EV Sales Are Posted -- December 1, 2015

Numbers for EVs sold in November, 2015, have been posted:

• Tesla: 3,200 -- most in any month; previous high this year, 2,800 in June; last month, 1,900
• Nissan Leaf: 1,054, down from 1,238; average monthly sales this year: 1,447
• Chevrolet Volt: 1,980, down from 2,035; average monthly sales this year: 1,207
• BMI i13: 723, down a bit; average monthly sales this year: 873
• Ford Fusion Energi: 944, up slightly; average monthly sales this year: 790
• Ford C-Max Energi: 639, steady; average monthly sales this year: 637
• VW e-Golf: 472, down from 596 in October; average monthly sales this year: 32
• Toyota Prius PHV: huge hit, only 44 in November, down from a paltry 91 in October; average monthly sales for the year: 379
•  Fiat 500e (estimate): 390, down from 425; average monthly sales this year: 539
• Tesla Model X: 6 (September); 4 (October); 5 (November)

A lot of time and ink spent on so few sales.

The end of the line for the Prius PHV: production ended in June, 2015; timing of next generation PHEV Prius uncertain -- Autoblog.

The fourth-generation Toyota Prius and it's potential 58 miles per gallon fuel economy isn't due until later this year at the earliest, and some folks suspect it will be well into next year. But at least you'll still be able to buy one until it arrives; the same can't be said for the plug-in Prius - "Pip" to its friends - that will cease production this June. Nathan Kokes, a marketing representative in Toyota's Advanced Technology division, made the announcement on the forum Prius Chat without giving any reason for the decision.

Inside EVs says there about 1,100 Prius PHVs in stock at dealers, which would last for just under three months at the average sales rate this year. Assuming no changes in production to boost stocks, that would give you until the end of summer to fulfill your first-generation Prius PHV dreams, then there'd be a drought for an unknown length of time. For the conspiracy theorists looking to the sales numbers or the Mirai launch for cause, Kokes did join the chat thread once after the announcement to say that "will have plenty of Prius Plug-in Hybrids to sell long after [June]," and, "production plans and product cadence are in no way timed to any external incentive (i.e., CA HOV sticker), competitive product or the upcoming Mirai launch."

That story was published in May, 2015, when a spokesman said about 1,100 Prius PHVs were still sitting in dealer showrooms. Monthly sales/cumulative to date since May:

• June: 464 / 464
• July: 584 / 1,048 
• August: 344 / 1,392
• September: 216 / 1,608
• October: 91 / 1,699
• November: 44 / 1,743