The Chevrolet Volt family is the world's all-time top selling plug-in hybrid electric car. Global sales passed the 100,000 unit milestone in October 2015.[2]
The history of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) spans a little more than a century, but most of the significant commercial developments have taken place after 2002. The revival of interest in this automotive technology together with all-electric cars is due to advances in battery and power management technologies, and concerns about increasingly volatile oil prices and supplydisruption, and also the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.[3][4][5] Between 2003 and 2010 most PHEVs on the roads were conversions of production hybrid electric vehicles, and the most prominent PHEVs were aftermarket conversions of 2004 or later Toyota Prius, which have had plug-in charging and more lead–acid batteries added and their electric-only range extended.
Global sales of plug-in hybrids grew from over 300 units in 2010 to almost 9,000 in 2011, jumped to over 60,000 in 2012, and reached almost 222,000 in 2015.[6]As of December2015[update], the United States is the world's largest plug-in hybrid car market with a stock of 193,770 units, followed by China with 86,580 vehicles, the Netherlands with 78,160, Japan with 55,470 units, and the UK with 28,250.[6]As of June2016[update], about 640,000 highway legal plug-in hybrid electric cars have been sold worldwide since December 2008, out of total global sales of over 1.5 million light-duty plug-in electric cars.[6][7][8]As of June2016[update], the Volt/Ampera family is the world's all-time top selling plug-in hybrid car, with global sales of about 117,300 units, followed by the Mitsubishi Outlander P-HEV with global sales of about 107,400 units, and the Toyota Prius PHEV with more than 75,400 units delivered globally.[9]
Hybrid vehicles were produced beginning as early as 1899 by Lohner–Porsche. Early hybrids could be charged from an external source before operation. However, the term "plug-in hybrid" has come to mean a hybrid vehicle that can be charged from a standard electrical wall socket.
The July 1969 issue of Popular Science magazine featured an article on the General Motors XP-883 plug-in hybrid. The concept commuter vehicle housed six 12-volt lead–acid batteries in the trunk area and a transverse-mounted DC electric motor turning a front-wheel drive trans-axle. The gasoline-powered engine was connected to the trans-axle via a worm gear.[10] The car could be plugged into a standard 110 Volt AC outlet for recharging.
The September 1975 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine featured a cover story on an experimental "turbo-electric" hybrid that "plugs in overnight for thrifty driving around town."[14] Built by electronics engineer Harry Grepke, the vehicle used eight 12-volt truck batteries and a turbine genset. Grepke claimed an all-electric range of 50 miles (80km).[15]
In 1989, Audi produced its first iteration of the Audi Duo, a plug-in parallel hybrid based on the Audi 100 Avant Quattro. This car had a 12.6bhp (9.4kW)Siemenselectric motor which drove the rear wheels. A trunk-mounted nickel-cadmium battery supplied energy to the motor that drove the rear wheels. The vehicle's front wheels were powered by a 2.3-litre five-cylinder engine with an output of 136bhp (101kW). The intent was to produce a vehicle which could operate on the engine in the country and electric mode in the city. Mode of operation could be selected by the driver. Just ten vehicles are believed to have been made; one drawback was that due to the extra weight of the electric drive, the vehicles were less efficient when running on their engines alone than standard Audi 100s with the same engine.
Inspired by his work as an EV1 propulsion system engineer, Jeff Ronning began developing concepts for plug-in hybrids in the mid-1990s at then Delco Remy, Division of GM. EV1 prototypes were sometimes attached with "range-extender" trailers, developed by Alan Cocconi of AC Propulsion. These trailers were simply rolling gen sets that could supply power for long trips. It was only natural to conceive of an EV1 with a small turbo-alternator on board (1995 internal publication). External publications (SAE 971629[16] and 1999-01-2946) followed expounding the merits of using electrical energy for most local travel and proving it with the data from the US DOT. "Unlimited EV" and "Battery Dominant Hybrid" as well as "Energy Hybrid" were the given names for the architecture because the term "plug-in" hybrid coined by Dr. Andy Frank was considered at odds with Toyota's position that Prius did not need to be "plugged in" and their opinion that plugging was inconvenient. In 1997 (ten years before Volt) an internal project at the new spin-off, Delphi Corporation, began to convert an EV1 to a PHEV. However, the project was canceled by the corporate directors of technology.
In 1994, the Esoro H301 two-door, four passenger plug-in hybrid sedan was built in Switzerland by the vehicle prototyping company Esoro AG.[17] Four such prototypes are still on the road. The lightweight (710kg/1565lb) vehicle featured a 360cc engine in parallel with a 34kW air-cooled AC induction motor. The 9kWh nickel-cadmium battery could be recharged in four hours from a 220V electrical wall outlet, or from 30% to 80% state of charge in about two hours at a steady speed of 120km/h.[18]
In 1998, Audi premiered a second iteration of the Duo plug-in hybrid, based on the Audi A4, at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The 1998 Audi Duo featured a parallel configuration similar to its predecessor. At the time, hybrid propulsion was considered as a promising solution to Europe's inner city emissions problems. Audi AG leased ten Duo PHEVs to Solarmobilverein Erlangen in the city of Erlangen, Bavaria as part of ELCIDIS (Electric Vehicle City Distribution), an advanced mobility project funded by the European Commission.[19] Solar recharging stations were envisioned, but were not built. The fleet trial ended in August 2001.
About sixty 1998–1999 Audi Duo PHEVs were built. However, few customers were prepared to pay twice the price as the base model A4 equipped with an identical diesel engine, and series production was stopped.
2000–2005
2000
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) sponsored the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Alliance to promote and develop original equipment manufacturer commercialization of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Alliance members include major automakers, national labs, utilities, and the University of California at Davis. EPRI's Hybrid Electric Vehicle Working Group published reports on PHEV attractiveness. Dr. Frank received new support from the European Commission, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, California Air Resources Board, and other governmental agencies.
2001
The U.S. Department of Energy created the National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis, with Dr. Frank as Director. Dr. Frank also obtained substantial GM funds to hybridize and plug-in GM's EV1. EPRI's Hybrid Electric Vehicle Working Group (HEVWG) published a report on costs and efficiencies of hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles.[20] The report evaluated a small car, a midsize car, and an SUV, and simulated four powertrains for each vehicle: a conventional powertrain, a parallel HEV, a PHEV-20, and a PHEV-60.
