Dear EV-volumes member, We hope you enjoyed our previous book recommendation. The global sales data for plug-ins 2017 Q1 and April is now in our databases and here is our round-up: 191 700 units, which is 40 % higher than for the Q1 in 2016. If the market would continue on a 40 % growth pace until 2030, we would see 8 out of 10 new vehicles sold having a plug. The growth has been high for plug-in vehicles, and for the moment there are no indications of it stagnating soon. Below is the complete OEM plug-in ranking. Source: EV-volumes.com Data Center Tesla is again the #1 EV manufacturer. Last years winner BYD had a slow start in 2017, because of a general confusion around Chinese incentives schemes, but sales are picking up again. Please visit our page to read the full article. The complete model rankings are found in our Data Center service For more details, the forecasts, and OEM rankings and analysis, log in at our homepage and read the full article.
US electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tesla was the top selling EV maker during Q1 2017, grabbing almost 14% of the market share, a rise of 4% on the same period last year, according to EV-volumes.com. The data also revealed 191,700 plug-in units were sold, 40% more than Q1 2016, which could lead to eight out of 10 new vehicles being electric if sales levels continue at a comparable rate until 2030.