Electric Cars Sell Faster than Hybrids Did At the Same Point

[Owner]

Electric Cars Sell Faster Than Hybrids Did At Same Point

But combined with the news that more than 61,000 Nissan Leafs have been sold--the bulk of 100,000 electric cars sold by Nissan and Renault--it counters the loudly-declaimed myth that "electric cars are a sales failure" and "no one wants them."
The 100,000th plug-in electric car sold in the U.S.was delivered sometime during May.

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

If I’m not mistaken, the first mass-produced hybrid vehicle looked like this:

I don’t think that helped… :wink:

 

[US Kiwi]

And now all electric is outselling plug-in's.... 100% Electric Cars Are Now Outselling Plug-in Hybrids in the US | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

 

[brianman]

I don't know enough yet to trust the numbers, but regardless I found this interesting as well:

9,839 Nissan Leafs, 882 Mitsubishi i-MiEVs, and about 9,400 Tesla Model S

 

[US Kiwi]

Here is another source spreading the good news! Electric Car Sales Have Doubled, Thanks To High Gas Prices