Terminology note: A plug-in hybrid's all-electric range is designated by PHEV-(miles) or PHEV(kilometers)km representing the distance the vehicle can travel on battery power alone. For example, a PHEV-20 can travel 20miles without using its internal combustion engine, or about 32kilometers, so it may also be designated as PHEV32km.[21]
2002
Entrepreneurs, environmentalists and engineers created the California Cars Initiative. CalCars is a non-profit PHEV advocacy and technology development group.
2003
The redesigned Renault Kangoo Elect'road operates in blended mode.
Renault began selling the Elect'Road, a plug-in series hybrid version of their popular Kangoo, in Europe. It was sold alongside Renault's "Electri'cite" electric-drive Kangoo battery electric van. The Elect'Road had a 150km range using a nickel-cadmium battery pack and a 500cc, 16kW liquid-cooled gasoline "range-extender" engine. It powered two high voltage/high output/low volume alternators, each of which supplied up to 5.5kW at 132V at 5000rpm. The operating speed of the internal combustion engine (and therefore the output delivered by the generators) varied according to demand. The fuel tank had a capacity of 10 litres and was housed within the right rear wheel arch. The range extender function was activated by a switch on the dashboard. The onboard 3.5kW charger could charge a depleted battery pack to 95% SOC in about four hours from 220 volts. Passenger compartment heat was powered by the battery pack as well as an auxiliary coolant circuit that was heated by the range extender engine. Renault sold about 500, primarily in France, Norway and the UK, for about 25,000 euros each[22] and redesigned the Elect'road in 2007.
Professor Frank's vehicles were shown at the Paris International Auto Show and demonstrated to about 200 Renault engineers at its Paris headquarters. In the same year, Toyota shipped Coulomb, a University of California Davis Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle, to Toyota City to demonstrate it to about 250 engineers and executives at two of Toyota's primary Tier 1 suppliers, Koyo Seiko, and Aisin AW (Aisin built the 1998–2003 Toyota Prius hybrid transaxle, as well as those used in the Ford Escape Hybrid, Toyota Camry Hybrid, and Nissan Altima Hybrid).
In September, the California Cars Initiative converted a 2004 Toyota Prius into a prototype of what it calls the PRIUS+. With the addition of 130kg (300lb) of lead–acid batteries, the PRIUS+ achieved roughly double the gasoline mileage of a standard Prius and can make trips of up to 15km (9.3mi) using only electric power.[24] The vehicle, which is owned by CalCars technical lead Ron Gremban, is used in daily driving, as well as a test bed for various improvements to the system.
Also in September, DaimlerChrysler displayed a plug-in hybrid version of its popular Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 311 CDI commercial van at the 2004 Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung Commercial Vehicle Show in Frankfurt, Germany.[25] The diesel-engine PHEV Sprinters had a maximum all-electric range of 30 kilometers. Hand-built in Sindelfingen, Germany by Mercedes-Benz, the vehicles were tested around the clock, and some were placed in commercial fleet environments. The PHEV Sprinter's engine could be turned off by the driver for operation in historic European city centers that had outlawed internal-combustion engines.
By the end of the year, Dr. Frank's student teams had built and operated seven proof-of-concept and proof-of-demonstration prototype Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, including 6-passenger sedans (Taurus and Sable), Sport Utility Vehicles (Suburban, Explorer), two-seater sports car (GM EV1), and two ground-up 80 mpg sports cars, and the CalCars PRIUS+ prototype and EDrive Systems conversions were demonstrated.
2005
Additional DaimlerChryslerMercedes-Benz Sprinter 15-passenger van PHEV prototypes were completed.[12] EPRI, along with a number of utilities and government agencies, worked with DaimlerChrysler to deliver 4 Sprinter PHEV vans to test fleets.[26]
In August, four companies – Raser Technologies,[27]Maxwell Technologies, Electrovaya, and Pacific Gas and Electric – formed the Plug-In Hybrid Consortium[28][29] to help reduce the research and design gap between component suppliers and OEMs and to accelerate the development of critical PHEV components. Since then, nine other component companies and three more utility companies, as well as CalCars and Plug In America, have joined the consortium.
2006
At the UC Davis Hybrid Center, teams led by Professor Andrew A. Frank[30] have been designing and building working prototypes, installed into a GM Equinox for the Challenge X competition.[11]
PHEV conversions of IVECO medium-duty diesel-powered commercial vehicles, sold as Hybrid Daily Bimodales, are offered by Micro-Vett SPA of Imola, Italy in truck, nine-passenger van, and 20-passenger school bus configurations.[31] Micro-Vett offers their conversions with either lead–acid or lithium-ion battery packs, which have an advertised all-electric range of 25 kilometers, or 45 to 100 kilometers, respectively.[32]
February: Hymotion, a Canadian company, introduced plug-in hybrid upgrade kits in February 2006. Designed for the Toyota Prius and the Ford Escape and Mariner Hybrids, these kits were offered to fleet buyers at first and are projected to be available to the general public in 2007.
April 14: Piaggio, the Italian manufacturer of Vespa scooters, announced that it had built two parallel-architecture plug-in hybrid prototypes based on the standard Vespa LX 50 and X8 125 models.[33]
May 17: Representatives of academia, government, and the utility and auto industries testified before the House Science Subcommittee on Energy in support of proposed legislation that would advance the commercialization of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.[34]
May: Ryan Fulcher and Rich Rudman of Manzanita Micro converted Fulcher's Prius to a plug-in hybrid, using components that would lead to the introduction of a Manzanita Micro charger kit for PHEV conversions.
Hybrids Plus PHEV Toyota Prius with PHEV-15 pack in place of original pack and extension pack (for PHEV-30) on the side, retaining tire access.
July 5: Hybrids Plus of Boulder, Colorado began offering plug-in hybrid conversions of the 2004 and later Toyota Prius, using A123 SystemsLi-ion batteries for either a 15 or 30-mile (48km)all-electric range. Their first contract was with the Colorado Office of Energy Management and Conservation, which ordered one plug-in Prius conversion. The vehicle was handed over to Colorado OEMC on March 6, 2007.
