number of new BEVs and PHEVs being introduced by other automakers, Tesla continues to dominates EV sales in California accounting for 65.3% of BEV and PHEV registrations in Q1 2022 (January 1 – March 31, 2022), according to analysis by EVAdoption from California Energy Commission (2022) data.
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More impressive than the 65% share of total EV sales is that two Tesla models, the Model 3 and Model Y combined to account for 59% of total California EV registrations during the quarter. And 12 out of 81 EVs that had new vehicle registrations during the quarter accounted for 80% of registrations.
While the Hyundai IONIQ 5 came close at 1,959, no non-Tesla EV had registrations of 2,000 or more in the quarter. Nine non-Tesla EVs had registrations of at least 1,000.
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From a brand comparison perspective, after Tesla five brands each accounted for between 3% to under 4% of EV registrations and another eight were between 1% to less than 3%. Interestingly, PHEV registrations accounted for all of or a significant percentage of several of these top brands EV registrations, including BMW, Toyota, Volvo, and Jeep.
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When only looking at BEV registrations, Tesla was even more dominating in Q1 as the now Austin-based company’s models accounted for 78.3% of new BEVs registered.
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