U.S. Plug-in Electric Vehicle Sales by Model

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Chevy Volt 7671 23461 23094 18805 15393 24739 20349 18306 4915
Nissan Leaf 9674 9819 22610 30200 17269 14006 11230 14715 12365
Smart ED 342 139 923 2594 1387 657 544 1219 680
Mitsubishi I EV 76 588 1029 196 115 94 6 0 0
BMW Active E 0 673 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prius PHEV 0 12749 12088 13264 4191 2474 20936 27595 23630
Ford Focus EV 0 683 1738 1964 1582 901 1817 560 0
Honda Fit EV 0 93 569 407 2 0 0 0 0
Tesla Model S 0 2400 19400 16750 26200 30200 26500 25745 15090
Toyota RAV4 EV 0 192 1005 1184 18 0 0 0 0
Ford C-Max Energi 0 2374 7154 8433 7591 7957 8140 582 0
Honda Accord 0 0 526 449 64 0 0 0 0
Ford Fusion Energi 0 0 6089 11550 9750 15938 9632 8074 7476
Chevy Spark 0 0 560 1145 2629 3035 23 7 0
Fiat 500E 0 0 260 1503 3477 3737 3336 2250 632
Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid 0 0 51 879 407 393 18 2036 1958
Cadillac ELR 0 0 6 1310 1024 534 17 1 0
BMW i3 0 0 0 6092 11024 7625 6276 6117 4854
Mercedes B-Class (B250e) 0 0 0 774 1906 632 744 135 9
BMW i8 0 0 0 555 2265 1594 488 772 1102
VW e-Golf 0 0 0 357 4232 3937 3534 1354 4863
Kia Soul EV 0 0 0 359 1015 1728 2157 1134 114
Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid 0 0 0 112 1163 2111 1574 1022 1140
Mercedes S550 Plug 0 0 0 0 118 550 666 96 371
Volvo-XC90 Plug In 0 0 0 0 86 2015 2358 1387 1710
Tesla Model X 0 0 0 0 208 19600 21700 26100 19425
BMW X5 0 0 0 0 892 5995 5349 4434 167
Hyundai Sonata Plug In 0 0 0 0 15 3000 2254 460 456
Audi A3 Plug In 0 0 0 0 0 4280 2877 2597 437
BMW 3-series Plug-In 0 0 0 0 0 880 4141 2600 705
Mercedes GLE 550e 0 0 0 0 0 231 463 966 1509
BMW 7-series Plug-in 0 0 0 0 0 23 707 339 80
Mercedes C350We 0 0 0 0 0 171 817 1721 2172
Chevy Bolt 0 0 0 0 0 579 23297 18019 16313
Kia Optima Plug-in 0 0 0 0 0 0 1512 965 350
Hyundai Ioniq EV 0 0 0 0 0 0 432 345 739
Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 2981 7062 5811
Cadillac CT6 0 0 0 0 0 0 205 231 25
BMW 5-Series Plug in 0 0 0 0 0 0 3759 8664 5442
MINI Countryman S E 0 0 0 0 0 0 475 1564 494
Porsche Panamera 4 E-H 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tesla Model 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1770 139782 154840
Honda Clarity BEV 0 0 0 0 0 0 1126 948 742
Volvo XC60 Plug In 0 0 0 0 0 0 356 2267 1682
Volvo S90 Plug In 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 437 407
Honda Clarity Plug-in 0 0 0 0 0 0 903 18602 10728
Mitsubishi Outlander Plug In 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4166 2810
Hyundai Ioniq Plug-In 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1590 1765
Kia Niro Plug In 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3389 4051
Mercedes GLC 350e Hybrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 567 2459
Jaguar I-Pace 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 393 2594
Hyundai Kona Electric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1721
Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 880
Audi e-tron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5369
Kia Niro EV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1562
Source: Transportation Research Center at Argonne National Laboratory
Sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) grew rapidly from 2011 to 2018. Technology improvements, cost reduction, increasing model choice, maturing charging infrastructure, and economic recovery have continued to influence and support increased sales. Until 2018, the Chevrolet Volt had been on the market the longest and had the most overall sales, but the model was discontinued in 2019. In 2018, the newly introduced Tesla Model 3 rapidly increased vehicle sales and established the vehicle as the best-selling plug-in electric vehicle with nearly 50% of the market share.

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