July 18: Toyota announced that it "plans to develop a hybrid vehicle that will run locally on batteries charged by a typical 120-volt outlet before switching over to a gasoline engine for longer hauls."[35] The next major update to the Toyota Prius is said to use lithium ion batteries.[36] Toyota's fuel economy target for the upcoming next-generation Prius has been reported to be 40 kilometers/liter (2.5 L/100km, or 94 mpg US.)[37]
August: PML Flightlink unveiled an in-wheel, plug-in series hybrid conversion of a MINI at the British Motor Show, the MINI QED.[38] PML claimed fuel economy of 80 mpg, 0 to 60mph (97km/h) in 4.5 seconds, top speed of over 150mph (240km/h), and a range of 1,000 miles (1,600km).[39]
November 29: GM announced plans to introduce a production plug-in hybrid version of Saturn's Greenline Vue SUV with an all-electric range of 10 miles (16km).[40]
January 7: General Motors' Chevrolet Volt was unveiled at Detroit's North American International Auto Show.[41][42] The Volt is part of GM's E-Flex architecture, which is expected to initially feature a plug-in capable, battery-dominant series hybrid architecture. Future E-Flex plug-in hybrid vehicles may use gasoline, diesel, or hydrogen fuel cell power to supplement the vehicle's battery. General Motors envisions an eventual progression of E-Flex vehicles from plug-in hybrids to pure electric vehicles, as battery technology improves.[43] General Motors presented the Volt as a PHEV-40 that starts its engine when 40% of the battery charge remains, and which can achieve a fuel economy of 50 mpg (4.7 L/100km), even if the vehicle is not plugged in.[44]
February 28: The United States Department of Energy released a draft of a plan to accelerate the development and deployment of plug-in hybrid vehicle technology.[45] On May 22, five research projects were selected to receive $19 million to further the development of technologies related to PHEVs, such as electric motor power inverters.[46]
March 14: The Illinois Institute of Technology delivered a converted plug-in Ford Escape Hybrid to the Chicago Department of Fleet Management for four to six months of field testing of the vehicle to evaluate the vehicle's performance, as well as improvements in fuel efficiency and emission reduction.[48] The project is sponsored by the City of Chicago, MicroSun Technologies, ComEd, and All Cell, an Illinois Institute of Technology-based technology transfer company formed in 2001 to commercialize lithium-ion batteries in military, medical, portable, and transportation applications.
April 9: Pacific Gas and Electric, California's largest electric company, announced their support for plug-in hybrids with Vehicle to Grid capabilities. PG&E proposed regulatory changes which could allow homeowners to use such vehicles for back-up electricity in the event of a power failure.[49]
April 23: The California Air Resources Board Independent Expert Panel on Zero Emission Vehicles published a report[50] that assessed advanced vehicle technologies and concluded, among other things, that plug-in hybrids "have the potential to provide significant direct societal benefits and are likely to become available in the near future."[51]
April 25: Phoenix Motorcars and UQM Technologies announced a collaborative project to develop a plug-in series hybrid version of the sport utility truck that Phoenix currently sells as an all-electric vehicle.[52] The vehicle is projected to use a small gasoline-fueled internal combustion engine as a range extender and lithium titanate batteries from Altair Nanotechnologies.
May 1: A123Systemslithium-ion battery company CEO David Vieau announced that A123 plans to market battery packs in 2008 for third-party conversion of hybrids to plug-in hybrids.[53]
May 2: CalCars announced that it had received a $200,000 grant from Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, for a two-year period to support its work in educating the public about plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles. In 2006, Google.org announced that it intended to develop a plug-in hybrid of its own.[54]
July 18: Toyota requested permission from Japan's government to test a prototype plug-in Prius with a lithium-ion battery pack on public roads. After the test, Toyota is expected to lease them to government and municipal fleets, and may introduce the new model at the Tokyo Motor Show in November.[58]
On July 25, 2007, Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport certified Toyota's plug-in hybrid for use on public roads, making it the first automobile to attain such approval. Toyota plans to conduct road tests to verify its all-electric range. The plug-in Prius was said to have an all-electric range of 13km (8mi).[59] But later prototypes shown at the 2008 Paris Auto Show had an electric-only range of "just a little over six miles."[60]
August 9: General Motors vice president Robert Lutz said that GM is on track for Chevrolet Volt production to begin by 2010. Announcing an agreement with A123Systems, Lutz said GM would like to have their planned Saturn Vue plug-in on the roads by 2009.[61]
September 6: Toyota announced that they reached an agreement with Electricite de France (EDF) to "jointly test prototype plug-in hybrid vehicles and develop electricity infrastructure for plug-ins".[65]
September 25: The United States Department of Energy is providing $17.2 million to further development of advanced batteries, and another $2 million for the study of future plug-ins. A cost-share with the United States Advanced Battery Consortium will allow up to $38 million in battery research and development.[69]
October 9: Chinese manufacturer BYD Automobile Company, owned by China's largest mobile phone battery maker, announced that they would be introducing a production PHEV-60 sedan in China in the second half of 2008. BYD plans to exhibit it in January 2008 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Based on BYD's midsize F6 sedan, it uses iron-based batteries instead of lithium-ion, and can be recharged to 70 percent of capacity in 10 minutes.[70]
October 27: Venture Vehicles announced it would produce two versions of the three-wheeled VentureOne, an electric model with a range of 120 miles (190km), and a 100 mpg[clarification needed] PHEV version.
November 8: German Environmental Minister Sigmar Gabriel received a concept paper from Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn about Volkswagen's attempts for electric drive and plug-in-hybrid technology.[71]
2008
On January 14, 2008, Toyota announced they would start selling lithium battery plug-in hybrids by 2010.[72][73]
January 2008: A privately run waiting list to purchase the Chevrolet Volt reached 10,000 members. The list, administered by Lyle Dennis, was started one year prior.[74]
January 2008: Assistant professor Yi Cui and colleagues at Stanford University's Department of Materials Science and Engineering[75] have made a discovery to use siliconnanowires to give rechargeable lithium ion batteries 10 times more charge.[76][77]
On February 7, 2008, Valence Technology announced it has entered into a contract with The Tanfield Group Plc (LSE: TAN) to manufacture and supply safe, Lithium Phosphate energy storage systems to power zero emission, all-electric commercial delivery vehicles. The Valence battery systems will be installed in leading-edge vans and trucks produced by Tanfield's UK-based trading division, Smith Electric Vehicles, the world's largest manufacturer of electric vans and trucks.
