California EV Sales Market Share Reaches 9.90% in August
In August 1 out of 10 (9.90%) new vehicles purchased in the state of California were EVs (PHEVs + BEVs), according to the latest numbers from the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Advanced Technology Vehicle Sales Dashboard (information provided by IHS Market). While this is the highest market share for EVs ever in California, the month […]
Honda and Hyundai: Time to Prune Your Poor-Selling IONIQ and Clarity BEVs
Sales of electric vehicles in the US have tended to be a fairly equal mishmash of BEV‘s versus PHEV‘s with neither powertrain dominating the sales charts – until deliveries of the Tesla Model 3 started to scale in Q2 of 2018. In January 2018 the mix of BEV versus PHEV sales was split at almost […]
US BEV Battery Range Increases an Average 17% Per Year and 38 Miles Each Model Update
Since 2011 through projected model upgrades for 2019, automakers will have increased the battery range of their BEV models an average of 38 miles each upgrade – a cumulative 15% increase on average per year. These are two key findings from new EVAdoption analysis. With battery prices continuing to decline at a steady rate I […]
August & YTD US EV Sales Trends: Hot = Model 3, BMW 530e, Honda Clarity PHEV; Not = Bolt, Fusion Energi & BMW i3
While the growth in deliveries of the Tesla Model 3 is grabbing all the headlines, there are 41 other EV‘s available in the US – a few of which are showing some less obvious, yet still interesting sales trends. Last month I focused analysis on the top 10 EVs in the US, but this month […]
8 Keys to Eliminating US Drivers’ Concerns About Long Trips In An Electric Vehicle
Road trips are a make or break factor for mass adoption of electric vehicles in the US. Unlike much of Europe and many other parts of the world, the US does not have a train system that connects most cities in the country. As such, most Americans either fly or rely on their cars when […]
A Framework for Predicting Sales of New EV Models
By my analysis and tracking, more than 60 new electric vehicles are expected to be available in the US between now and 2023. But which, if any of these, will sell in significant volumes, which I defined as 5,000 units or more per month in the article The Next High-Volume Selling EVs: Ford Escape PHEV […]
EVs Require Consumers to Consider New Factors During Their Vehicle-Purchase Process
One of the behavioral challenges that electric vehicles present to consumers is that buying an EV requires them to consider entirely new factors and questions. Say you are in your 40s and you’ve been driving and buying cars since your teens. According to various research on what factors consumers consider when buying a car, things […]
Will California Reach 10% EV Sales Market Share By December 2018?
California reached an impressive 7.83% EV market share of new vehicle registrations for the month of April 2018. Could California reach 10% by the end of 2018? In short, yes. The new numbers for April are just in from the Alliance of Auto Manufacturers Advanced Technology Sales Dashboard and portend that 2018 could see nearly […]
Exclusive Special Report: Analyzing US Sales Trends of EVs Versus ICE Powertrains Across Shared Models
The median price differential between the EV version of a vehicle available in the US and its sister ICE or regular hybrid version is $8,608 or a premium of 30%. This was one of 7 key findings in EVAdoption’s new report, Analyzing US Sales Trends of EVs Versus ICE Powertrains Across Shared Models. We analyzed […]
California & EVs: By the Numbers – 20 Statistics That Might Surprise You
China and California are the two most important geographic markets in the world when it comes to the adoption of electric vehicles. China is critical because it is now both the largest auto market in the world but with government requiring strict electric vehicle goals in the coming years, auto manufacturers are forced to produce […]