The most important thing for us is that the plug-in electric car sales remain strong with several monumental achievements.<\/p>\n
Plug-in car registrations during the period increased by about 37%<\/strong> year-over-year to 73,138<\/strong> (estimated), which translates into a record of 17.2%<\/strong> of the total market (compared to 10.8% a year ago and 12.8% average in 2021<\/a>).<\/p>\n Another thing is that for the first time all-electric vehicles significantly outperformed conventional hybrids. A total of 62,082 BEV registrations (up 55%) stand for 14.6% of the total market (nearly 1 in 7 new vehicles).<\/p>\n Interestingly, plug-in hybrids and non-plug-in hybrids are down, respectively by 17% and 2% year-over-year.<\/p>\n Three all-electric cars were at the top of their subcategories:<\/p>\n Interestingly, the hydrogen fuel cell Toyota Mirai<\/a>, probably for the first time, appeared in the Subcompact category, as #1 with 470 units and a 25.1% share.<\/p>\n * red underline only for models that can be identified as plug-ins by their name<\/em><\/p>\n The biggest achievement of Q1 2022 is that two electric cars – the Tesla Model Y<\/a> and Tesla Model 3<\/a> – happened to be the best-selling ones in California.<\/p>\n We knew that it was coming, as the Tesla Model Y closed the year 2021 at #2, only slightly behind the Toyota Camry, while the Model 3 was #5.<\/p>\n Now, both Teslas are above 21,000 units, while the next most popular model, the Toyota RAV4, is under 16,000 (including some plug-in hybrids and hybrids). The Toyota Camry is fourth with over 12,000 units.<\/p>\n It’s a huge milestone for electrification, which is expected to gradually continue its expansion.<\/p>\n The top models (above 9,000 registrations):<\/p>\n According to the report, in Q1, Tesla registrations amounted to 48,038 <\/strong>(up 83.7%<\/strong> year-over-year), which is 11.3%<\/strong> of the market (compared to 26,154 and 5.3% share a year ago). Tesla was the fastest-growing automotive brand in the state.<\/p>\n For reference, in Q1-Q4 2021, Tesla registrations stood at 121,080<\/strong> (up 69.6%<\/strong> year-over-year), which is 6.5%<\/strong> of the market (compared to 71,390 and 4.4% share a year earlier).<\/em><\/p>\n In other words, Tesla captured more than one-tenth of California’s car market and the rate of growth indicates that it will not stop there.<\/p>\n That’s domination in the BEV segment – 77.4% of all BEVs. All non-Tesla BEV registrations combined were at 14,044.<\/p>\n Q1 2022 results in California:<\/strong><\/p>\n CNCDA shows also that Tesla has a 3.3% share in the US market. Compared to 3,318,789 YTD, it would have to be some 109,500. That’s not far from Experian’s car registration data shared by Automotive News <\/em>(113,882)<\/a>.<\/p>\n Having the numbers for the US and California enables us to estimate the difference, which is the number of Teslas registered in states outside of California. It’s north of 61,000.<\/p>\n\n
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