I haven’t posted in a month! That’s what happens when you’re renovating your home in preparation for moving. The renovations are now complete (I think!) and it’s time to look for the next home. I have found that, being an EV owner, I look at potential homes differently.
But that’s the subject of another post. On to the sales numbers!
Unfortunately, Toyota has not announced the Plug-in Prius numbers yet. I waited an additional day before posting this to give them a chance to provide the information (yesterday being April Fool’s Day and all…).
When Toyota announces the numbers, I’ll update this post.
The Nissan Leaf had its biggest month ever! (drum roll please) March sales were 2,236 units! That beat its previous high water mark of 1,708 (June 2011) by 528 Leafs (or Leaves?). That’s a 31% increase over their best month ever!
The Volt saw a slight decline of 9% from the previous month. March sales were 1,478 units, which is less than half of the Volt’s best month, October of 2012, when 2,961 Volts were sold. However, when compared to the original Prius’ historical sales numbers, it closed the gap between their respective 27th month of 949 units to a 28th month gap of 853 units. The original Prius is still ahead, however, slowly but surely, the Volt is gaining, compared to where the Prius was, at this point in its availability.
**UPDATE** The Plug-in Prius numbers have been released. March sales totaled 786. That’s an increase of about 13% over the previous month, but that is still over 1,000 units down, or 42% of its best month, October of 2012, when it posted 1,889 units sold.
What was up in October 2012??? Both the Volt and Plug-in Prius had their best month’s sales that month.
Now that the three “green” cars I track have released their numbers, we can see that once again, they have beaten the crap out of Corvette sales! (786 units)
