February 2015 Dashboard - Hybrid Cars News
Like January, February is difficult to evaluate sales trends since it is typically a modest sales month because automakers sought in December to bring consumers into showrooms to reach annual goals. Sales of hybrid and electric vehicles increased modestly from January, with electric vehicles flat with last year and hybrids down from year-ago (in line with recent months given lower gas prices and a continuing trend towards crossovers and... Sales for full electric vehicles were up from year-ago (due to a number of new entrants), although well below the last few months of 2014 (sales tend to increase late in the year due to consumers wanting to take advantage of tax credits). We have adjusted sales for the Tesla Model S for January upward from 1300 to 1500 (with some additional carryover to February) based on Tesla’s report in mid-February that a large number of the vehicles it produced in December (they accelerated... The Nissan LEAF had another modest month, although it did recover somewhat from January’s low volume. The full electric share of the total market is in line with last month’s result and ahead of year-ago levels, albeit still. Source: www.hybridcars.com
