American electric cars broke in 2017 a new record

10 January 2018

Sales of electric cars in the United States grew by more than at fourth compared to 2016 year

In 2017 in the US, it sold nearly 200,000 electric vehicles. The actual number of registrations amounted to 199 826 units against 158 614 units a year earlier, which is it is very significant for home of the American market for electric vehicles. At total sales of new cars actually fell for the first time in an annual rate of 2009. The less 2017 with sales of new cars over 17 million was one of the five best in history of the industry. However, electric vehicles require a serious and long-term growth is to take its proper share in the market.

As expected, the brand leads the Tesla electric mobility segment. So, the Model S is already the fifth year remains the most popular electric car in the country 27 060 units of registration, which is almost a feat for machine with a price tag starting from$74 500. New electrocreaser Model X also have shown good sales in 2017, finding more than 21 thousand buyers, becoming the third in the popularity of electric vehicles.

And although the third model of the Tesla Model 3 and gathered a lot of good press reviews, yet it turned out that its production remains much lower than promised by Elon Musk at least in the next quarter. According to as the end of the 2017 year Musk had a goal to achieve release
5000 units of Model 3 in a week, but now he says that this is not happen to the second quarter of 2018.

Another strong player was the Chevrolet Bolt EV. In 2017, he scored a little more than 23 000 points of sales, evidence of its a high enough potential (especially since the electric car was awarded the title of North American Car of the Year 2017), as the sale
in the 50 States, he enrolled only in the second half. This is the only battery-electric car is not the brand Tesla, which takes a 200-mile (322-kilometer) barrier, and, at a much more affordable price than Tesla Model S or Model X or even the "budget" Model 3, which only begin to produce at the Tesla factory.