History of plug-in hybrids

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Hybrid vehicles were produced beginning as early as 1899 by Lohner–Porsche. Early hybrids could be charged from an external source before operation. However, the term "plug-in hybrid" has come to mean a hybrid vehicle that can be charged from a standard electrical wall socket.

File:Lohner Porsche.jpg was the first gasoline-electric hybrid automobile.]]

The July 1969 issue of Popular Science magazine featured an article on the General Motors XP-883 plug-in hybrid. The concept commuter vehicle housed six 12-volt lead–acid batteries in the trunk area and a transverse-mounted DC electric motor turning a front-wheel drive trans-axle. The gasoline-powered engine was connected to the trans-axle via a worm gear.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/hybrid-car-ready-in-1969 |title=Hybrid Car Ready in 1969 |date=July 1969 |magazine=Popular Science |pages=86–87 |via=FinkBuilt |access-date=26 May 2007 |archive-date=9 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509084247/http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/hybrid-car-ready-in-1969/ |url-status=dead }} The car could be plugged into a standard 110 Volt AC outlet for recharging.

In 1971, Dr. Andy Frank, the inventor of the modern PHEV, begins working on hybrids and PHEVs. He is professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California at Davis.{{cite web |url=http://www.team-fate.net/ |title=Our Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle Design |website=Team Fate |access-date=2007-04-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060112070027/http://www.team-fate.net/ |archive-date=2006-01-12}}{{cite web |url=http://www.calcars.org/history.html |title=Plug-In Hybrids: State Of Play, History & Players |website=CalCars |access-date=2015-03-21 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502064532/http://www.calcars.org/history.html |archive-date=2015-05-02}}{{cite web |url=http://efficientdrivetrains.com |title=About Us |website=Efficient Drivetrains Inc. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222124320/http://efficientdrivetrains.com/about.html |archive-date=2007-12-22}}

The September 1975 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine featured a cover story on an experimental "turbo-electric" hybrid that "plugs in overnight for thrifty driving around town."{{cite magazine |url=http://www.popsci.com/popsci/automotivetech/c45d3bcc2eb84010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html |title=The Persistent Contender: PopSci Covers the Hybrids |last=Sillery |first=Bob |date=2002-02-26 |magazine=Popular Science |access-date=2009-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209165637/http://www.popsci.com/popsci/automotivetech/c45d3bcc2eb84010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html |archive-date=2007-12-09}} Built by electronics engineer Harry Grepke, the vehicle used eight 12-volt truck batteries and a turbine genset. Grepke claimed an all-electric range of {{convert|50|mi|km}}.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.popsci.com/popsci/printerfriendly/automotivetech/1d7d3bcc2eb84010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html |title=Looking Back |first=E.F. |last=Lindsley |date=September 1975 |magazine=Popular Science |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184210/http://www.popsci.com/popsci/printerfriendly/automotivetech/1d7d3bcc2eb84010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html |archive-date=2007-09-30}}

In 1989, Audi produced its first iteration of the Audi Duo, a plug-in parallel hybrid based on the Audi 100 Avant Quattro. This car had a {{convert|12.6|bhp|abbr=on}} Siemens electric motor which drove the rear wheels. A trunk-mounted nickel-cadmium battery supplied energy to the motor that drove the rear wheels. The vehicle's front wheels were powered by a 2.3-litre five-cylinder engine with an output of {{convert|136|bhp|abbr=on}}. The intent was to produce a vehicle which could operate on the engine in the country and electric mode in the city. Mode of operation could be selected by the driver. Just ten vehicles are believed to have been made; one drawback was that due to the extra weight of the electric drive, the vehicles were less efficient when running on their engines alone than standard Audi 100s with the same engine.

Beginning around 1990, Professor Andy Frank of the University of California, Davis began using student teams to build operational prototype Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. His work attracted industry support and funding from Nissan, Koyo Seiko, General Motors, Saturn, Ford, Visteon, JATCO, Ovonics, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Southern California Edison, the United States Department of Energy, and others. The UC Davis PHEVs won several DOE/USCAR "Future Car" and "Future Truck" national competitions.

Inspired by his work as an EV1 propulsion system engineer, Jeff Ronning began developing concepts for plug-in hybrids in the mid-1990s at then Delco Remy, Division of GM. EV1 prototypes were sometimes attached with "range-extender" trailers, developed by Alan Cocconi of AC Propulsion. These trailers were simply rolling gen sets that could supply power for long trips. It was only natural to conceive of an EV1 with a small turbo-alternator on board (1995 internal publication). External publications (SAE 971629{{cite journal |url=http://www.sae.org/technical/papers/971629 |title=SAE 971629: The Viable Environmental Car: The Right Combination of Electrical and Combustion Energy for Transportation |first=Jeffrey J. |last=Ronning |date=1997-05-01 |website=SAE International |doi=10.4271/971629|url-access=subscription }} and 1999-01-2946) followed expounding the merits of using electrical energy for most local travel and proving it with the data from the US DOT. "Unlimited EV" and "Battery Dominant Hybrid" as well as "Energy Hybrid" were the given names for the architecture because the term "plug-in" hybrid coined by Dr. Andy Frank was considered at odds with Toyota's position that Prius did not need to be "plugged in" and their opinion that plugging was inconvenient. In 1997 (ten years before Volt) an internal project at the new spin-off, Delphi Corporation, began to convert an EV1 to a PHEV. However, the project was canceled by the corporate directors of technology.

