segment continued to decline in 2015, down 15% from 2014. Following the general U.S. trend, Fusion Hybrid sales were down 30.3% from 2014, and the Fusion continued to rank as the fourth top selling hybrid in the U.S. Sales of Lincoln MKZ Hybrid fell 16.2% from a year earlier. The American plug-in hybrid market in 2015 was up 5.8% from 2014, however, sales of the Fusion Energi were down 15.6% from 2014, and C-Max Energi sales were down by 10.0%. The Fusion Energi ranked as the second top selling plug-in hybrid in the country after the Chevrolet Volt, up from third place in 2014, and passing the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid. 2017 In 2017, after a redesign which improved efficiency, Ford Fusion Hybrid sales surged by 70.8%, making it the number two selling hybrid car in America, after the Toyota Prius Liftback, which had 12.5% more sales. In contrast, the newly released Prius Prime surged 745%, consuming all the growth in the PHEV market, and American PHEVs like the Fusion (-39.6%) and Chevy Volt (-17.7%) suffered steep declines as new PHEV models from Volvo, BMW, and Mercedes ate into American car sales. Total US sales Since 2009 a total of 356,534 units of the Fusion hybrid family, including the Energi plug-in hybrid, have been sold in the United States through December 2017. U.S. sales by year for each model and the share of hybrids out of total model sales are shown in the following table: See also Ford CD2 platform Ford CD4 platform Ford Fusion (regular non-hybrid version) Ford Motor Company Hybrid electric vehicles in the United States List of hybrid vehicles List of modern production plug-in electric vehicles Plug-in electric vehicles in the United States References External links Ford's Fusion Hybrid page (Click on Green) Fusion Hybrid timetable on tax credits Fusion Hybrid Front-wheel-drive vehicles Mid-size cars Hybrid electric cars Plug-in hybrid vehicles Sedans Police vehicles Partial zero-emissions vehicles Cars introduced in 2009 Cars introduced in 2013 Fusion Hybrid Vehicles with CVT transmission