Market Share of EVs

WetEV said:

oilerlord said:

Works for me, but given <1% of the market actually chooses an EV,

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Which "the market" are you talking about? Not global, over 1%. Not the USA, over 1%.

Maybe Canada?

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USA

FY2016, 17.6 millions cars & trucks were sold. Of those, 159,333 were EVs:

http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/04/news/companies/car-sales-2016/index.html

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<1% of new cars purchased were EVs. The Model 3 could move 2017 numbers >1%.

oilerlord said:

FY2016,
<1% of new cars purchased were EVs. The Model 3 could move 2017 numbers >1%.

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2016 was 2016. So far in 2017:

http://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/

104863 plug in vehicles

http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/2_3022-autosales.html

9867276 cars, SUVs and light trucks.

Or 1.06% of vehicles.

Perhaps "about 1%"?

Cars is even more above 1%.

Plug in cars to total cars (Leaving out SUVs and light trucks) is 2.51% EVs

Maybe "less than 5%"?

WetEV said:

1.06% of vehicles.

Perhaps "about 1%"?

Cars is even more above 1%.

Plug in cars to total cars (Leaving out SUVs and light trucks) is 2.51% EVs

Maybe "less than 5%"?

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Back in June, I made the comment based on 2016 data. Who knows what the future holds for the rest of 2017 & beyond. Feel free to leave out SUVs and light trucks / spin sales figures any way you please. Whatever floats your boat.

oilerlord said:

Back in June, I made the comment based on 2016 data. Who knows what the future holds for the rest of 2017 & beyond. Feel free to leave out SUVs and light trucks / spin sales figures any way you please. Whatever floats your boat.

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EVs have been growing market share. At some point in time, you can no longer truthfully say that EVs <1% of the vehicle market.

Looks like 2017 might be that year. The future is of course unknown.

It is perhaps nitpicking to point out that EV cars are well over 1% of total car sales, as car sales don't include light trucks and SUVs. However, please be precise. This statement has not be true for while:

<1% of new cars purchased were EVs

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When in actual fact 2.5% of cars sold are EVs. While a car is a vehicle, not all vehicles are cars.

"Perhaps" nitpicking?

Again: Back in June, I made the comment based on 2016 data. Who knows what the future holds for the rest of 2017 & beyond. Hopefully, the Model 3 may be the EV that actually does change the game.

We're on the same side. Really.

"Should California spend $3 billion to help people buy electric cars?" Los Angeles Times, August 26, 2017

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-electric-vehicle-subsidies-20170828-htmlstory.html