In 1994, the Esoro H301 two-door, four passenger plug-in hybrid sedan was built in Switzerland by the vehicle prototyping company Esoro AG.{{cite web |url=http://www.esoro.ch/english/content/kernk/nhanst/h301/h.htm |title=Esoro H301: The First Hypercar |website=Esoro AG |access-date=27 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105190947/http://www.esoro.ch/english/content/kernk/nhanst/h301/h.htm |archive-date=2007-11-05}} Four such prototypes are still on the road. The lightweight (710 kg/1565 lb) vehicle featured a 360 cc engine in parallel with a 34 kW air-cooled AC induction motor. The 9 kWh nickel-cadmium battery could be recharged in four hours from a 220 V electrical wall outlet, or from 30% to 80% state of charge in about two hours at a steady speed of 120 km/h.{{cite web |url=http://www.esoro.ch/deutsch/content/kernk/bilder/nachhaltige/TWINTRAK.pdf |title=Twin Trak – a compact hybrid drive |first=D. |last=Jaggi |website=Esoro AG |access-date=April 22, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928003122/http://www.esoro.ch/deutsch/content/kernk/bilder/nachhaltige/TWINTRAK.pdf |archive-date=2007-09-28}}

In 1998, Audi premiered a second iteration of the Duo plug-in hybrid, based on the Audi A4, at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The 1998 Audi Duo featured a parallel configuration similar to its predecessor. At the time, hybrid propulsion was considered as a promising solution to Europe's inner city emissions problems. Audi AG leased ten Duo PHEVs to Solarmobilverein Erlangen in the city of Erlangen, Bavaria as part of ELCIDIS (Electric Vehicle City Distribution), an advanced mobility project funded by the European Commission.{{cite report |url=http://www.elcidis.org/elcidisfinal.pdf |title=ELCIDIS Final Report |first=Ton |last=Vermie |date=2002 |publisher=European Commission}} Solar recharging stations were envisioned, but were not built. The fleet trial ended in August 2001.

About sixty 1998–1999 Audi Duo PHEVs were built. However, few customers were prepared to pay twice the price as the base model A4 equipped with an identical diesel engine, and series production was stopped.

;2000

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) sponsored the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Alliance to promote and develop original equipment manufacturer commercialization of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Alliance members include major automakers, national labs, utilities, and the University of California at Davis. EPRI's Hybrid Electric Vehicle Working Group published reports on PHEV attractiveness. Dr. Frank received new support from the European Commission, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, California Air Resources Board, and other governmental agencies.

;2001

The U.S. Department of Energy created the National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis, with Dr. Frank as Director. Dr. Frank also obtained substantial GM funds to hybridize and plug-in GM's EV1. EPRI's Hybrid Electric Vehicle Working Group (HEVWG) published a report on costs and efficiencies of hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles.{{cite web |url=http://www.evworld.com/library/EPRI_sedan_options.pdf |title=Comparing the Benefits and Impacts of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Options |date=July 2002 |website=Electric Power Research Institute |access-date=27 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023053255/http://www.evworld.com/library/EPRI_sedan_options.pdf |archive-date=2007-10-23}} The report evaluated a small car, a midsize car, and an SUV, and simulated four powertrains for each vehicle: a conventional powertrain, a parallel HEV, a PHEV-20, and a PHEV-60.

:Terminology note: A plug-in hybrid's all-electric range is designated by PHEV-(miles) or PHEV(kilometers)km representing the distance the vehicle can travel on battery power alone. For example, a PHEV-20 can travel 20 miles without using its internal combustion engine, or about 32 kilometers, so it may also be designated as PHEV32km.{{cite web |url=http://www.rise.org.au/pubs/Alt_Trans_Energ_Conf_WA_20060912.pdf |title=Large Oil and GHG Reductions with Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles |first=Walter |last=James |date=September 2006 |website=Research Institute for Sustainable Energy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026045737/http://www.rise.org.au/pubs/Alt_Trans_Energ_Conf_WA_20060912.pdf |archive-date=2007-10-26}}

;2002

Entrepreneurs, environmentalists and engineers created the California Cars Initiative. CalCars is a non-profit PHEV advocacy and technology development group.

;2003

File:Renault Kangoo plug-in hybrid.jpg Elect'road operates in blended mode.]]

Renault began selling the Elect'Road, a plug-in series hybrid version of their popular Kangoo, in Europe. It was sold alongside Renault's "Electri'cite" electric-drive Kangoo battery electric van. The Elect'Road had a 150 km range using a nickel-cadmium battery pack and a 500 cc, 16 kW liquid-cooled gasoline "range-extender" engine. It powered two high voltage/high output/low volume alternators, each of which supplied up to 5.5 kW at 132 V at 5000 rpm. The operating speed of the internal combustion engine (and therefore the output delivered by the generators) varied according to demand. The fuel tank had a capacity of 10 litres and was housed within the right rear wheel arch. The range extender function was activated by a switch on the dashboard. The onboard 3.5 kW charger could charge a depleted battery pack to 95% SOC in about four hours from 220 volts. Passenger compartment heat was powered by the battery pack as well as an auxiliary coolant circuit that was heated by the range extender engine. Renault sold about 500, primarily in France, Norway and the UK, for about 25,000 euros each{{cite press release |date=March 10, 2003 |title=Kangoo reinvents the electric car |url=http://www.calcars.org/KangooRangeExtend.pdf |type=Press release |publisher=Renault |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070412032635/http://www.calcars.org/KangooRangeExtend.pdf |archive-date=2007-04-12 |via=CalCars}} and redesigned the Elect'road in 2007.