On March 27, 2008, the California Air Resources Board modified their regulations, requiring automobile manufacturers to produce 58,000 plug-in hybrids for sale to Californians during 2012 through 2014.[78] This requirement is an asked-for alternative to an earlier mandate to produce 25,000 pure zero emission vehicles, reducing that requirement to 5,000.[79]
April 2008: Raser and FEV[80] series hybrid/extended range EV powertrain plan to have the first prototype vehicle ready to demonstrate in the third quarter of this year installed in a full-size SUV.[81]
On June 4, 2008, Rick Wagoner, GM chairman and CEO announced mass production of the Chevy Volt beginning in late 2010.[82] On June 5, 2008, Hymotion signed the first six dealers for its kits to convert Toyota Priuses into plug-in hybrids.[83] On June 12, 2008, Ford urged the US Government to step up the evolution of plug-in hybrids.[84]
On June 26, 2008, Volkswagen announced that they would be introducing production plug-ins based on the Golf compact. Volkswagen uses the term 'TwinDrive' to denote a PHEV.[85]
The production design model of the Chevrolet Volt was officially unveiled on September 16, 2008, as part of General Motors centennial celebration at the Wintergarden headquarters in Detroit.[86] The production model differed greatly in design from the original concept car. The carmaker cited necessary aerodynamic changes needed to reduce the concept car's highdrag coefficient of Cd=0.43[87] down to a more efficient Cd=0.28.[88]
In September 2008, Mazda was reported to be planning PHEVs.[89] On September 23, 2008, Chrysler announced that they had prototyped a plug-in Jeep Wrangler and a Chrysler Town and Country mini-van, both PHEV-40s with series powertrains, and an all-electric Dodge sports car, and said that one of the three vehicles would go into production.[90][91][92][93][94]
On October 3, the U.S. enacted the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. The legislation provides tax credits of $2,500 plus $417 for each kilowatt-hour of battery capacity over 4 kilowatt-hours, up to $7,500 for cars under 10,000 pounds, $10,000 for larger vehicles under 14,000 pounds, $12,500 for bigger trucks under 26,000 pounds, or $15,000 for larger trucks and equipment. The tax credit will be phased out two calendar quarters after the first 250,000 such vehicles are sold, down to 50% for the next six months and 25% for another half year after that.[95][96]
In mid-October, the Wall Street Journal reported that BYD Auto's PHEV-60 F3DM sedan will be available by November in China.[97] It will sell for equivalent of US$22,000 and has a 110km electric-mode driving range.[98]
On December 15, 2008, BYD Auto's F3DM PHEV-60 sedan began selling in China as the first production plug-in hybrid, the first ever sold in the world.[100][101] It costs the equivalent of US$22,000 and has a 100km (62mi) electric-mode driving range.[98] During its first year in the market the F3DM plug-in sold only 48 vehicles.[102][103]
On June 1, 2009, Volvo announced the launching of series productiondiesel-electric plug-in hybrids by 2012.[104][105][106] The company plans to sell a series hybrid with the goal of achieving emissions of less than 50grams of CO2 per kilometer.[105][106] Two Volvo V70 demonstrators were converted to PHEVs and are undergoing a test trial in real world conditions since December 2009. This demonstration project is a joint venture with Vattenfall, a Swedish energy company. As reported by the test drivers, the V70 Plug-in Hybrid demonstrators have an all-electric range between 20 kilometres (12mi) to 30 kilometres (19mi). The test plug-in hybrids were built with a button to allow test drivers to manually choose between electricity or diesel engine power at any time.[107][108]
During its first eight months in the Chinese market, the BYD F3DM PHEV-60 sold less than 100 vehicles.[112][113][103] Sales of the F3DM began in Hong Kong in June 2009.[113]
Sales of the BYD F3DM to the general public began in Shenzhen in March 2010,[121][122] and only 417 units were sold during 2010.[123]
On March 31, 2010, the first factory-built Chevrolet Volt was produced at the Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Plant in order to test the production line and for quality control purposes, both of the tooling and the pre-production vehicles produced before regular production began.[124][125]
Retail deliveries of the Fisker Karma began in November 2011.
Fisker Automotive initially scheduled sales of its Karma PHEV by the fourth quarter of 2009 in the U.S., and starting in 2010 in Europe.[131] After rescheduling the Fisker Karma market launch to September 2010, and missing its target to build 70 to 100 test cars in 2010,[132] production began in July 2011.[133] The Valmet plant in Finland began production with five cars a week. By December 2011 the production rate was 25 units a day.[134] The first deliveries of the Fisker Karma, with an all-electric range of 32 miles (51km), took place in the U.S. in July 2011.[135] Karma deliveries to retail customers began in November 2011.[136]
Chrysler began in 2011 field testing of the Dodge Ram 1500 Plug-in Hybrid in the United States with 140 units. The plug-in pickups were allocated to local and state governments, utility companies, and a U.S. Army base. This is demonstration program only, and Chrysler stated it has no plans for a production version. The Ram PHEV has an EV range of 20mi (32km).[137][138]
BYD Auto reported sales over 1,000 BYD F3DMs by October 2011.[139] Cumulative sales of the Chevrolet Volt in the U.S. and Canada reached 8,272 units through December 2011.[140][141]
2012
Deliveries of the Opel Ampera in Europe began in February 2012.
