The european passenger plug in car market started the 2018 season with almost 26 000 registrations growing 36 compared to the same period last year a promising start that unfortunately is being made for the most part thanks to growth in plug in hybrids 44 year over year.
Electric car sales 2017.
Plug in hybrid sales were up 4.
The big electric car sales story again in november was that chevy bolt sales rose again and took the 1 spot again.
Electric car range is growing as well and prices are coming down.
Remember that purchasing a fully electric vehicle entitles you to up to a 7 500 federal tax credit at least for now.
Both britain and france with electric vehicle sales increases of just over a quarter slipped one rank position down due to the strong increase in electric car sales in germany in 2017.
You can toggle between us electric car sales charts for november 2017 november 2016 jan nov 2017 and jan nov 2016 via the little tabs near the top of the interactive chart above.
January july 2017 vs january july 2016 fully electric car sales were up 86 plug in hybrid sales were up 34 and sales of all 14 plug in cars were up 45.
August 2017 vs august 2016 was less dramatic but still a period of strong growth.
Europe electric car sales january 2017.
The uk was the largest single country market for plug in hybrids in europe in 2017 but germany took the lead in the final quarter of the year.
You can get in an electric car ev like the ford focus electric volkswagen e golf or hyundai ioniq for around 22 000 after the federal rebate.