Toyota’s US Hybrid Vehicle Sales Could Account for 23% of Total Sales in 2021
While we wait for the Toyota bZ4X BEV in 2022 and fingers crossed for more RAV4 Prime PHEVs being sent to the US, Toyota USA is crushing it with sales of its regular hybrids. Our current EVAdoption forecast has regular hybrids accounting for ~23.3% of 2021 sales (Toyota brand only, not including Lexus.)
US Hybrid Versus EV (BEV & PHEV) Sales: 2010 – 2020
New BEV + PHEV sales almost matched regular hybrids in 2018; But then hybrid sales significantly outpaced EVs in 2019 and 2020.
US & Calif. Ratio of EVs in Operation to Total Public + Private Charging Connections (all types)
California accounts for 24.3% of US charging connections, but 31.9% of EVs – so the EV to charging connection ratio is higher than for the total US. What is the needed ratio? That is a complex question – the IEA has said 10 to 1 for Europe, but my last estimate for Norway, the country […]
US Top 8 Selling EVs: Jan-July 2019
Of the top 8 selling EVs in the US, YTD only the Honda Clarity PHEV has a lower trailing 3 months sales level versus the YTD average. The Tesla Model 3, however, is averaging roughly 4,600 more sales the last 3 months versus the YTD monthly average.