With support from the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the California Air Resources Board, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Electric Power Research Institute, and Volkswagen, Alan Cocconi of AC Propulsion converted a Volkswagen Jetta into a plug-in series hybrid. The engine was replaced with a 120 kW electric motor and 8.7 kWh’s worth of lead–acid batteries, which were charged by a trunk-mounted 1.4-liter internal combustion engine from a Volkswagen Lupo.{{cite web |url=http://www.evchargernews.com/miscfiles/evaosc111905.pdf |title=AC Propulsion: Past, Present, and Future |date=November 2005 |website=EV Charger News |access-date=2010-11-27}}

Professor Frank's vehicles were shown at the Paris International Auto Show and demonstrated to about 200 Renault engineers at its Paris headquarters. In the same year, Toyota shipped Coulomb, a University of California Davis Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle, to Toyota City to demonstrate it to about 250 engineers and executives at two of Toyota's primary Tier 1 suppliers, Koyo Seiko, and Aisin AW (Aisin built the 1998–2003 Toyota Prius hybrid transaxle, as well as those used in the Ford Escape Hybrid, Toyota Camry Hybrid, and Nissan Altima Hybrid).

;2004

File:Felix-car-batteries-full.jpg pack, with cover removed, in the CalCars plug-in hybrid converted Toyota Prius.]]

In September, the California Cars Initiative converted a 2004 Toyota Prius into a prototype of what it calls the PRIUS+. With the addition of 130 kg (300 lb) of lead–acid batteries, the PRIUS+ achieved roughly double the gasoline mileage of a standard Prius and can make trips of up to {{convert|15|km|mi|abbr=on}} using only electric power.{{cite web |url=http://www.priusplus.org |title=How We Green-Tuned an '04 Prius into a PRIUS+ Plug-In Hybrid! |website=CalCars |access-date=January 11, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160529234618/http://www.priusplus.org/ |archive-date=May 29, 2016}} The vehicle, which is owned by CalCars technical lead Ron Gremban, is used in daily driving, as well as a test bed for various improvements to the system.

Also in September, DaimlerChrysler displayed a plug-in hybrid version of its popular Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 311 CDI commercial van at the 2004 Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung Commercial Vehicle Show in Frankfurt, Germany.{{cite press release |date=30 July 2004 |title=Diesel engine combined with electric engine: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter now also with hybrid drive |url=http://www.daimlerchrysler.com/dccom/0,,0-5-7165-1-428612-1-0-0-0-0-0-1371-7165-0-0-0-0-0-0-0,00.html |type=Press release |publisher=DaimlerChrysler |access-date=April 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610102316/http://www.daimlerchrysler.com/dccom/0%2C%2C0-5-7165-1-428612-1-0-0-0-0-0-1371-7165-0-0-0-0-0-0-0%2C00.html |archive-date=2007-06-10}} The diesel-engine PHEV Sprinters had a maximum all-electric range of 30 kilometers. Hand-built in Sindelfingen, Germany by Mercedes-Benz, the vehicles were tested around the clock, and some were placed in commercial fleet environments. The PHEV Sprinter's engine could be turned off by the driver for operation in historic European city centers that had outlawed internal-combustion engines.

By the end of the year, Dr. Frank's student teams had built and operated seven proof-of-concept and proof-of-demonstration prototype Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, including 6-passenger sedans (Taurus and Sable), Sport Utility Vehicles (Suburban, Explorer), two-seater sports car (GM EV1), and two ground-up 80 mpg sports cars, and the CalCars PRIUS+ prototype and EDrive Systems conversions were demonstrated.

;2005

Additional DaimlerChrysler Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 15-passenger van PHEV prototypes were completed. EPRI, along with a number of utilities and government agencies, worked with DaimlerChrysler to deliver 4 Sprinter PHEV vans to test fleets.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/Wheels/article/210192 |title=Mitsubishi releases final details for Evo X |first=Gerry |last=Malloy |date=May 5, 2007 |newspaper=Toronto Star |access-date=5 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503044902/https://www.thestar.com/Wheels/article/210192 |archive-date=2008-05-03}}

In August, four companies – Raser Technologies,{{cite web |url=http://www.rasertech.com |title=About Raser |website=Raser Technologies |access-date=2010-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203091846/http://www.rasertech.com/ |archive-date=2011-02-03 |url-status=dead}} Maxwell Technologies, Electrovaya, and Pacific Gas and Electric – formed the Plug-In Hybrid Consortium{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/08/advanced_hybrid.html |title=Advanced Hybrid Vehicle Development Consortium Targets Plug-Ins |date=30 August 2005 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=April 21, 2007}}{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridconsortium.org/ |title=The PHEV Consortium |website=Hybrid Consortium |access-date=2010-11-27}} to help reduce the research and design gap between component suppliers and OEMs and to accelerate the development of critical PHEV components. Since then, nine other component companies and three more utility companies, as well as CalCars and Plug In America, have joined the consortium.

At the UC Davis Hybrid Center, teams led by Professor Andrew A. Frank{{cite web |url=http://www.inoculatedmind.com/?p=81 |title=MindCast Episode 33: Interview with Dr. Andrew Frank |date=October 5, 2006 |website=The Inoculated Mind |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001174408/http://www.inoculatedmind.com/?p=81 |archive-date=2013-10-01}} have been designing and building working prototypes, installed into a GM Equinox for the Challenge X competition.