The European version of the Volt, the Opel Ampera, was released to customers in Europe in February 2012. Opel reported that most of the Ampera clients are fleet or business customers.[142] Deliveries of the right-hand drive Vauxhall Ampera in the UK began in May 2012.[143]As of October2012[update], more than 33,000 units of the Volt/Ampera family have been sold worldwide. The United States is the world's top selling market with 19,309 Volts sold during the first ten months of 2012, and cumulative sales of 27,306 units since December 2010.[130][140][144][145] The second best selling market is the Netherlands with 2,175 Amperas and 241 Volts sold through October 2012.[146][147] Canada ranks third with 1,075 Volts sold during 2012 and cumulative sales of 1,350 units between September 2011 and October 2012,[148] followed by Germany with 1,012 Amperas and 48 Volts registered through October 2012.[149][150]
The Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid was released in Japan in January 2012, followed by the United States in February 2012, and Europe in June 2012.[151][152][153]As of 31October2012[update], a total of 21,600 Prius PHVs have been sold worldwide, with 9,623 units sold in the United States through October 2012, followed by Japan with 9,500 units sold through October 2012, and 1,867 units sold in Europe through September 2012.[144][145][154][155]
A two-year demonstration program with 25 Chrysler Town & CountryE85flexible-fuel plug-in minivans began in April 2012. The first units were delivered in Auburn Hills, Michigan and Charlotte, North Carolina.[159][160] The demonstration program was halted in September 2012, and Chrysler recalled the 23 units deployed at the time due to damage sustained by three separate Dodge Ram 1500 Plug-in Hybrids participating in a parallel program when their battery packs overheated. The carmaker plans to upgrade the battery packs shared by both vehicles with cells that use a different lithium-ion chemistry before the vehicles go back on service. No minivans were involved in any incidents.[161]
Fisker Automotive reported that around 1,500 units have been delivered in the U.S. and Europe by September 2012.[162] The Netherlands, with 138 units sold through October 2012,[146][147] is the top selling European market for the Karma.[163]
Sales of plug-in hybrid cars in the Netherlands during 2012 have been notable, as PHEV sales took the lead over all-electric cars during the first nine months of 2012. In addition to the Opel Ampera ranking as the best selling electric-drive car with 1,927 units sold during 2012, the Prius Plug-in Hybrid ranks second, with 610 units sold between June and September 2012, and the Chevrolet Volt ranks third with 205 units sold during the first months of the year. Adding 134 Fisker Karmas sold during 2012, the group of plug-in hybrid cars leads the Dutch market with 2,876 units sold during the first nine months of 2012, representing more than 80% of passenger EV sales in the country during this period.[164]As of September2012[update], the Nissan Leaf was the top selling all-electric car in the country, with 163 units sold during the year, and a total of 457 units sold in the Netherlands since their introduction in mid-2011.[146][147]
Deliveries of the Ford C-Max Energi began in the U.S. by mid October 2012.[165] The C-Max Energi has an all-electric range of 21mi (34km) and initially, an EPA rating for combined city/highway fuel economy in all-electric mode of 100 MPG-e (2.4L/100km).[166] Later, due to complaints from owners not achieving the sticker fuel economy, and following a technical review, the official EPA rating in EV mode was downgraded to 88 MPG-e (2.7L/100km).[167] In a similar way, initially the EPA rating in hybrid-gasoline mode was 43mpg‑US (5.5L/100km; 52mpg‑imp),[166] but it was later downgraded to 38mpg‑US (6.2L/100km; 46mpg‑imp).[167]
The Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid, the world's first diesel plug-in hybrid, was released in Sweden by late 2012.[168] Deliveries in the rest of Europe started in 2013.[169] Almost 8,000 units were sold in 2013.[170]
Sales of the Honda Accord Plug-in Hybrid began in the U.S. in January 2013, and availability is limited to California and New York.[171] The Accord PHEV was introduced in Japan in June 2013 and it is available only for leasing, primarily to corporations and government agencies.[172] The Mitsubishi Outlander P-HEV was released in the Japanese market also in January 2013, becoming the first SUV plug-in hybrid in the market.[173] The European version was released in Europe in October 2013.[174] The introduction in the United States was delayed until 2015 due to problems in the initial production batch.[175] Over 25,000 units have been sold through April 2014, with 13,498 units sold in Japan[176] followed by the Netherlands with 10,951 units,[177] where the Outlander P-HEV ranked for two months in-a-row, November and December 2013, as the top selling new car in the country.[178][179][180]As of September2014[update], the Outlander P-HEV is the top registered plug-in electric car in the Netherlands with 14,567 units.[181]
The Ford Fusion Energi was released in the U.S. market by late February 2013, and retail deliveries began in March 2013.[182][183] A total of 6,089 units were sold in the U.S. in 2013.[184] Deliveries to retail customers of the limited edition McLaren P1 supercar began in the UK in October 2013.[185] The first P1 delivery in the U.S. occurred in May 2014.[186] The Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid was released in the U.S. market in November 2013. The first retail deliveries of the Cadillac ELR took place in the U.S. in December 2013.[187]
BYD Auto ended production of its BYD F3DM due to low sales, and sold the remaining inventory through October 2013.[188] Its successor, the BYD Qin, began sales in Costa Rica in November 2013, with sales in other countries in Latin America scheduled to begin in 2014.[189][190][191] Qin deliveries began in China in mid December 2013.[192] The Qin ranked as the top selling plug-in electric car in China during the first quarter of 2014.[193]
2014
The BMW i8 plug-in hybrid was released to retail customers in Germany in 2014.
The BMW i8 and the limited edition Volkswagen XL1 were released to retail customers in Germany in June 2014.[194][195] The XL1 is available only in Europe and production is limited to 250 units.[196]Volkswagen expects its diesel-powered XL1 to achieve 0.9L/100km (260mpg‑US), becoming the most fuel-efficient car in the world.[197]
The Volkswagen Golf GTE was released in Europe during the second half of 2014.
