List of modern production plug-in electric vehicles available in the United States
This is a list of modern production highway-capable plug-in electric vehicles available in the United States for retail sales or leasing since 2008. The list also includes those plug-ins that went out-of-production but were available for retail customers beginning in 2008. The list might include some plug-in vehicles at an advanced stage of development, being tested in demonstration programs or for exclusive use of carsharing schemes.
A plug-in electric vehicle (PEVs) is any motor vehicle that can be recharged from any external source of electricity, and a subcategory of electric vehicles that includes all-electric or battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid vehicles, (PHEVs), and plug-in conversions of hybrid electric vehicles depending on battery size and their all-electric range.[1][2]
List of series-production plug-in electric cars available for retail sales or leasing in the United States as of December 2019 | ||||
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Model | Type of PEV | All-electric range | Market launch | Production/sales |
first generation second generation |
Plug-in hybrid (EREV) |
1st generation MY 2011/12 35 mi (56 km) MY 2013/15 38 mi (61 km) 2nd generation MY 2016 53 mi (85 km) |
Dec 2010 | 157,054 Volts sold through December 2019 (both generations).[3] The Chevy Volt was the U.S. top selling plug-in car in 2012 and 2013.[4][5] The Volt ranked as the U.S. all-time top selling plug-in electric car until January 2019.[6] Production of the first generation 2015 model year Volt ended in mid-May 2015.[7] Deliveries of the second generation Volt began in October 2015.[8] Volt production ended in March 2019.[9] |
first generation second generation |
Electric car | 1st generation MY 2011/12 73 mi (117 km) to MY 2017 (30 kWh) 107 mi (172 km) 2nd generation MY 2018 (110 kWh) 151 mi (243 km) |
Dec 2010 | 141,907 Leafs sold through December 2019 (both generations).[3] The Leaf was the U.S. top selling plug-in car in 2011 and 2014.[10][5] |
Electric car | 63 mi (101 km) | Jan 2011 | 6,088 units registered through December 2016. (includes 2nd and 3rd gen models).[11][5][10][12][13][14] Deliveries of the third generation model began in May 2013.[15] | |
Electric car | 62 miles (100 km) | Dec 2011 | 2,102 units sold through December 2016.[11][10][16] | |
Electric car | 76 mi (122 km)[17] | Dec 2011 | 6,849 units sold through December 2016.[11][5][10][12][13][18] Deliveries to retail customers began in May 2012. Availability is limited to New York, New Jersey and California.[19][20] | |
first generation second generation |
Plug-in hybrid | 1st generation MY 2012/15 11 mi (18 km) 2nd generation MY 2017 25 mi (40 km) | Feb 2012 | Over 109,000 units sold through September 2019 (both generations).[3] A total of 44,767 first generation units sold through December 2016.[11][21][22][23] Production of the first generation Prius Plug-in ended in June 2015.[24] Dealerships run out of stock of the first generation model in September 2016.[25] Deliveries of the second generation Prius Prime began in November 2016.[26] |
Electric car | From 210 mi (340 km) (60 kW·h - RWD) to 315 mi (507 km) (100 kW·h - P100DL) | Jun 2012 | ~157,992 units sold through December 2019.[3] The Model S was the top selling plug-in car in the U.S. between 2015 and 2017.[27] Until December 2018, the Model S was the U.S. all-time best selling all-electric car.[6] | |
Plug-in hybrid | 20 mi (32 km) | Oct 2012 | 33,509 units sold through December 2016.[11][21][22][23] | |
Plug-in hybrid | 20 mi (32 km) | Feb 2013 | 43,327 units sold through December 2016.[11][21][22][23] | |
Electric car | 127 mi (204 km) | May 2013 (fleet only) | About 80 units through December 2015, mostly for taxi and ride-hailing purposes.[28] Available for leasing only to fleet customers.[29] | |
Electric car | 82 mi (132 km) | Jun 2013 | 7,348 units sold through December 2016.[11][10][12][13] Initial availability limited to California and Oregon. | |
Electric car | 87 mi (140 km) | Jul 2013 | About 18,966 units sold through December 2016.[30][27] | |
Plug-in hybrid | 16 mi (26 km) | Oct 2013 | 1,765 units sold through December 2016.[11][10][12] | |
Plug-in hybrid (EREV) | 35 mi (56 km) | Dec 2013 | 2,874 units sold though December 2016.[11][10][12][13] Production ended in February 2016.[31] | |
Electric/REx | All-electric from 81 mi (130 km) (60 A·h) to 114 mi (183 km) (94 A·h) | May 2014 | 24,741 units through December 2016.[11][23] REx variant sales account for 19,130 units (REx/BEV sales ratio of 3:1).[32] | |
Electric | 87 mi (140 km) | Jul 2014 | 3,312 units were sold through December 2016.[11][10][12] | |
Plug-in hybrid | 15 mi (24 km) | Aug 2014 | 4,414 units delivered through December 2016.[11][10][12] | |
Electric car | 93 mi (150 km) | Oct 2014 | 3,102 units delivered through December 2016.[11][10][12] | |