PHEV conversions of Iveco medium-duty diesel-powered commercial vehicles, sold as Hybrid Daily Bimodales, are offered by Micro-Vett of Imola, Italy in truck, nine-passenger van, and 20-passenger school bus configurations.{{cite web |url=http://www.micro-vett.it/english/bimodaleing.html |title=Hybrid Daily |website=Micro-Vett |access-date=April 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061216070023/http://www.micro-vett.it/english/bimodaleing.html |archive-date=December 16, 2006 |url-status=dead}} Micro-Vett offers their conversions with either lead–acid or lithium-ion battery packs, which have an advertised all-electric range of 25 kilometers, or 45 to 100 kilometers, respectively.{{cite web |url=http://www.micro-vett.it/english/bimodaleing2.html |title=Hybrid Daily: Technical Data |website=Micro-Vett |access-date=April 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210200526/http://www.micro-vett.it/english/bimodaleing2.html |archive-date=December 10, 2006 |url-status=dead}}

February: Hymotion, a Canadian company, introduced plug-in hybrid upgrade kits in February 2006. Designed for the Toyota Prius and the Ford Escape and Mariner Hybrids, these kits were offered to fleet buyers at first and are projected to be available to the general public in 2007.

April 14: Piaggio, the Italian manufacturer of Vespa scooters, announced that it had built two parallel-architecture plug-in hybrid prototypes based on the standard Vespa LX 50 and X8 125 models.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/04/piaggio_launche.html |title=Piaggio Launches Two Plug-In Hybrid Vespa Scooters |date=14 April 2006 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=April 28, 2007}}

May 17: Representatives of academia, government, and the utility and auto industries testified before the House Science Subcommittee on Energy in support of proposed legislation that would advance the commercialization of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/05/congressional_w.html |title=Congressional Witnesses Unanimously Support Proposed Plug-in Hybrid Legislation |date=17 May 2006 |website=Green Car Congress}}

May: Ryan Fulcher and Rich Rudman of Manzanita Micro converted Fulcher's Prius to a plug-in hybrid, using components that would lead to the introduction of a Manzanita Micro charger kit for PHEV conversions.

File:HybridsPlusPriusBatteries.jpg with PHEV-15 pack in place of original pack and extension pack (for PHEV-30) on the side, retaining tire access.]]

July 5: Hybrids Plus of Boulder, Colorado began offering plug-in hybrid conversions of the 2004 and later Toyota Prius, using A123 Systems Li-ion batteries for either a 15 or {{convert|30|mi|km|adj=on}} all-electric range. Their first contract was with the Colorado Office of Energy Management and Conservation, which ordered one plug-in Prius conversion. The vehicle was handed over to Colorado OEMC on March 6, 2007.

July 18: Toyota announced that it "plans to develop a hybrid vehicle that will run locally on batteries charged by a typical 120-volt outlet before switching over to a gasoline engine for longer hauls."{{cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20060719/ai_n16541548 |title=Toyota charging ahead with plans for plug-in hybrid |last=Thomas |first=Ken |date=19 July 2006 |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |via=FindArticles.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102032938/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20060719/ai_n16541548 |archive-date=2 November 2007}} The next major update to the Toyota Prius is said to use lithium ion batteries.{{cite web |url=http://vtec.net/news/news-item?news_item_id=553701 |title=Japanese mag update |first=D. |last=Garcia |date=May 10, 2006 |website=VTEC.com}} Toyota's fuel economy target for the upcoming next-generation Prius has been reported to be 40 kilometers/liter (2.5 L/100 km, or 94 mpg US.){{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/04/rumors_rampant_.html |title=Rumors Rampant: Next-Gen 94MPG Prius by 2008? |date=10 April 2006 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=22 April 2007}}

August: PML Flightlink unveiled an in-wheel, plug-in series hybrid conversion of a MINI at the British Motor Show, the MINI QED.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/08/pmls_inwheel_mo.html |title=PML's In-Wheel Motor, Plug-in Series Hybrid MINI |date=25 August 2006 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=April 21, 2007}} PML claimed fuel economy of 80 mpg, 0 to {{convert|60|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} in 4.5 seconds, top speed of over {{convert|150|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}, and a range of {{convert|1000|mi|km}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.pmlflightlink.com/archive/news_mini.html |title=MINI QED - A demonstration vehicle to showcase the best electric drive system in the world! |date=August 2006 |website=PML Flightlink Ltd. |access-date=18 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830221958/http://www.pmlflightlink.com/archive/news_mini.html |archive-date=2007-08-30}}

November 1: Manzanita Micro sold their first PiPrius conversion kit using their PFC charger and battery regulator as a DC to DC converter and rapid battery charger system. Chelan County's Advanced Vehicle Initiative received the first conversion kit from Manzanita Micro in October 2006. As of April 2007 the fourth and fifth such conversions were underway.

