Last month, we assumed that Nissan would edge Tesla during April in Canadian plug-in electric vehicle sales. Wow, were we wrong! Fully 167 Tesla Model S electric luxury sedans were registered in Canada that month, outpacing the 127 Leafs Nissan delivered. Not wanting to underestimate Tesla for two months running,
we'll cautiously assume the Silicon Valley startup will top Nissan's healthy 112 Leaf sales in May as well.
we'll cautiously assume the Silicon Valley startup will top Nissan's healthy 112 Leaf sales in May as well.
That could be due to reports that the company is moving away from "batched" deliveries, meaning monthly sales in each country should stabilize.
Almost half of Tesla's April sales came from British Columbia, where electric-vehicle incentives have now returned and some buyers may have delayed taking delivery of vehicles that had actually arrived in March. The launch of the Model S 70D might have helped, as well.
Finally, Tesla's sales pushed the electric-car maker past 2,000 cumulative sales in Canada--the total through April is now 2,144--and within 100 units of Nissan's Canadian sales through April (2,240).
Plug-in electric car sales in Canada, May 2015
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