Featured January 2017 Plugin Sales

prime is just getting started. get out the way.

 

Yeah, it's still in limited rollout while the Volt (but not Bolt) has been available nationwide since the fall. Still no primes available here in Texas.

 

the same could be said for the bolt, but i don't expect bev to keep up with phev. yet.

 

The Leaf and gen1 Volt were regularly swapping first place on this scorecard. Don't know why Nissan has gone with a longer product cycle for their BEV, but the gen2 Leaf should be among the top places when it arrives.

Prime sales are being held back by supply, which leaves two questions unanswered. Will sales growth steadily continue, or will it slump after the initial demand? How much of its sales will be at the expense of the Prius?

 

right, and we won't know for a good year or more. as always, hov stickers pollute the statistics for all qualified vehicles.

 

918 was limited production, that allowed them to charge so much and make it profitable. I'm hoping porsche uses what they learned and make a BEV/PHEV modified platform for the boxter. I think 5 seconds to 60 is the proper bench mark for a well handling roadster. They don't need a lot of the expense of the 918. Hell I think it should be aluminum and steel to keep costs down, but the bmw i8 will still be prettier in its carbon fiber.

Tesla will be number one in march. The low sales in January are because they shifted december sales domestic, now they are shipping to the international customers. March will be the domestic month of the quarter.

Glad to see the prime and volt doing well.

I would say the leaf, prius phv, and volt were the hares, and tesla is the tortoise, steady 50% worldwide growth to beat the big autos that got something out fast. We will see if it really wins the race by how good the model 3 is.

 

Porsche's future platform development, the future of their classic 6-ctl normally aspirated engines and hybrid hints here.

"A hybrid 911 will also be introduced to the range in 2020. It will run the flat-six with an electric motor providing limited all-electric and performance-boosting functions."


2019 Porsche 911 launch date, specifications, interiors | Autocar India - Autocar India


As for the 918, I know where I can get you one for between $1.4M and $1.7M. They had a mere $850k or so MSRP.

 

Wait till KIA Nero hits the market, they planning to offer plugin and AWD versions all back with 10 year warranty!

 

No, wait for the Ioniq that does everything wonderfully!

This is the familiar "Beta-ware" claim that was used to suppress sales of real products for the promise of some future 'perfect' car.

• Never let perfect be the enemy of good enough.

I am reminded of a story during the Soviet nuclear program. A commissar came in bragging that 'we have achieved a greater purity of U-235 than the Americans.'

The Soviet scientist sighed and said,"But the Americans only purified it enough for a bomb."

Bob Wilson

 

Except the Ioniq and Niro are available for purchase in South Korea, Europe, and possibly other markets. We even have owners posting about the Ioniq here.

 

Hopefully the moderators will realize the Ioniq and Niro are "Other Cars" and relocate those threads and posts to the appropriate forum. Meanwhile "ignore user" is an effective "troll be gone."

Bob Wilson