As of September2014[update], over 247,700 plug-in hybrids had been sold worldwide since 2008.[200] The leading market was the United States, with about 140,000 plug-in hybrids sold,[201] followed by Japan with about 35,600 units,[176][202] and the Netherlands with 34,362 plug-in hybrids registered.[181] The Volt/Ampera family of vehicles, with global sales of over 83,600 units, ranked as the world's best selling plug-in hybrid and the second best selling plug-in electric car ever, after the Nissan Leaf, which has sold over 140,000 units worldwide. The Prius Plug-in Hybrid ranked second in global plug-in hybrid sales, with 65,300 units sold worldwide through September 2014.[203]
On 1 December 2014 BMW announced the group is planning to offer plug-in hybrid versions of all its core-brand models using eDrive technology developed for its BMW i brand plug-in vehicles. The goal of the company is to use plug-in technology to continue offering high performance vehicles while reducing CO2 emissions below 100g/km. At the time of the announcement the carmaker was already testing a BMW 3 Series plug-in hybrid prototype (328e).[204][205]
Deliveries of the BYD Tang SUV began in China in June 2015.[211]
In March 2015 Audi announced plans to have a plug-in hybrid version in every model series in the coming years. The carmaker expects plug-in hybrids, together with natural gas vehicles and battery-electric drive systems, to have a key contribution in achieving the company's CO2 targets. The Audi Q7 e-tron will follow the A3 e-tron already in the market.[212] Also in March 2015, Mercedes-Benz announced that the company's main emphasis regarding alternative drives in the next years will be on plug-in hybrids. The carmaker plans to introduce 10 new plug-in hybrid models by 2017, and its next release was the Mercedes-Benz C 350e Plug-in Hybrid the carmaker's second plug-in hybrid after the S 500 Plug-In Hybrid.[213][214] Also in 2015, the GLE 550 e will be the first Mercedes SUV with a plug-in hybrid powertrain.[215]
As of June2015[update], the Dutch market had the largest share of plug-in hybrid sales as percentage of total plug-in electric passenger vehicle sales. Accounting for cumulative registrations between 2009 and June 2015, plug-in hybrids (47,227 units) represented 78.8% share of the Dutch stock of registered plug-in electric passenger cars.[216]
The second generation Chevrolet Volt was released to retail customers in the United States and Canada in October 2015 as a 2016 model year.[217][218] Availability in the American market was limited to California and the other 10 states that follow California's zero emission vehicle regulations. The second generation Volt went on sale as a 2017 model year in the 39 remaining states by the second quarter of 2016.[217]
Global sales of the Volt/Ampera family passed the 100,000 unit milestone in October 2015. The United States is the leading market with 84,656 Volts delivered, followed by Canada with 5,023 Volts, and the Netherlands, the leading European market, with 4,976 Amperas and 1,065 units registered as of December2014[update].[2]As of June2016[update], just over 10,000 Opel/Vauxhall Amperas had been sold in Europe plus about 1,750 Volts.[2][9][219]As of December2015[update], the other top selling plug-in hybrids are the Mitsubishi Outlander P-HEV, with about 92,000 units sold, followed by the first generation Toyota Prius PHEV with about 75,000 units sold globally.[220][221]
Almost 222,000 plug-in hybrids were registered worldwide in 2015.[6]As of December2015[update], the global stock of highway-capable plug-in hybrid electric cars totaled 517,100 units, out of total cumulative global sales of 1.257 million light-duty plug-in electric vehicles (41.1%).[6] At the end of 2015, the United States is the world's largest plug-in hybrid car market with a stock of 193,770 units, followed by China with 86,580 vehicles, the Netherlands with 78,160, Japan with 55,470 units, and the UK with 28,250.[6]
In February 2016, BMW announced the introduction of the "iPerformance" model designation, which will be given to all BMW plug-in hybrid vehicles from July 2016. The aim is to provide a visible indicator of the transfer of technology from BMW i to the BMW core brand. The new designation will be used first on the plug-in hybrid variants of the new BMW 7 Series, beginning with the BMW 740e iPerformance slated for sales by mid 2016, and the BMW 330e iPerformance.[225]
The second generation Prius plug-in hybrid, called Prius Prime in the U.S. and Prius PHV in Japan,[229] was unveiled at the 2016 New York International Auto Show.[230] The model is expected to be released in the U.S. and Japan by the end of 2016.[229] The all-electric range is expected to reach 22mi (35km), twice the range of the first generation model. Toyota expects the Prime to achieve an EPA rating of 120mpg‑e (28kW⋅h/100mi; 17kW⋅h/100km), the highest MPGe rating in all-electric mode of any plug-in hybrid available in the market.[230][231]
In April 2016 Volvo Cars announced its goal to achieve cumulative sales since 2012 of 1 million electrified cars by 2025. Previously the carmakers had stated it expects electrified models to account for 10% of its global sales by 2020. Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson said the company plans to offer at least a plug-in hybrid version of every model and release an all-electric car in 2019. The next electrified car to be released is the plug-in hybrid variant of the Volvo S90 sedan, and the 60 series and 40 series will have electrified versions too.[232]
Global sales of the Outlander P-HEV passed the 100,000 milestone in March 2016, and ranks as the world's second best-selling plug-in hybrid ever.
Global sales of the Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in hybrid variant passed the 100,000 unit milestone in March 2016.[233][234] Europe is the leading market with 65,529 units sold, followed by Japan with 33,730 units.[234] European sales are led by the Netherlands with 24,572 units registered,[235] followed by the UK with 21,053 units registered, both at the end of March 2016.[236] Combined sales of the three top selling countries, Japan, the Netherlands and the UK, represent 78% of total Outlander PHEVs global sales through the end of March 2016.[237] The Outlander P-HEV ranks the world's all-time second best-selling plug-in hybrid after the Chevrolet Volt family, and fourth top selling plug-in electric car ever.[233]
Cumulative global sales of the first generation Prius PHV passed the 75,000 unit mark in March 2016.[238] In June 2016, Nissan announced it will introduce a compact range extender car in Japan before March 2017. The series plug-in hybrid will use a new hybrid system, dubbed e-Power, which debuted with the Nissan Gripzconcept crossover showcased at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show.[239] Chevrolet Volt sales in the American market passed the 100,000 unit milestone in July 2016, the first plug-in vehicle in the U.S. to achieve that mark.[240]
More than 122,000 light-duty plug-in hybrids were sold during the first half of 2016.[7]As of June2016[update], about 640,000 highway legal plug-in hybrid electric cars have been sold worldwide since December 2008, out of total global sales of over 1.5 million light-duty plug-in electric cars.[6][7][8] Retail deliveries of the second generation Toyota plug-in hybrid, the Prius Prime began in the U.S. in November 2016. A total of 781 units were sold during its first month in the American market,[241] setting a new record monthly sales volume debut for any plug-in electric car released in the U.S.[242]
The following table presents cumulative sales of those plug-in hybrid models that have sold about 10,000 units since the introduction of the first modern production plug-in hybrid vehicle in December 2008, the BYD F3DM, up until December 2016.
