Hybrid Dashboard Summary: August 2015

	model	Aug_15	Jul_15	Jun_15	May_15
1	Prius Liftback	10450	11203	9559	11921
2	Ram Pickup Diesel	4093	4775	5050	5647
3	Prius c	3844	3517	2756	3763
4	Camry Hybrid	3314	2756	2755	3174
5	Prius v (lowercase v)	3119	2620	2272	3152
6	Fusion Hybrid	2441	2157	1691	2440
7	Passat Diesel	1991	2372	2489	2769
8	Golf Sportwagon Diesel	1977	2174	1506	1419
9	Jetta Diesel	1820	1999	1852	2141
10	Sonata	1647	1837	2334	2943
11	Model S	1600	1800	2800	2300
12	CT200h	1504	1374	1118	1436
13	C-Max Hybrid	1501	1225	1814	1892
14	Leaf	1393	1174	2074	2104
15	Volt	1380	1313	1225	1618
16	Accord Hybrid	1369	1481	1241	1463
17	Avalon Hybrid	1322	1175	973	1114
18	ES Hybrid	1281	891	711	911
19	Optima Hybrid	1167	873	897	1046
20	Golf Diesel	954	903	955	1011
21	Fusion Energi	949	852	727	986
22	i3*	792	935	551	818
23	C-Max Energi	723	693	667	715
24	MKZ	713	725	700	1005
25	RX 400 / 450 h	599	530	486	551
26	Civic Hybrid	590	463	391	458
27	XV Crosstrek Hybrid	455	559	493	557
28	Q5 Diesel	421	567	462	517
29	Q7 Diesel	412	506	360	386
30	Touareg Diesel	411	374	328	348
31	X5 Diesel	391	233	422	1299
32	Q50 Hybrid	384	381	347	342
33	e-Golf	381	313	293	410
34	Highlander Hybrid	377	304	311	323
35	500E	370	353	411	471
36	Prius Plug In	344	584	464	727
37	Grand Cherokee Diesel	343	317	309	364
38	CR-Z	333	270	204	246
39	3-Series Diesel	319	232	316	670
40	Cayenne Diesel	288	254	311	250
41	Cruze Diesel	279	372	350	390
42	Lacrosse Hybrid	275	322	341	498
43	QX60 Hybrid*	240	226	180	188
44	GL-Class Diesel	236	265	307	383
45	Pathfinder Hybrid*	212	234	215	223
46	i8	210	217	137	117
47	NX Hybrid	206	234	203	250
48	5-Series Diesel	198	89	82	74
49	Focus EV	176	135	152	165
50	B-Class Electric	172	196	242	278
51	X3 Diesel	147	96	103	123
52	Spark	135	57	226	283
53	GLK Class Diesel	133	143	131	111
54	E-Class Diesel	128	103	91	80
55	Beetle Diesel	122	101	78	96
56	A6 Diesel	108	137	155	134
57	forTwo EV	106	109	94	102
58	Jetta Hybrid	98	91	66	55
59	Soul EV	93	59	109	108
60	A3 Diesel	90	165	274	313
61	Insight	85	113	126	139
62	Cayenne S E-Hybrid	83	77	89	111
63	A7 Diesel	60	65	78	64
64	ELR	45	66	62	116
65	Panamera S E-Hybrid	36	23	34	21
66	A8 Diesel	34	34	45	28
67	RLX Hybrid	34	28	27	24
68	Promaster Van Diesel	32	15	22	25
69	Impala Hybrid	27	23	24	53
70	Civic	24	66	124	44
71	Regal Hybrid	16	8	17	23
72	Regal Hybrid	16	8	17	23
73	Q70 Hybrid	13	11	12	14
74	S550 Plug In	10	10
75	i	6	12	23	18
76	Q5 Hybrid	5	8	5	17
77	GS 450h	4	11	7	8
78	ML Class Diesel	3	7	5
79	LS 600h	3	5	1	7
80	Yukon Hybrid	3	2	2	3
81	E400H	2	2	0	2
82	ActiveHybrid 3 (335ih)	2	1	5	5
83	Accord Plug In	2	1	4	5
84	7-Series ActiveHybrid	1	0	1
85	ActiveHybrid 5 (535ih)	0	5	2	2
86	Malibu Hybrid	0	1	27	2
87	ML450H	0	1	5
88	Touareg Hybrid	0	1	2	6
89	Tahoe Hybrid	0	0	4	1
90	Escalade Hybrid	0	0	3
91	ILX Hybrid	0	0	1	4
92	RAV4 EV	0	0	0	4

Source: Jeff Cobb's Hybrid Market Dashboard - HybridCars.comHybridCars.com (well worth reading!)





The initial numbers look as expected compared to July. Understand the hybrid skeptics are going to use the worst, year-to-year, which is why I prefer to look at the last four months for a true trend. Looking at only the last month or the previous year month is a statistical way to lie to oneself and miss the trends. Still, I did peek at the last month and here is the short list of a future summary (this note will be prepended with the table):

FYI, some numbers on efficient vehicles:

10,450 – Prius hatch (-6.7% vs 07/15)
4,093 – Ram Pickup Diesel (-14.3% vs 7/15)
3,844 – Prius c (+9.3% vs 7/15)
3,314 – Camry hybrid (+20.2% vs 7/15)
3,119 – Prius v (+19% vs 7/15)
2,441 – Fusion hybrid (+13.2% vs 7/15)

• Everyone else under 2,000 units
• Prius hatchback is under new-model announcement, sales chill.
• Leading Prius and hybrids are doing very nicely compared to July.
• The Ram diesel took it on the chin as did the other diesels
• Notice the larger Camry, Prius v, and Fusion all did well

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One last thing, I am thinking about starting the "Hybrid Dashboard Summary: September 2015" the last days of September as a place holder. It usually takes Jeff Cobb's team a couple of days to get their data, my source, out and then I have to massage to show the four-month trends. But I also notice some folks are tacking on to the previous month's thread.

By announcing the thread before the data, we have a base to add additional details about September in the thread titled September. Still I'm always interested any suggestions. So I'll post this one with a poll.

Thanks,
Bob Wilson

 

Nice discussion at Autoline Daily:
AD #1705 – VW in Deep Trouble, Hybrid Sales Tank, Detroit 3 Pick-Up Share in California – Autoline Daily

Now if someone has Japanese and EU hybrid sales data . . . One of their claims is hybrid sales have fallen off world wide. But when I see a recent post of the top Japanese selling models, I get a different impression. Time to whack them with a clue-by-four.

Bob Wilson