November 2014 - Hybrid Dashboard Summary

say you are going a crazy high amount of miles, 200,000 in less than 3 years. You need an ice in there today to take advantage of all the gas stations. Ofcourse adding a plug and a big battery helps.

First Chevy Volt To 200,000 Miles
That is a crazy 24,000 electric miles a year, with 61 mpg on gas, and 50 mpge when electricity is considered at 33.7 kwh/gge.

heh heh. just kidding a little cycledrum, I know you were promting hybrids and plug-ins not bevs for everyone.

 

This should be a very interesting month with gas prices being as low as they have all month.
Nissan reported sales of 3098 in December, which gave them a record 2014 even with added competition (over 30,000).

Nissan Leaf Sets New Annual Record For U.S. Electric Car Sales

I'm very eager to see how the other plugins and hybrids did. Although we won't have Tesla's numbers until February

 

39MPG CS mode, ouch.

 

We have prius family sales out, totalling 207,372 for the year down 11.5%

For december
2839 prius c
492 prius phv
8799 prius liftback
2284 prius v

 

not surprising with all the offerings available now, and gas price.

 

Given that the car is getting long in the tooth, December liftback sales seem fairly good. I expect as we get closer to the gen IV release with these low gas prices the liftback sales will suffer, as people will switch or wait.

The prius v dropped from
2012 40,669
2013 34,989
2012 30,762

I expect if gas prices stay low the v will continue the slide. The prius c is a newer design and seemed to do relatively well, dropping only 2.4% from last year. Who knows the prius c with a price drop (because of strong dollar, imports should cost less) could set a sales record next year.

 

Seems prices are still strong...I did a little token year-end internet window shopping for a really cheap used PiP, but they were all over $20k around here. Manufacturers/dealers have the option to keep prices up to improve profit margin as a way to cope with decreased total sales.

 

I don't think too many families want to plop their kids into a 'whopping' 134 Hp in Prius v and hope to not get run onto the shoulder while trying to get ahead of a rogue tractor trailer failing to yield as Prius is trying to enter freeway.
This happened to me last month.

 

i doubt that's the reason. but it is the reason big honkin' suv's are so poplar.