The top selling hybrid cars in the US on 9 months 2017
- Hybrid cars sold 279,179 units - 2.2% of the US market (PC+ LCV) - in the USA in the first 9 months of 2017. Sales of hybrid cars have declined in the United States over the past four years. In 2013, sales were at 500,000 hybrid cars in this market, 450,000 units in 2014, 380,000 units in 2015 and 350,000 units in 2016.
- The drop in the price of gasoline and the increase in demand for large pickups and SUVs have probably not favored the purchase of this type of vehicle with an ecological connotation. Even more so given that at the same time, plug-in hybrid and electric cars (their sales went from 100,000 in 2013 to 160,000 in 2016) lured customers away from hybrids. But this market seems to be recovering: more hybrids should be sold in 2017 than in 2016 (about 370,000 units).
- In the first 9 months of 2017, the Toyota Prius is the leader in this market (68,265 sales), ahead of the Ford Fusion (44,677), Toyota RAV4 (36,352), Kia Niro (20,670) and Honda Accord (17,430).
- The Toyota Group (Toyota, Lexus) today has a dozen different hybrid models in the US market and has a 54% share of the US hybrids market in 2017 versus 70% in 2016. This drop is due to the arrival of Hyundai-Kia in this market. The Korean group has 14% of the US hybrid market in 2017 compared to 7% in 2016.
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