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15.000 electric cards sold in the U.S. in March, out of 1.6 million is an interesting number, closing in to 1% My country (Uruguay) is at about 0.5% electric c
by GFischer 8y ago
15.000 electric cards sold in the U.S. in March, out of 1.6 million is an interesting number, closing in to 1%
My country (Uruguay) is at about 0.5% electric cars.
China is the world leader by quantity, about 2.1% of new cars are electric.
By percentage, Norway has an astonishing 40% of new car sales being electric, due to heavy tax incentives, it'll be interesting to see what happens there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car_use_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car_use_by_country
- adventured 8y agoSince we're talking about the Model 3 and the Bolt, both all-electric vehicles, it's important to differentiate between only electric and the various hybrids. That 2.1% figure in China includes all variations of plug-in electric hybrids. There were 26,373 plug-in electrics of all types sold in the US in March, a 42% increase over the prior year, and about 1.6% of all vehicles sold.
- GFischer 8y agoYou're right, I hadn't realized that. However, it's about 80% plug-in electrics and 20% plug-in hybrids according to Wikipedia. Anecdotally, the plug-in electrics sold here in Uruguay are mostly Chinese BYD e6s (there are some Renaults, and other brands are starting to import). They're used mostly by the taxi fleet and seem to be faring well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYD_e6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYD_e6
- zidel 8y agoThe same applies to the Norwegian numbers, 20.9% battery electric, 18.4% plugin hybrid, 12.9% other hybrid