Top selling highway legal plug-in hybrid electric cars between 2008 and December 2016
Notes: (1) Includes Vauxhall/Opel Ampera sales in Europe, and Holden Volt in Australia and New Zealand. This figure includes over 10,000 Opel/Vauxhall Amperas sold in Europe through December 2016.[265] (2) Sales in China only. (3) Sales in the U.S. and Canada only. (4) Only includes European sales for 2015. (5) Only accounts for CYTD 2016 sales in Europe, U.S. and Canada.
The world's first mass-produced plug-in hybrid automobile.[267][268] The F3DM was launched in December 2008 for the Chinese market for fleet customers and in March 2010 to the general public in Shenzhen.[269][270]
The first deliveries in the United States took place in late July 2011,[271] but deliveries to retail customers began in November 2011.[272] Production was suspended in November 2012 due to financial difficulties.[273]Fisker Automotive filed for bankruptcy in November 2013.[274]
Porsche limited production to 918 units, sold as a 2014 model year. The supercar is capable of reaching 100mph (160km/h) in all-electric mode.[276] Retail deliveries began in Europe in May 2014.[citation needed] Deliveries in the United States began in June 2014.[277]
Deliveries to retail customers started in the UK in October 2013.[279] Production is limited to 375 units to maintain exclusivity.[280] The entire production was sold out by mid November 2013.[281] The production run ended in December 2015.[282]
Volt deliveries in the U.S. began in December 2010[285] and in September 2011 in Canada.[286] European customer deliveries of the Opel Ampera began in February 2012.[287]As of November2016[update], the Volt/Ampera family ranked as the world's best-selling plug-in car in history, with global sales of more than 130,500 units.[288]
Retail deliveries began in Germany in June 2014,[291] and in the U.S. started in August 2014.[292] Deliveries of the roadster variant began in May 2018.[293] Global sales to retail customers totaled more than 20,000 units by March 2020, and production ended in April 2020.[294]
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↑ Voelcker, John (29 January 2015). "2016 BYD Tang: Plug-In Hybrid SUV Is First Of Four To Come". Green Car Reports. Retrieved 17 February 2015. BYD was the first company in the world to launch a production plug-in hybrid; its F3DM in 2008 was two years ahead of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt.
1 2 3 Cobb, Jeff (4 November 2015). "GM Sells Its 100,000th Volt in October". Hybrid Cars.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015. About 102,000 units of the Volt/Ampera family have been sold worldwide by the end of October 2015. This figure includes more than 9,900 Opel/Vauxhall Amperas sold in Europe through September 2015.
1 2 3 Jose, Pontes (28 July 2016). "World Top 20 June 2016 (Special Edition)". EVSales.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.Global light-duty plug-in vehicles sales totaled 306,639 units during the first half of 2016, of which, 40% were plug-in hybrids.
1 2 Cobb, Jeff (10 August 2016). "Global 10 Best-Selling Plug-In Cars Are Accelerating Forward". Hybrid Cars. Retrieved 14 August 2016.As of June2016[update], cumulative global sales of the top selling plug-in electric cars were led by the Nissan Leaf (over 228,000), followed by theTesla Model S (129,393), Votl/Ampera family (about 117,300), Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (about 107,400), Toyota Prius PHV (over 75,400), BYD Qin (56,191), Renault Zoe (51,193), BMW i3 (around 49,500), Mitsubishi i-MiEV family (about 37,600) and BYD Tang (37,509).
1 2 "三菱 i-MiEVなどの2014年4月度 販売実績"[Mitsubishi i-MiEV sales results for April 2014]. Electric Vehicle News (in Japanese). 29 May 2014. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.Cumulative Outlander P-HEV sales in Japan totaled 13,498 through April 2014.
↑ Cobb, Jeff (22 October 2014). "Global Plug-in Car Sales Now Over 600,000". Hybrid Cars. Retrieved 22 October 2014.Cumulative global sales totaled 603,932 highway legal plug-in electric passenger cars and light utility vehicles through September 2014, consisting of 356,232 all-electric cars and utility vans and 247,700 plug-in hybrids. Sales figures account for sales only in the top ten world's markets.
↑ 実績データ（ハイブリッド車グローバル販売）[Performance data (global sales of hybrid vehicles)]. Toyota (in Japanese). 14 October 2014. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
↑ "Opel bringt 2017 neues Elektroauto"[Opel brings new electric car in 2017]. Autohaus.de (in German). 11 February 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.About 10,000 Opel Amperas were sold in Europe by the end of 2015.
↑ Cobb, Jeff (28 March 2016). "Five Ways Toyota Updated Its 2017 Prius 'Prime' Plug-in Hybrid". Hybrid Cars. Retrieved 28 March 2016.As of December2015[update], the world's top selling plug-in electric cars are the Nissan Leaf (about 202,000), Tesla Model S (about 107,000), Chevrolet Volt and Ampera variants (over 106,000), Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (about 92,000), and Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid (about 75,000). All figures cumulative global sales since launch.
↑ Nakanishi, Toyoki; Oshima, Yumiko (25 March 2016). "Toyota bent on keeping reputation as green carmaker in US". The Nikkei. Retrieved 25 March 2016.Prius PHV cumulative global sales since 2012 have been about 75,000 units. The North American market accounts for 60% of all unit sales.
1 2 3 4 Cobb, Jeff (6 January 2016). "December 2015 Dashboard". Hybrid Cars and Baum & Associates. Retrieved 13 February 2016.Plug-in electric car sales in the U.S. totaled 114,248 units in 2015, consisting of 71,105 all-electric cars and 43,143 plug-in hybrids, with corresponding market shares of 0.25% and 0.41%. Sales in 2014 totaled 123,347 units.
1 2 3 Cobb, Jeff (3 May 2016). "Mitsubishi Sells 100,000th Outlander PHEV". Hybrid Cars. Retrieved 3 May 2016.As of March2016[update], the world's top selling plug-in electric cars are the Nissan Leaf (over 218,000), Tesla Model S (about 120,000), Chevrolet Volt and Ampera variants (over 110,000), Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (over 100,000), and Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid (75,000). All figures cumulative global sales since market launch.
