Featured Dashboard summary December 2016

	Model	12/15/16	11/15/16	10/15/16	09/15/16
1	Prius Liftback	7786	7284	5421	9790
2	Ram Pickup Diesel*	5693	4488	5092	5385
3	Model S*	5300	1800	1200	4100
4	RAV4	4773	3757	3551	4127
5	Transit Diesel*	4570	2583	3571	3780
6	Volt	3691	2531	2191	2031
7	Fusion Hybrid	3577	3372	4915	3776
8	Model X*	3300	1400	1000	2600
9	Accord Hybrid	3124	1879	1296	1160
10	Camry Hybrid	2181	1693	1802	1902
11	Leaf	1899	1457	1412	1316
12	Prius C	1644	1372	1543	1459
13	Prius Prime	1641	781		4
14	Sonata	1374	1867	1479	1815
15	Prius (another month	another lowercase v)	1373	1058	1168	1222
16	C-Max Energi	1289	721	571	689
17	Fusion Energi	1099	1817	1372	1652
18	Avalon Hybrid	1026	639	673	688
19	Highlander Hybrid	1018	483	356	383
20	RX 400 / 450 h	985	666	535	387
21	CT200h	968	550	564	638
22	Colorado Diesel	909	886	1056	1031
23	C-Max Hybrid	895	811	398	739
24	i3*	791	629	442	391
25	Malibu Hybrid	790	769	600	618
26	ES Hybrid	734	434	353	497
27	MKZ	667	552	450	460
28	A3 Plug In	589	394	348	312
29	Bolt	579	1
30	X5	569	436	406	482
31	Canyon Diesel	500	538	434	358
32	F-Pace	467	366	211
33	Grand Cherokee Diesel	465	345	357	370
34	e-Golf	443	305	407	529
35	Optima Hybrid	397	423	482	591
36	Range Rover Sport	369	197	253	290
37	NX Hybrid	362	241	188	233
38	500e*	353	287	319	370
39	Sonata Plug In*	250	275	250	275
40	3-Series Plug in	240	215	92	54
41	Q50 Hybrid	232	134	148	174
42	XC90 Plug In	204	161	142	148
43	Soul EV	197	179	190	217
44	Range Rover	192	186	165	183
45	CR-Z	160	146	168	165
46	3-Series Diesel	153	96	23	50
47	Cayenne S E-Hybrid	152	179	138	131
48	i8	133	173	199	158
49	XE	117	100	59
50	Mirai	116	105	103	69
51	Focus EV	101	66	73	82
52	QX60 Hybrid	99	64	59	63
53	Pathfinder Hybrid	94	68	64	80
54	GLE 550e Hybrid	83	30	19	26
55	S550 Plug In	71	52	174	41
56	NSX Hybrid	68	51	67
57	Jetta Hybrid	56	45	48	76
58	B-Class Eledtric	54	52	58	51
59	Promaster Van Diesel	47	47	45	32
60	forTwo EV	40	47	43	44
61	RLX Hybrid	31	33	13	24
62	Lacrosse Hybrid	26	31	53	35
63	5-Series Diesel	26	20	33	38
64	XV Crosstrek Hybrid	25	27	44	79
65	7-Series Plug in	23	18	22	5
66	Spark	17	39	260	315
67	X5 Diesel	14	15	38	80
68	Civic Hybrid	12	15	14	38
69	Q70 Hybrid	12	7	9	8
70	GLE-Class Diesel	10	14	25	45
71	Insight	9	3		1
72	GL-Class Diesel	8	5	14	8
73	GS 450h	6	1		4
74	Panamera S E-Hybrid	3	88	38	28
75	X3 Diesel	3	9	13	7
76	i	3	5	4	17
77	ELR	3	5	3	6
78	E-Class Diesel	3	4	9	11
79	Cruze Diesel	2	2	5	7
80	LS 600h	2	2		6
81	Tucson	1	1		4
82	ML Class Diesel		1
83	ActiveHybrid 5 (535ih)		1	1	2
84	E400H		1		2
85	Q5 Hybrid		1		1
86	B-Class Electric		1

• Way to go Tesla!
• Two diesels are doing OK too
• Volt had a jump
• Sonata may be waiting for Godot
• IONIQ is holding steady

Bob Wilson

ps. Editorial:

I did not buy a 2016 Prius Level 2 ECO because TSS-P was not an option in May 2016. Then the 2017 Prius Prime arrived in November 2016 in three levels, Plus, Premium, and Advanced, and showed up with TSS-P and priced to sell. IMHO, the 1.8L engine and transaxle has moved to a new, sweet spot.

The addition of a one-way clutch is the first generation of a plug-in future that can replace the Prius family ... changing the body style to match customer expectations and battery scalable. It is priced (today) to be an affordable answer to the 21st century transportation needs. BTW, to get the next step in MPG, the Prius family needs to complete the first 5 minutes of warm-up. This is where the ability to move in just EV mode while the engine reaches a warm enough state that is needed.

Now I appreciate the EV pioneers and wish them well. Just living in a fly-over state, I love the concept of a family of plug-ins sharing drivetrains with traction batteries sized to match the customer requirements. A wonderful future.

 

Announced but the 2017 Prius Prime pretty well muted my interest. We have a 2014 BMW i3-REx and I like driving EV but I love driving with dynamic cruise control and with accident avoidance. Safety sells.

Bob Wilson

 

Although every month has a 1st, the last day can vary from 28-31 yet the sales happen between the first and last day of any month. As a quick hack, I pick the 15th as being reasonably close to the middle of each month so roughly half of the monthly sales fall on either side.

One month is interesting but I prefer to look at the last four months to avoid any 'tricks.'

Bob Wilson

 

I see the advantage in unloaded engine warmup. Ask me about it in 3 weeks.

Bob Wilson

 

Actually if is part of my secret plan to make the Prius Prime architecture the standard hybrid architecture:

• adjustable traction battery size - 2 mile; 5 mile; 10 mile; 20 mile; 50 mile; 100 mile ...

By happy accident (2016 Level 2 ECO w/o TSS-P), I skipped the Gen-4 and went with the CARB flawed, BMW i3-REx. Yet even CARB's hydrogen-fueled fantasies could not suppress the advantages of the BMW i3 plug-in.

Having done the experiment, I am convinced the Prius Prime can solve the last, major Prius limitation, the warm-up cost. There are alternative approaches: (1) tuning the engine to run efficiently starting at a lower block temperature; (2) co-generation for home owners, or; (3) plug-in to warm-up the car, both engine block and cabin.

Bob Wilson