November 29: GM announced plans to introduce a production plug-in hybrid version of Saturn's Greenline Vue SUV with an all-electric range of {{convert|10|mi|km}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.autobloggreen.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-saturn-vue-green-line-will-offer-2-mode-and-plug-i/ |title=LA Auto Show: Saturn Vue Green Line will offer 2-mode and plug-in hybrid technology |first=Mike |last=Magda |date=November 29, 2006 |website=AutoblogGreen |access-date=18 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070324160403/http://www.autobloggreen.com/2006/11/29/la-auto-show-saturn-vue-green-line-will-offer-2-mode-and-plug-i/ |archive-date=2007-03-24}}

{{Multiple image|direction=vertical|align=right|image1=Chevy Volt Concept NAIAS 2007 02.jpg|image2=Chevy Volt Concept NAIAS 2007 01.jpg|width=220|caption1=|caption2=The Chevrolet Volt concept car was unveiled at the January 2007 North American International Auto Show.}}

January 7: General Motors' Chevrolet Volt was unveiled at Detroit's North American International Auto Show.{{cite web |url=http://media.gm.com/us/gm/en/news/events/autoshows/07naias/brands/chevrolet/volt/volt%20design.htm |title=Chevrolet Volt |date=January 7, 2007 |website=General Motors |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070206023414/http://media.gm.com/us/gm/en/news/events/autoshows/07naias/brands/chevrolet/volt/volt%20design.htm |archive-date=2007-02-06}}{{cite web |url=http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid416542521 |title=General Motors 2007 NAIAS |website=Brightcove |access-date=2009-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112204108/http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid416542521 |archive-date=2009-01-12}} The Volt is part of GM's E-Flex architecture, which is expected to initially feature a plug-in capable, battery-dominant series hybrid architecture. Future E-Flex plug-in hybrid vehicles may use gasoline, diesel, or hydrogen fuel cell power to supplement the vehicle's battery. General Motors envisions an eventual progression of E-Flex vehicles from plug-in hybrids to pure electric vehicles, as battery technology improves.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/01/the_volt_may_be.html |title=The Volt May be First, But E-Flex is the Key |date=January 15, 2007 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=28 April 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821185018/http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/01/the_volt_may_be.html |archive-date=2007-08-21}} General Motors presented the Volt as a PHEV-40 that starts its engine when 40% of the battery charge remains, and which can achieve a fuel economy of 50 mpg (4.7 L/100 km), even if the vehicle is not plugged in.{{cite web |url=http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/01/07/detroit-auto-show-its-here-gms-plug-in-hybrid-is-the-chevy-v/ |title=Detroit Auto Show: It's here. GM's plug-in hybrid is the Chevy Volt Concept |first=Sam |last=Abuelsamid |date=January 7, 2007 |website=AutoBlogGreen |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523065052/http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/01/07/detroit-auto-show-its-here-gms-plug-in-hybrid-is-the-chevy-v/ |archive-date=2007-05-23}}

February 28: The United States Department of Energy released a draft of a plan to accelerate the development and deployment of plug-in hybrid vehicle technology.{{cite web |url=http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/pdfs/program/phev_rd_plan_02-28-07.pdf |title=FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies Program: Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle R&D Plan |date=28 February 2007 |website=U.S. Dept. of Energy |access-date=April 22, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308143737/http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/pdfs/program/phev_rd_plan_02-28-07.pdf |archive-date=2007-03-08}} On May 22, five research projects were selected to receive $19 million to further the development of technologies related to PHEVs, such as electric motor power inverters.{{cite web |url=https://www.energy.gov/news/5078.htm |title=DOE Provides up to $19 Million for Advanced Vehicle Technologies |date=May 22, 2007 |website=U.S. Dept. of Energy |access-date=27 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715021856/http://energy.gov/news/5078.htm |archive-date=2007-07-15}}

March 2: The South Coast Air Quality Management District in California approved a $2.6-million contract for the conversion of 20 Ford Escape Hybrids and 10 Toyota Priuses to plug-in hybrids.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/03/aqmd_contracts_.html |title=AQMD Contracts for 30 More Plug-in Hybrid Conversions from Quantum and Hymotion |date=4 March 2007 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=27 April 2007}} The SCAQMD selected Quantum Technologies and Hymotion to perform the conversions.

March 14: The Illinois Institute of Technology delivered a converted plug-in Ford Escape Hybrid to the Chicago Department of Fleet Management for four to six months of field testing of the vehicle to evaluate the vehicle's performance, as well as improvements in fuel efficiency and emission reduction.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/03/all_cell_plugin.html |title=All Cell Plug-in Escape Hybrid Starting Field Trials |date=14 March 2007 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=25 April 2007}} The project is sponsored by the City of Chicago, MicroSun Technologies, ComEd, and All Cell, an Illinois Institute of Technology-based technology transfer company formed in 2001 to commercialize lithium-ion batteries in military, medical, portable, and transportation applications.

April 9: Pacific Gas and Electric, California's largest electric company, announced their support for plug-in hybrids with Vehicle to Grid capabilities. PG&E proposed regulatory changes which could allow homeowners to use such vehicles for back-up electricity in the event of a power failure.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/pg-e-sees-plug-in-hybrids-as-potential-profit-centers/ |title=PG&E sees plug-in hybrids as potential profit centers |first=Tom |last=Krazit |date=April 9, 2007 |website=CNET News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130110181426/http://news.com.com/PGE+sees+plug-in+hybrids+as+potential+profit+centers/2100-11392_3-6174672.html |archive-date=2013-01-10}}

