Monday, December 11, 2017

USA November 2017

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Chevy Bolt is ramping up


Over 17.000 plug-in units were registered last month in the USA, a 29% increase YoY, making November (1.2% share) the sixth month in a row of 1% plus PEV share, and pulling the YTD count to 174.000 units, a 30% growth over the same period last year, with the 2017 PEV share at 1.1%.

In an off-peak Tesla month, the big news were Third Monthly Best Seller award of the Chevrolet Bolt, with a record 2.987 deliveries, after a streak of seven eight months gaining momentum, the little Chevrolet hatchback is gearing up to end the year to register over 3.000-plus registrations in December.

In the YTD ranking, the Toyota Prius Prime reached the Podium, displacing the Chevrolet Volt to Fourth, while BMW impressed last month, with the BMW 530e doing a record 872 deliveries, jumping to #15, while the X5 PHEV scored 929 units (New personal best), allowing it to climb to #11.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Tesla (23%) and Chevrolet (23%, up 1%) are running neck-to-neck for the leadership, while in Third Place we now have Toyota (11%), finally surpassing Ford (10%, down 1%), but the American brand better look back, as the rising BMW (10%, up 2%) is just 1200 units behind...


Pl
USA
Nov.
YTD
%
1
Tesla Model S  e)
1335
22085
13
2
Chevrolet Bolt EV
2987
20070
12
3
Toyota Prius Prime
1834
18516
11
4
Chevrolet Volt
1702
18412
11
5
Tesla Model X  e)
1875
18015
10
6
Nissan Leaf
175
11128
6
7
Ford Fusion Energi  
731
8757
5
8
Ford C-Max Energi 
523
7704
4
9
BMW  i3
283
5604
3
10
Fiat 500e
215
5210
3
11
BMW X5 PHEV
929
4517
3
12
Chr. Pacifica PHEV
570
3877
2
13
BMW 330e
477
3778
2
14
Volkswagen e-Golf
289
3191
2
15
BMW 530e
872
3066
2
16
Audi A3 e-Tron
38
2617
1
17
Hyundai Sonata PHEV
135
2340
1
18
Kia Soul EV
207
1953
1
19
Volvo XC90 PHEV
204
1828
1
20
Ford Focus Electric
121
1704
1
Others
1880
11407

TOTAL
17178
173941


e) Estimate


Chevrolet Bolt & Others

Pl
Model
Nov.
Sales  
1
 Nissan Versa
7.274
2
    Hyundai Accent
3.624
3
Ford Fiesta
3.035
4
Chevrolet Bolt
2.987
5
Honda Fit
2.799



Looking at the Sub-Compact cars class, the Chevrolet Bolt is starting to make itself noticed, reaching Fourth Place in November, inclusively outselling its ICE relative, the Chevrolet Sonic, that registered 2.751 units, and was down 12% regarding November '16 and 42%(!) during the whole year. Coincidence? Mmmm...

YTD, with the exception of the Bolt, all models in this Top 5 are down regarding last year, with significant drops from the Hyundai Accent (-29%) and Nissan Versa (-19%)



Tesla Model S & Others

Pl
Model
2017
Sales  
1
 Mercedes E/CLS-Class
45.927
2
    BMW 5-Series
35.915
3
Tesla Model S
22.085
4
Audi A6
14.334
5
Mercedes S-Class
13.704

Looking at the full-size vehicles, nothing really new here, the top two continue in their usual positions, with the Model S on its way to collect another Bronze Medal, while below it, the Mercedes S-Class and Audi A6 are too far to bother the Californian.

If all is business as usual in Model S territory, the Model X on the other hand, is having a much harder time, failing once again to make an impression, being only Seventh in its class, recording 18.015 deliveries in a fast growing segment, far from the 48.772 units of the leader Mercedes GLE-Class. 


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