1 2 3 "Global Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Sales Pass the 100,000 Mark". Mitsubishi Motors UK (Press release). 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.As of March2016[update], a total of 65,529 units have been sold in Europe (21,052 in the UK and 44,477 in the rest of Europe), 33,730 in Japan, 2,015 in Australia and 259 in the rest of the world, for a total of 101,533 units sold worldwide.
↑ "Cijfers elektrisch vervoer – Top 5 geregistreerde modellen plug-in hybride elektrische voertuigen"[Figures electric transport – Top 5 registered plug-in hybrid electric vehicle models](PDF). Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (in Dutch). April 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.With a total of 24,572 Mitsubishi Outlander P-HEVs registered by the end of March 2016, the plug-in hybrid is the all-time top registered plug-in electric vehicle in the Netherlands.
↑ Blanco, Sebastian (25 April 2016). "Toyota Corolla PHEV on the way, but only in China". Autoblog Green. Retrieved 3 May 2016.See press release: Global sales of the Toyota Prius PHV began in January 2012, and by the end of March 2016, a cumulative total of 75,000 units had been sold in Japan, the U.S., and Europe.
↑ Cobb, Jeff (26 July 2016). "Top-Selling Chevy Volt Crosses 100,000 US Sales Milestone". Hybrid Cars. Retrieved 26 July 2016.As of June2016[update], around 117,000 units of the Volt/Ampera family have been sold globally, including close to 10,000 Opel/Vauxhall Ampera variants sold in Europe. Volt sales in the American market passed the 100,000 milestone in July 2016.
↑ Cobb, Jeff (9 January 2017). "Nissan's Quarter-Millionth Leaf Means It's The Best-Selling Plug-in Car In History". Hybrid Cars. Retrieved 10 January 2017.As of December2016[update], the Nissan Leaf is the world's best-selling plug-in car in history with more than 250,000 units delivered, followed by the Tesla Model S with over 158,000 sales, the Volt/Ampera family of vehicles with 134,500 vehicles sold, and the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV with about 116,500 units sold through November 2016. These are the only plug-in electric cars so far with over 100,000 global sales.
1 2 "Best-selling China-made EVs in 2016". China Auto Web. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.Three BYD Auto models topped the Chinese ranking of best-selling new energy passenger cars in 2016. The BYD Tang SUV was the top selling plug-in electric car in China in 2016 with 31,405 units sold, followed by the BYD Qin with 21,868 units sold, and ranking third overall in 2016 was the BYD e6 with 20,605 units.
1 2 Cobb, Jeff (5 January 2017). "December 2016 Dashboard". Hybrid Cars and Baum & Associates. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
↑ Cobb, Jeff (6 January 2014). "December 2013 Dashboard". Hybrid Cars and Baum & Associates. Retrieved 21 March 2015.Shows U.S. total sales for 2012 and 2013.
1 2 Pontes, Jose (30 January 2016). "Europe December 2015". EVSales.com. Retrieved 13 February 2016.A total of 1,230 Ford C-Max Energi, 11,214 VW e-Golf, and 2,653 Volvo XC90 T8s were sold in Europe in 2015.
↑ "2014 EV Sales Ranking". China Auto Web. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2016.About 1,100 SAIC Roewe 550 PHEVs were sold in China in 2014.
↑ Jose, Pontes (12 January 2016). "China December 2015 (3rd Update)". EVSales.com. Retrieved 13 February 2016.A total of 10,711 SAIC Roewe 550 PHEVs were sold in China in 2015.
1 2 3 Gibbs, Nick (15 March 2016). "Hybrid sales expected to triple in Europe as tougher CO2 rules loom". Automotive News Europe. Retrieved 22 February 2016.Sales in Europe as reported by JATO Dynamics: Mitsubishi Ourlander sales totaled 19,853 units in 2014 and 31,214 in 2015; VW Golf GTE sales totaled 1,097 units in 2014 and 17,300 in 2015; Audi A3 e-tron sales totaled 1,154 units in 2014 and 11,791 in 2015; Volvo V60 sales totaled 5,441 units in 2014 and 6,349 in 2015. During 2015 a total of 5,481 all-electric BMW i3s and 6,566 i3 REx models (total 12,047). A total of 3,940 i3 REx models were sold in 2014.
1 2 3 Edelstein, Stephen (16 August 2016). "European electric and plug-in hybrid sales for Jan–June 2016". Green Car Reports. Retrieved 16 August 2016.A total of 5,692 VW Golf GTEs, 5,035 Volvo XC90s and 3,341 Audi A3-eTrons were sold in Europe during the first half of 2016.
↑ Jose, Pontes (26 July 2016). "Europe June 2016". EVSales.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.Volvo V60 Plug-in sales in Europe totaled 1,614 units during the first half of 2016.
1 2 Cobb, Jeff (5 July 2016). "June 2016 Dashboard". Hybrid Cars and Baum & Associates. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
↑ "Three years since the market launch of BMW i. 100,000 electrified BMW on the road". BMW Group Press Club Global (Press release). Munich. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.Three years after the market launch of the BMW i3, the BMW Group has delivered more than 100,000 purely electric-powered cars and plug-in hybrids to customers worldwide. The BMW i3 alone has reached more than 60,000 units, and the BMW i8 has more than 10,000 delivered since the middle of 2014. Additionally, there are the approximately 30,000 iPerformance plug-in hybrids sold worldwide.
↑ Cobb, Jeff (12 December 2016). "Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf Celebrate Their Sixth-Year Anniversary". Hybrid Cars. Retrieved 14 December 2016.Global cumulative sales of plug-in electric vehicles totaled about 1.9 million units through November 2016. The Nissan Leaf is the world's leading plug-in car with more than 240,000 units delivered. As of November2016[update], the Tesla Model S ranks next with over 151,000, followed by the Volt/Ampera family of vehicles with 130,500 vehicles sold including over 10,000 Opel/Vauxhall Amperas sold in Europe, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV with about 116,500 units, and the Toyota Prius PHV with about 76,200.
↑ Voelcker, John (29 January 2015). "2016 BYD Tang: Plug-In Hybrid SUV Is First Of Four To Come". Green Car Reports. Retrieved 17 February 2015.BYD was the first company in the world to launch a production plug-in hybrid; its F3DM in 2008 was two years ahead of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt.
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