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.
Across the BEVs currently available (or that will be in the next few months) in the US, they average (mean) 82.8 kWh and the median battery size is 78 kWh. For PHEVs, the mean battery size is 14.9 kWh and median is 14 kWh and mean range is 28.4 miles (EPA) of range versus 285.4 miles of range for BEVs.
The average EPA electric range of the 37 PHEVs currently available in the US is now 28.4 miles while the median is 26 miles.
The number of DC fast chargers (ports) grew by more than 4,200, an increase of 24 percent at the end of 2021 versus year-end 2020, according to new EVAdoption, LLC analysis based on Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC) data.
As of December 31, 2021, there were only 1,180 public Level 1 chargers listed in the AFDC database, however, a combined 552 (47%) are located at 291 (25%) pay garages/parking lots and 261 (22%) airports.
Over the 12-year period of 2010-2021, five different BEVs and PHEVs have held the title of being the number one EV in California as ranked by registrations.
When looking at the ratio of the total sales from 2010 to 2021 of the Nissan LEAF and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (the two CHAdeMO using EVs available in the US) to the number of DC fast chargers in the US, drivers of these CHAdeMO-using EVs actually have the best ratio of vehicles to chargers at 31 EVs to 1 DC fast charger.
If you include BrightDrop, GM’s electric delivery van division, GM could have11 BEVs available in 2025. This estimate assumes that both the Bolt EV and EUV will have been discontinued by then and that at least one as of yet unconfirmed new BEVs — an electric Cadillac Escalade — will reach dealers by 2025.
58% of US EV sales in 2021 were models from Tesla and GM — which were ineligible for the federal EV tax credit due to reaching the 200,000 manufacturer cap a few years ago.
(PHEV) Prime versions. With the RAV4 ranking as the 4th-best-selling vehicle in the US since 2017, this sales percentage of “electrified” versions is a significant trend and milestone.
