The Chevrolet Volt continued its recent strong sales, with 2,851 Volts delivered in September.
That’s 20 units over its previous best monthly record of 2,831 units set in August, and significantly more than the 1,849 units sold in July.
Nissan LEAF sales, while still low comparatively speak, was still their highest volume monthly result so far this year.
The Nissan LEAF sold 984 units last month, up from sold 685 in August and only 395 sold in July.
So far this year, GM has sold 16,348 Chevrolet Volts, up from 3,895 units that had been sold last year at this exact time. Meanwhile, Nissan has sold 5,212 Leaf EVs, fewer than the 7,199 that had been sold at the same time last year.
UPDATE
Deliveries of the Prius Plug-in Hybrid totaled 1,652, up from 1,047 in August, 668 in July and 695 in June. For the year—February through September—Toyota has sold 7,734 Prius Plug-in Hybrids in the U.S. Toyota sold 61 units of the RAV4 EV in the vehicle’s first partial month on the market.
Honda reported selling 16 units of the Fit EV in September, while Mitsubishi sold 36 ‘i’ electric cars.
Ford sold 59 units of the Focus Electric last month, bringing the year to date total to 228 units.
In September, plug-in vehicle sales eclipsed the 5,000 mark for the first time ever.
Year-to-date, plug-in hybrid sales have totalled 24,082 units, while the battery-electric vehicle sales reached more than 5,500 units.
