The official electric car sales guardian, Inside EVs, goes on monthly sales both in the United States and across the world. According to the August report, the sales of electric cars were higher compared to the previous year. The report indicates that last month a total of 14,882 electric vehicles were sold in U.S. This figure was close to six thousand more compared to last year the same month. In terms of percentage, the increase was 66 percent. This is a clear indication that people are beginning to incline to electric and green cars.
The electric car sales in the Unites States are still lower than expectations. However, the trend line shows the start of an exponential growth. Since their inception, a total of 93,197 plugin vehicles have been purchased. This figure is 29 percent more in comparison to last year’s numbers. Tesla’s Model S, the most costly electric vehicle in the United States market topped the sales chart. Approximately 3,125 cars were sold last month. Contrary to other car manufacturers, Tesla doesn’t give information concerning its monthly sales figures. Additionally, it does not give sales reports by region.
Coming second is the 2nd generation Chevrolet Volt with a total of 2,081 vehicles delivered. Ford’s Energi Fusion came third with a total of 1, 422 vehicles sold. The actual star in the latest report given by Inside EVs is BMW’s X5 xDrive with approximately 876 vehicles delivered in August. This BMW model came as a shock just behind the Nissan Leaf by a few hundred. Other notable electric cars that appeared in the report include Chevy Spark electric vehicle, Volkswagen e-Golf, Hyundai’s Sonata plug-in, Porsche Cayenne, Kia Soul electric vehicle, and many more. BMW 740e and Mercedes C350e were last on the list. The message seems to imply that consumers are thirsty for plug-in SUVs. Although this was clear about a year ago, the industry has taken quite some time to respond to customer demands.
There are quite a good number of new electric vehicles yet to be produced. Luckily, we are beginning to witness the move from conventional gasoline powered vehicles to electric cars. Consumers are beginning to shift their focus on environment friendly vehicles such as electrified ones. Once there has been full adoption, the increase rate should be geometric rather than arithmetic. This rate of increase has to follow this trend if at all electric vehicles will play a key role in reducing the rate of carbon dioxide or greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation industry.