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2014 Ford Focus Electric: No Updates, No Love For Ford's Electric Orphan

Rarely has any carmaker launched a car as obviously unloved as the Ford Focus Electric, the battery-electric conversion of a five-door Focus compact hatchback. As a company, Ford does not believe battery-electric cars will have much of a future for many years to come. Unusually for a new car, it...

June 13, 2013 by John Voelcker 38

Plug-in Electric Car Sales in Canada, May 2013

June 8, 2013 4

Are Electric Cars A Sales Failure, Or Sold Out Due To Demand?

June 7, 2013 29

Tesla Loses Legal Battles To Texas, North Carolina Dealers

June 6, 2013 30

2013 Nissan Leaf, Nashville area test drive, April 2013

May Plug-In Electric Car Sales: Nissan Leaf Passes Chevy Volt

Plug-in car sales continued at a steady pace in May, with early estimates of perhaps 6,500 to 7,000 sold overall. As always, precise figures are impossible because Tesla... June 4, 2013 by John Voelcker 72

2012 Audi Q7 quattro 4-door 3.0L TDI Premium Grille

Audi Startled By Tesla Sales Success? Deleted Press Release Seems To Say So

It may be that short sellers and naysayers aren't the only ones a bit surprised these days at the positive press received by electric-car maker Tesla. Yesterday, Germany... May 21, 2013 by John Voelcker 28

Hybrid Sales Soar So Far In 2013: Ford Rises, Prius Falls

For a long time, the Toyota Prius was the only game in town for high fuel-efficiency vehicles. Starting with the 2004 model, it really came to define the public image of a... May 20, 2013 by John Voelcker 10

First 2011 Nissan Leaf delivered to buyer, San Francisco, Dec 2010, photo by Eugene Lee

100,000th Plug-In Electric Car In U.S. Sold Today (More Or Less)

Sometime yesterday or today, the 100,000th modern plug-in electric car was delivered to a buyer somewhere in the U.S. The exact buyer and car will likely never be known. But... May 20, 2013 by John Voelcker 8

2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid, Los Angeles, August 2012

Can Ford's C-Max And Fusion Hybrids Really Outsell Toyota?

Ford's hybrid sales have been on a roll this year, with two new models for 2013 now in showrooms across the country. The company sold almost 30,000 Ford and Lincoln hybrids... May 9, 2013 by John Voelcker 9

2013 Chevrolet Volt - Driven, December 2012

Plug-in Electric Car Sales In Canada, April 2013

Most Canadians will remember last month for the introduction of the country's new $5 and $10 bills, which arrived just in time for the playoff-hockey betting season. Canadian... May 8, 2013 by Matthew Klippenstein 10

2013 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid Sales Finally Tick Up On Availability

There's a new hybrid in the mix these days--or at least a new version of one that's been on the market for a couple of years. The 2013 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid has now, finally... May 3, 2013 by John Voelcker

April Plug-In Electric Car Sales: Leaf And Volt Neck And Neck

Sales of plug-in electric cars in April continued at roughly the same pace as in March, with sales likely totaling about 7,500 cars. Last year's first- and third-place... May 1, 2013 by John Voelcker 20

Tesla Model S cars parked on Santana Row, San Jose, CA, April 2013 [photo: Anton Wahlman]

Does Tesla Already Outsell Audi, BMW, Lexus & Mercedes-Benz?

The established German luxury brands--Mercedes-Benz and BMW--have sold cars in the U.S. for decades. So how could Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] possibly be beating them at their... April 17, 2013 by John Voelcker 22

2011 Nissan Leaf and 2011 Chevy Volt, with charging station visible; photo by George Parrott

Plug-in Electric Car Sales in Canada, March 2013

If last month's U.S. plug-in electric car sales figures could be characterized as "March Madness" -- Leaf sales tripled, Tesla took the Q1 sales crown, but the Mitsubishi... April 5, 2013 by Matthew Klippenstein 6

2013 Tesla Model S electric sport sedan [photo by owner David Noland]

March Plug-In Electric Car Sales: Tesla On Top, Leaf Roars Back (FINAL UPDATE)

The big news in plug-in car sales for March was Tesla's statement that it delivered "more than 4,750" Model S electric cars from January through March. That news early Monday... April 3, 2013 by John Voelcker 75

Tesla Model S Electric-Car Deliveries For Q1: 4,750-Plus, Says Company

When the news is good, you want to get it out there. Last night, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] released a statement saying that it had delivered more than 4,750 Model S cars from... April 1, 2013 by John Voelcker 20

2011 Chevrolet Volt pre-production prototype, January 2010

On Picking Data: Car And Driver's Deceptive Electric-Car Sales Graph

Every month we report on sales of plug-in electric cars, which tripled last year over the total in 2011. As virtually every analyst and commentator has pointed out, electric... March 21, 2013 by John Voelcker 27

2013 Chevrolet Volt, Catskill Mountains, Oct 2012

Plug-in Electric Car Sales in Canada For February 2013

Americans and Canadians alike returned to work this week after a festive St. Patrick's Day. For sales of plug-in electric vehicles in Canada, the (idiomatic, good) luck of... March 19, 2013 by Matthew Klippenstein 1

California Is Unlike Anywhere Else: Toyota Prius Most Popular New Car

Years ago, tourism officials in the Lone Star State adopted the saying, "Texas: It's Like A Whole Other Country". There's some truth to that, but the slogan might be most... March 1, 2013 by Richard Read 4