April 23: The California Air Resources Board Independent Expert Panel on Zero Emission Vehicles published a report{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/04/arb_expert_zev_.html |title=ARB Expert ZEV Panel Bullish on Plug-in Hybrids |date=23 April 2007 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=April 23, 2007}} that assessed advanced vehicle technologies and concluded, among other things, that plug-in hybrids "have the potential to provide significant direct societal benefits and are likely to become available in the near future."{{cite web |url=http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/zevprog/zevreview/zev_panel_report.pdf |title=Status and Prospects for Zero Emissions Vehicle Technology: Report of the ARB Independent Expert Panel |first1=Fritz R. |last1=Kalhammer |first2=Bruce M. |last2=Kopf |first3=David H. |last3=Swan |first4=Vernon P. |last4=Roan |first5=Michael P. |last5=Walsh |author-link5=Michael Walsh (engineer) |name-list-style=amp |date=2007 |website=State of California Air Resources Board |access-date=April 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707065057/http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/zevprog/zevreview/zev_panel_report.pdf |archive-date=2007-07-07}}

April 25: Phoenix Motorcars and UQM Technologies announced a collaborative project to develop a plug-in series hybrid version of the sport utility truck that Phoenix currently sells as an all-electric vehicle.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/04/phoenix_motorca.html |title=Phoenix Motorcars and UQM to Develop Plug-In Series Hybrid Sport Utility Truck |date=25 April 2007 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=28 April 2007}} The vehicle is projected to use a small gasoline-fueled internal combustion engine as a range extender and lithium titanate batteries from Altair Nanotechnologies.

May 1: A123Systems lithium-ion battery company CEO David Vieau announced that A123 plans to market battery packs in 2008 for third-party conversion of hybrids to plug-in hybrids.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/05/a123systems_to_.html |title=A123Systems to Market PHEV Conversion Packs in 2008 |date=1 May 2007 |website=Green Car Congress}}

May 2: CalCars announced that it had received a $200,000 grant from Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, for a two-year period to support its work in educating the public about plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles. In 2006, Google.org announced that it intended to develop a plug-in hybrid of its own.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/technology/14google.html?ex=1178337600&en=97bb4ac29290de9d&ei=5070 |title=Philanthropy Google's Way: Not the Usual |first=Katie |last=Hafner |date=September 14, 2006 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=May 4, 2007}}

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July 9: Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally said he expects Ford to sell plug-in hybrids in five to ten years, the time depending on advances in lithium-ion battery technology. Ford will provide Southern California Edison with twenty Ford Escape Hybrid sport utility vehicles reconfigured to work as plug-ins by 2009, with the first by the end of this year.{{cite web |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/motoringNews/idUKNOA02732820070710 |title=Ford sees plug-in hybrids in 5–10 years |first=Bernie |last=Woodall |date=July 10, 2007 |website=Reuters |access-date=27 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716201510/http://uk.reuters.com/article/motoringNews/idUKNOA02732820070710 |archive-date=2007-07-16}} Ford announced that it will team up with Southern California Edison to examine the future of plug-in hybrids in terms of how home and vehicle energy systems will work with the electrical grid.{{cite web |url=http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/enn.cfm#id_11093 |title=Ford, Google, and Utilities Pursue Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles |date=July 11, 2007 |website=EERE Network News |access-date=2010-11-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715185210/http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/enn.cfm#id_11093 |archive-date=2007-07-15}}{{cite web |url=http://media.ford.com/newsroom/release_display.cfm?release=26326 |title=Ford Motor Company and Southern California Edison Join Forces to Advance a New Transportation and Energy Vision |date=July 9, 2007 |website=Ford Motor Company |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011195651/http://media.ford.com/newsroom/release_display.cfm?release=26326 |archive-date=October 11, 2007}}

July 18: Toyota requested permission from Japan's government to test a prototype plug-in Prius with a lithium-ion battery pack on public roads. After the test, Toyota is expected to lease them to government and municipal fleets, and may introduce the new model at the Tokyo Motor Show in November.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/07/toyota-to-obtai.html |title=Toyota to Obtain Permission for Public Road Test for Plug-in Prius in Japan |date=18 July 2007 |website=Green Car Congress}}

On July 25, 2007, Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport certified Toyota's plug-in hybrid for use on public roads, making it the first automobile to attain such approval. Toyota plans to conduct road tests to verify its all-electric range. The plug-in Prius was said to have an all-electric range of {{convert|13|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=14929 |title=Japan Certifies Toyota Plug-in Hybrid for Public-road Tests |author=Toyota Motor Corporation |date=July 25, 2007 |website=JCN Newswire |access-date=July 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928060815/http://www.japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=14929 |archive-date=2007-09-28}} But later prototypes shown at the 2008 Paris Auto Show had an electric-only range of "just a little over six miles."{{cite web |url=http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10056934-48.html |title=Toyota finally plugs in the Prius |first=Wayne |last=Cunningham |date=October 2, 2008 |website=CNet Car Tech |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006050703/http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10056934-48.html |archive-date=2008-10-06}}

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August 9: General Motors vice president Robert Lutz said that GM is on track for Chevrolet Volt production to begin by 2010. Announcing an agreement with A123Systems, Lutz said GM would like to have their planned Saturn Vue plug-in on the roads by 2009.{{cite news |url=http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070810/AUTO01/708100342/1148 |title=GM races ahead with plug-in car |first=Sharon |last=Terlep |date=August 10, 2007 |newspaper=The Detroit News |access-date=6 September 2007}}

