# USA Fully Electric Car Sales Up 47% In 2017 says CleanTechnica

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- Published: 2017-09-10T03:52:09-04:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

**_[Sept 9](https://cleantechnica.com/2017/09/09/usa-fully-electric-car-sales-82-2017/)
by Zachary Shahan_**

The US electric car market and car sales has continued to grow at a rapid pace in
the past year. It’s led by California’s particularly strong electric car market,
of course. From January through August, sales of 8 fully electric cars* grew 47%
in the country. Sales of 6 plug-in hybrid cars were up 30%. Overall, that meant 
sales of these 14 plug-in car were up 40%.

## 2017 vs 2016

August 2017 vs August 2016 was less dramatic but still a period of strong growth.
Fully [electric car sales](https://greenlivingguy.com/2020/10/electric-car-sales-4-reasons-a-buzz-next-decade/)
were up 19%. Plug-in hybrid sales were up 4%. Overall, that meant a 13% increase
in plug-in car sales. If the Tesla estimates** are to be believed. Because the Tesla
[Model S](https://greenlivingguy.com/2017/07/tesla-model-s-a-luxury-electric-car-icon/)
was far ahead in the #1 spot. Then the Chevy Bolt held tight at #2, the Toyota Prius
Prime rose to #3. In addition the [Tesla Model X](https://greenlivingguy.com/2017/12/combining-solar-to-tesla-electric-cars-always-went-together-it-was-inevitable/)
dropped to #4. Finally and the Chevy Volt and Nissan LEAF retained their places 
at #5 and #6. That’s respectively. Ah, gone are the days of the neverending LEAF
vs Volt battle. Yet at the top of the charts (which was a super tight competition
for years).

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 If you look
at the January through August car sales stats (which are educated estimates** but
certainly not exact). Again the Model S is crushing it (despite its high price tag).
That hints at how extremely competitive the car is in its niche segment.

Moreover, the Volt has a slight lead over the Model X. All which has an even slighter
lead over the Toyota Prius Prime. The Chevy Bolt has a gap to cover to catch up 
with any of those models, but now that sales are picking up and availability is 
nationwide, it has potential to climb up the ranking and perhaps even land on the
podium by the end of the year.

[⌊Bmw i3⌉⌊Bmw i3⌉[

BMW i3

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Chevy Bolt

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x All which has an even slighter lead over the toyota prius prime⌉⌊Prius prime and
nissan leaf Moreover the volt has a slight lead over the model x All which has an
even slighter lead over the toyota prius prime⌉[

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185th Tesla Model S ever sold

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the tesla model x dropped to #4⌉[

Tesla Model X

We can surely expect electric car sales to keep increasing as Tesla Model 3 production
ramps up, the next-generation Nissan LEAF arrives on dealer lots, and overall EV
awareness rises. I would be surprised if our report one year from now doesn’t show
a more dramatic electric car sales increase of 82% at this point in time.

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