All-electric car sales in the United States do not slow down and the results during the first two months of the year are significantly higher than in 2022.
According to the registration data from Experian (via Automotive News), Tesla noted 95,829 new registrations (up 35 percent year-over-year) in the January-February period, which translated into a 58 percent share out of the total BEV segment.
This allowed us to calculate that the total number of BEV registrations is around 165,000, and that non-Tesla BEV registrations amounted to probably over 69,000 units (up 151 percent year-over-year).
Those are pretty strong numbers. The entire all-electric car segment expanded by probably 67 percent year-over-year during the two-month period. The market share is most likely above 7 percent (it was 7.1 percent in January).
BEV registrations in January-February 2023:
Tesla (58% BEVs): 95,829 (up 35% from 71,188)
Non-Tesla (42% BEVs): probably over 69,000 (up 151% from roughly 27,500)
Total: probably roughly 165,000 (up 67%) and over 7% market share
It's very good news that other brands are also ramping-up production and sales, while Tesla is gradually losing its market share (from 72 percent in Jan-Feb 2022 to 58 percent this year).
During the first two months of the year, Chevrolet and Ford were the only two other brands with more than 10,000 units sold. Both companies have a high potential for future growth - General Motors because its Ultium platform is in the initial ramp-up phase, while Ford increases the production of its BEVs as well.
We gathered all of the available data for your convenience below. There are many interesting things, like Volkswagen (local ID.4 production) ahead of Hyundai. Rivian now appears to be 6th, ahead of Kia.
BEV registrations (select brands) - January-February 2023:
Tesla - 95,829 (up 35% from 71,188) and 58% share (down form 72% a year ago)
Chevrolet - 13,919 (up from 92) and 8.5% share
Ford - 10,610 (up 116% from 4,921) and 6.4% share
Volkswagen - 7,151 (up 250% from 2,041)
Hyundai - 5,105 (up 25% from 3,999)
Rivian - 4,295 (up from 321)
Kia - 4,238 (down 8.3% from 4,623)
BMW - 4,092 (up from 116)
Mercedes-Benz - 4,004 (up 221% from 1,248)
Nissan - 2,822 (down 1.6% from 2,868)
Audi - 2,727
Polestar - 2,113
Lucid - 1,063
Toyota - 983
Subaru - 929
Lexus - 3
VinFast - 1