plug-in sales increase a little over 20% mainly on the leaf

Monthly Plug-In Sales Scorecard
The leaf is doing great and I expect some more growth, but slow next year.
Some numbers are still missing but the main ones are in, and the top five sellers are

30,200 +34% Leaf
18,805 -19% Volt
17,300* -2% Tesla S
13,264 +10% Prius phv
11,550 +90% fusion energi

* inside EVs estimates tesla has not reported yet
** Ford hasn't released December numbers yet, so results will be better.

The prius phv started the year off great, but sold less than 500 in each of the last 4 months. Disappointing. Toyota could have done much better, but if grading on a curve the prius phv was the only member of the prius family to gain sales, the family ended up with 207,372 down 11.5% from 2013.
The volt was on line to reach parity with last year, then gm started selling the gen II and screwing up inventory. Recovery not expected until gen II. I expect low sales begining of next year. This is the most disapointing sales figure, but not unexpected.
Ford Fusion energi seemed to grow picking up the phev slack along with the new bmw i3+rex

Tesla because of a long than expected manufacturing change and battery shortages had a slight decline as they expanded overseas. Expect a little decline in the S next year as the model X is released. Overall tesla US plug-in sales should have strong growth in 2015.

 

Tesla only reports quarterly and insideEvs has been very good having those months add up to tesla's real numbers. For individual months I don't know.

Telsa's estimate for world wide sales for the year is 33,000 and I think the most they have missed is 150 cars, often selling more. It is likely they are kept all the december cars in the US, so they can meet that number. Shipping to Europe or Asia would push sales out to January. We should find out when the quarter is reported if the sum of 6000 Teslas were sold in the US October through January. That number seems quite reasonable given the retooling increased supply, but many orders were changed from 2wd to 4wd, and there are not enough 4wd parts yet.

 

Yep. It seems kind of sad that they released so much information for the new improved one so early. It seems like they wanted sales to go down. That maybe the case so that they can save some tax credits for the gen II. Let's hope the gen II is all they promise.

 

According to toyota not much, but I have to believe that adding even 8 more states, non-compliance states would have an impact. Volt sells well in michigan, where gm is, leaf in tenesee where nissan is, toyota has major factories in Texas, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Mississippi. Add in Florida, Illinois, and Minisotta, and you probably add 40% higher sales with these 8. Californa of course will be the best state for the prius phv, and likely 50% of their sales even if they were nationwide. OR, WA, NY, MA, CA are their good states now, but those 8 would have been better than some of the others.

Here is where volts sell.
Chevrolet Volt U.S. Density Map

 

I don't think toyota really is trying though.

At the new price point, I can see people in toyota plant in san antonio buying them. If they sell in state, then they get another $2500 from the state and we have cheap wind to charge them. Florida might do well also with its cheap solar. Colorado with its plug-in incentives and cheap wind. One reason California gets 40% of plug-ins is many don't sell in other states. I see lots of volts in florida and texas, why would the prius phv not sell if toyota actually trained dealers and pushed the cars.

Let's face it toyota should not be handicapped into saying the phv would outsell say the volt if it was sold nationwide, but I would like to see toyota try to roll it out to some easy states and start promoting plug-ins instead of marketing against them.