June 2015 Dashboard - Hybrid Cars News
com and Baum & Associates, a Michigan-based market research firm focusing on automotive issues including the hybrid and electric vehicle market. passenger vehicle sales for June were strong albeit less than May which was the best seasonally adjusted rate since July 2005, with a modest increase from last June. The full electrics had a very good month and plug-ins did relatively well although down from May. Hybrid share is in line with recent months, except the stronger performance of May, and with diesel sales trailed the last two months. Battery Electric Vehicles Sales for full electric vehicles were up strongly for the month from year-ago due to strong sales from the category leaders, namely the Model S and the Leaf. Tesla had a strong month based on interest in and availability of the Model S P85D and the 70D. The last month of the quarter tends to be the strongest as Tesla reports their sales quarterly and work hard to provide results that meet the high... Leaf sales were mostly in line with last month, which is a relatively strong result given the fact that overall sales declined. Plug-in Hybrids Plug in hybrids had a decent month, with the Volt behind last month, but ahead of all other months of this year. Source: www.hybridcars.com
