Plug - in hybrids (or extended - range electric vehicles, according to Chevy marketers) command even less market share, and
pure electric vehicle sales are struggling, despite incentives.
Not exact matches
«By 2025, we want to have
sales of
pure electric vehicles up to one million units a year.
CIRENCESTER, UK — March 9, 2015: Less than one year from launch the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV has now overtaken every other plug - in hybrid and
pure electric car, even passing
vehicles that have been on
sale since 2011, such as the Nissan Leaf, to become the UK's favourite plug - in
vehicle.
Back in January, Ford vice-president Jim Farley described the move to electrification as «inevitable» and announced a
pure -
electric performance
vehicle, called the Mach 1, would be on
sale by 2020.
The United Kingdom saw the biggest increase in new
electric vehicle sales in 2014, with its
pure -
electric sales jumping from 2719 in 2013 to 7416 last year.
Pure -
electric vehicle sales rose to 38,495 in 2014, from 24,586 cars in 2013, while
sales of plug - in hybrids and range - extender
electric cars rose to 36,836 from 30,558 in 2013.
Over the last 2 months,
sales in Japan of Mitsubishi's
pure electric vehicles have fallen to just 116
vehicles in May.
For American Honda, the Los Angeles show is its opportunity to showcase its first
pure electric vehicle, the 2013 Honda Fit EV, which will go on
sale next year.
«We're committed to meeting our ZEV credit requirements through a combination of plug - in hybrid,
pure battery
electric and hydrogen fuel cell
vehicle sales.
Launched in April 2014, it has now overtaken every other plug - in hybrid and
pure electric car, even passing
vehicles that have been on
sale since 2011, such as the Nissan Leaf.
Sales of plug - in hybrid
vehicles now seem likely to increase at faster rate than
pure electric vehicles, and the key to offering a wide range of plug - in hybrids is a to have a powertrain that can easily and cost - effectively be installed into different models.
But
sales of
pure battery -
electric and plug - in
electric vehicles still increased 25 percent last year.