September 5: Quantum Technologies{{cite web |url=http://www.qtww.com/files/qtww_press/070905%20Fisker%20Automotive%20A%20New%20Green%20Car%20Company.pdf |title=Drive The Future With Fisker Automotive, A New Green American Premium Car Company |date=September 5, 2007 |website=Quantum Technologies |access-date=2010-11-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014055215/http://www.qtww.com/files/qtww_press/070905%20Fisker%20Automotive%20A%20New%20Green%20Car%20Company.pdf |archive-date=2009-10-14}} and Fisker Coachbuild LLC announced the launch of a joint venture in Fisker Automotive.{{cite web |url=http://www.fiskerautomotive.com/pdf/FISKER%20AUTOMOTIVE%20-%20English.pdf |title=Drive the Future with Fisker Automotive, A New Green American Premium Car Company |date=5 September 2007 |website=Fisker Automotive |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320113645/http://www.fiskerautomotive.com/pdf/FISKER%20AUTOMOTIVE%20-%20English.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2009}} Fisker intends to build a US$80,000 luxury PHEV-50, the Fisker Karma, anticipated in late 2009.{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120027887033287745 |title=Electric-Car Firms Get Star Investors |first1=Norihiko |last1=Shirouzu |first2=Rebecca |last2=Buckman |name-list-style=amp |date=January 14, 2008 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}}

September 6: Toyota announced that they reached an agreement with Electricite de France (EDF) to "jointly test prototype plug-in hybrid vehicles and develop electricity infrastructure for plug-ins".{{cite web |url=http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=101846&topicId=103840033&docId=l:665462273 |title=Toyota, French Power Firm To Jointly Test Plug-In Hybrids |date=September 6, 2007 |website=Asia Pulse |access-date=2007-10-23 |archive-date=21 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521141405/http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=101846&topicId=103840033&docId=l:665462273 |url-status=dead }}

September 11–23: The Frankfurt Auto Show features plug-in hybrids. The Volvo "Recharge" PHEV-60 concept car was unveiled,{{cite web |url=http://media.ford.com/newsroom/feature_display.cfm?release=25980 |title= Volvo ReCharge Concept Debuts at Frankfurt Motor Show |date=September 11, 2007 |website=Ford Motor Company |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307085554/http://media.ford.com/newsroom/feature_display.cfm?release=25980 |archive-date=2008-03-07}}{{cite web |url=http://jalopnik.com/cars/frankfurt-auto-show/volvo-recharge-plug+in-hybrid-concept-car-296913.php |title=Volvo ReCharge Plug-In Hybrid Concept Car |first=Ray |last=Wert |date=September 6, 2007 |website=Jalopnik}}{{cite web |url=http://car.pege.org/2007-iaa/volvo-interview.htm |title=Volvo Plug-in-Hybrid Interview |date=2007 |website=Planetary Engineering Group Earth}} and General Motors Corporation exhibited the Opel Flextreme PHEV-34 concept car.

September 25: The United States Department of Energy is providing $17.2 million to further development of advanced batteries, and another $2 million for the study of future plug-ins. A cost-share with the United States Advanced Battery Consortium will allow up to $38 million in battery research and development.{{cite web |url=http://www.energy.gov:80/news/5523.htm |title=DOE to Provide Nearly $20 Million to Further Development of Advanced Batteries for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles |date=September 25, 2007 |website=U.S. Department of Energy |access-date=2010-11-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011070336/http://energy.gov/news/5523.htm |archive-date=2007-10-11}}

October 9: Chinese manufacturer BYD Automobile Company, owned by China's largest mobile phone battery maker, announced that they would be introducing a production PHEV-60 sedan in China in the second half of 2008. BYD plans to exhibit it in January 2008 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Based on BYD's midsize F6 sedan, it uses iron-based batteries instead of lithium-ion, and can be recharged to 70 percent of capacity in 10 minutes.{{cite web |url=http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=123027 |title=Detroit Show Preview: BYD's New Plug-in Hybrid on Sale Next Year |date=15 October 2007 |website=Edmunds |access-date=26 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019043035/http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId%3D123027 |archive-date=2007-10-19}}

October 27: Venture Vehicles announced it would produce two versions of the three-wheeled VentureOne, an electric model with a range of {{convert|120|mi|km}}, and a 100 mpg{{Clarify|us or imp?|date=February 2009}} PHEV version.

November 8: German Environmental Minister Sigmar Gabriel received a concept paper from Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn about Volkswagen's attempts for electric drive and plug-in-hybrid technology.{{cite web |url=http://www.planetark.com/envpicstory.cfm/newsid/45228 |title=Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn and German Environmental Minister Gabriel Pose at the Research Department of the Volkswagen Plant |first=Christian |last=Charisius |date=2007-11-08 |website=Planet Ark |access-date=2010-11-27 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111184114/http://www.planetark.com/envpicstory.cfm/newsid/45228 |archive-date=2007-11-11}}

On January 14, 2008, Toyota announced they would start selling lithium battery plug-in hybrids by 2010.{{cite web |url=http://motortorque.askaprice.com/news/auto-0801/toyota-announces-plugin-hybrid-by-2010.asp |title=Toyota announces plug-in hybrid by 2010 |first=Robin |last=Brown |date=15 January 2008 |website=MotorTorque |access-date=2010-11-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710111821/http://motortorque.askaprice.com/news/auto-0801/toyota-announces-plugin-hybrid-by-2010.asp |archive-date=2012-07-10}}{{cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-wed-car-batteries_06-17jun18,0,4936123.story |title=Plug-in car production race is on |first=Rick |last=Popely |date=June 18, 2008 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622151226/http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-wed-car-batteries_06-17jun18,0,4936123.story |archive-date=2008-06-22}}