Electric car | 83 mi (134 km) | Oct 2014 | 8,526 units delivered through December 2016.[11][23] | |
Plug-in hybrid | 14 mi (23 km) | Nov 2014 | 3,386 units were sold through December 2016.[11][10][12] | |
Plug-in hybrid | 17 mi (27 km) | Jul 2015 | 668 units sold through December 2016.[11][10] | |
Plug-in hybrid | 17 mi (27 km) | Aug 2015 | 2,106 units sold through December 2016.[11][10] | |
Electric SUV | 257 mi (414 km) | Sep 2015 | ~85,077 units sold through December 2019.[3] | |
Electric car | 160 mi (260 km) | Sep 2015[33] (fleet only) | 230 units deployed for the BlueIndy carsharing service in Indianapolis that began operations in September 2015.[34] | |
Plug-in hybrid | 14 mi (23 km) | Oct 2015 | 6,887 units sold through December 2016.[11][10] | |
Plug-in hybrid | 27 mi (43 km) | Nov 2015 | 3,150 units sold through December 2016.[11][10] | |
Plug-in hybrid | 31 mi (50 km) | Dec 2015 | 4,329 units delivered through December 2016.[11][35] | |
Plug-in hybrid | 14 mi (23 km) | Mar 2016 | 880 units sold through December 2016.[11] | |
Plug-in hybrid | 12 mi (19 km) | Jun 2016 | 231 units sold through December 2016.[11] | |
Plug-in hybrid | 14 mi (23 km) | Nov 2016 | 68 units sold through December 2016.[11] | |
Electric car | 238 mi (383 km) | Dec 2016 | 40,783 units sold through November 2018.[36] | |
Electric car | 220 mi (350 km) to 310 mi (500 km) | Jul 2017 | ~300,471 units sold through December 2019.[3] The Tesla Model 3 was the best selling plug-in car in the U.S. in 2018 and 2019.[37][38] In February 2019, the Model 3 became the U.S. all-time best selling plug-in car.[39][40] | |
Electric car | 234 mi (377 km) | Oct 2018 | 170 units sold through November 2018.[27] | |
Out-of-production plug-in electric cars that were available for retail sales or leasing in the United States since 2008 | ||||
Electric car | 245 mi (394 km) | Mar 2008 | About 1,800 units sold through December 2011.[41] Production ended in January 2012.[42] | |
Electric car | 100 mi (160 km) | Jun 2009 | 500 units leased for field testing that ended in December 2011.[43][44] | |
Electric car | 100 mi (160 km) | Late 2010 | About 100 units sold mostly in Indiana through March 2011[45] After Think Global filed for bankruptcy in June 2011,[46] the remaining 150 cars in stock in the U.S. were put on sale at a discounted price.[47] | |
Electric car | 100 mi (160 km) | Apr 2011[48] | 34 units sold by March 2012.[49] | |
Plug-in hybrid (EREV) | 32 mi (51 km) | Nov 2011 | About 1,600 units were sold through December 2013.[41] Production was suspended in November 2012.[50] Fisker Automotive filed for bankruptcy in November 2013.[51] | |
Electric car | 94 mi (151 km)[52] | Jan 2012 | 673 units were leased in the U.S. through December 2012.[53] Limited production available only for leasing as part of a demonstration program.[43][54] | |
Electric car | 88 mi (142 km) | Mar 2012 | 117 units were delivered in California through April 2013.[55] By September 2013, a total of 50 cars left in stock and 100 gliders were available for sale at a discounted price in the U.S. and abroad.[56] | |
second generation | Electric SUV | 103 mi (166 km) | Sep 2012 | 2,489 units were sold through April 2015.[5][12][13][57] Available only in California.[58] Production was limited to 2,600 units. The battery supply deal between Toyota and Tesla concluded by the end of 2014.[59] Production run ended in September 2014.[60] |
Electric car | 82 mi (132 km) | Jul 2012 | 1,070 units delivered through April 2015.[5][12][13][57] Production was limited to 1,100 units over three years. Initial availability was limited to California and Oregon.[61] In July 2014 Honda announced the end of production of the Fit EV | |
Plug-in hybrid | 12 mi (19 km) | Jun 2014 | 297 units delivered through September 2015.[63] The limited production run was sold out in December 2014. The production run ended in June 2015.[64] The country with the most orders was the U.S. with 297 units out of 918 produced.[65] | |
Plug-in hybrid | 13 mi (21 km) | Jan 2013 | 1,039 units have been sold through December 2015.[10][12][13] In June 2015 Honda announced that the Accord Plug-in Hybrid was discontinued after the 2015 model year. A new dedicated plug-in hybrid and battery electric models are scheduled after the introduction of Honda's next generation fuel cell vehicle in 2016.[66] | |
Plug-in hybrid | 19 mi (31 km) | May 2014 | About 127 units sold through December 2015 (34% of production).[67] The production run ended in December 2015.[67] |
See also
- Electric car use by country
- List of electric cars currently available
- Government incentives for plug-in electric vehicles in the U.S.
- List of hybrid vehicles
- List of production battery electric vehicles
- Plug-in electric vehicles in California
- Plug-in electric vehicles in the United States
- Plug-in hybrids in New York
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