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January 2008: A privately run waiting list to purchase the Chevrolet Volt reached 10,000 members. The list, administered by Lyle Dennis, was started one year prior.{{cite web |url=http://www.gm-volt.com/2008/01/26/gm-voltcom-chevy-volt-waiting-list-hits-10000-members/ |title=Chevy Volt Waiting List Hits 10,000 Members |first=L.J. |last=Dennis |date=January 26, 2008 |website=GM-Volt.com |access-date=January 26, 2008}}

January 2008: Assistant professor Yi Cui and colleagues at Stanford University's Department of Materials Science and Engineering{{cite web |url=http://www.stanford.edu/group/cui_group/yicui.html |title=Yi Cui Group |website=Stanford University |access-date=2010-11-27}} have made a discovery to use silicon nanowires to give rechargeable lithium ion batteries 10 times more charge.{{cite web |url=http://www.news.com/A-tenfold-improvement-in-battery-life/2100-1041_3-6226196.html |title=A tenfold improvement in battery life? |last=Serpo |first=Alex |date=January 15, 2008 |website=CNET News |access-date=2010-11-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515192718/http://www.news.com/A-tenfold-improvement-in-battery-life/2100-1041_3-6226196.html |archive-date=2008-05-15}}{{cite journal |title=Computing power |year=2008 |journal=Nature Nanotechnology |volume=3 |issue=1 |page=1 |doi=10.1038/nnano.2007.425 |pmid=18654434 |bibcode=2008NatNa...3....1. |doi-access=free}}

On February 7, 2008, Valence Technology announced it has entered into a contract with The Tanfield Group Plc (LSE: TAN) to manufacture and supply safe, Lithium Phosphate energy storage systems to power zero emission, all-electric commercial delivery vehicles. The Valence battery systems will be installed in leading-edge vans and trucks produced by Tanfield's UK-based trading division, Smith Electric Vehicles, the world's largest manufacturer of electric vans and trucks.

On March 27, 2008, the California Air Resources Board modified their regulations, requiring automobile manufacturers to produce 58,000 plug-in hybrids for sale to Californians during 2012 through 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/zevprog/zevreview/summary.pdf |title=Preliminary Summary of Air Resources Board Action – Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Program |date=2008-03-27 |website=California Air Resources Board |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516235829/http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/zevprog/zevreview/summary.pdf |archive-date=2008-05-16}} This requirement is an asked-for alternative to an earlier mandate to produce 25,000 pure zero emission vehicles, reducing that requirement to 5,000.{{cite web |url=http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/31/carb-backs-off-a-bit-on-zev-mandate-orders-66k-phevs-sold-by-20/ |title=CARB backs off a bit on ZEV Mandate, orders 66k PHEVs sold by 2014 |first=John |last=Neff |date=March 31, 2008 |website=Autoblog}}

April 2008: Raser and FEV{{cite web |url=http://fev.com/ |title=Home |website=FEV GmbH}} series hybrid/extended range EV powertrain plan to have the first prototype vehicle ready to demonstrate in the third quarter of this year installed in a full-size SUV.{{cite web |url=http://www.autobloggreen.com/tag/raser-fev/ |title=Posts tagged Raser/FEV |website=AutoblogGreen |access-date=2010-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416195926/http://www.autobloggreen.com/tag/raser-fev/ |archive-date=2009-04-16 |url-status=dead}}

On June 4, 2008, Rick Wagoner, GM chairman and CEO announced mass production of the Chevy Volt beginning in late 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/957.html |title=GM's Chevy Volt Is a "Go" – Production Vehicle, in Showrooms in 2010 |date=June 4, 2008 |website=CalCars |access-date=2010-11-27}} On June 5, 2008, Hymotion signed the first six dealers for its kits to convert Toyota Priuses into plug-in hybrids.{{cite web |url=http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/toyota-dealers-sold-on-hymotion-plug-in-hybrids-977.html |title=Toyota Dealers Sold on Hymotion Plug-In Hybrids |first=Jennifer |last=Kho |date=2008-06-05 |website=Greentech Media |access-date=2010-11-27}} On June 12, 2008, Ford urged the US Government to step up the evolution of plug-in hybrids.{{cite web |url=http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=101846&topicId=104970025&docId=l:806056867 |title=Error |website=LexisNexis |access-date=16 June 2008 |archive-date=21 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521143217/http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=101846&topicId=104970025&docId=l:806056867 |url-status=dead }}

On June 26, 2008, Volkswagen announced that they would be introducing production plug-ins based on the Golf compact. Volkswagen uses the term 'TwinDrive' to denote a PHEV.{{cite web |url=http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2008/06/26/afx5156904.html |title=VW starts testing electric cars, sees launching them by 2010 |first=Marilyn |last=Gerlach |date=June 26, 2008 |website=Forbes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604011518/http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2008/06/26/afx5156904.html |archive-date=2011-06-04}}

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The production design model of the Chevrolet Volt was officially unveiled on September 16, 2008, as part of General Motors centennial celebration at the Wintergarden headquarters in Detroit.{{cite web |url=http://www.prefix.com/Downloads/Volt.pdf |title=Chevrolet Volt Leads General Motors Into Its Second Century |date=2008-09-16 |website=GM Communications |access-date=2009-12-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324034213/http://www.prefix.com/Downloads/Volt.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-24}} The production model differed greatly in design from the original concept car. The carmaker cited necessary aerodynamic changes needed to reduce the concept car's highdrag coefficient of {{Cd|0.43}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/automobiles/21AERO.html |title=Edgy, Yet Still Aerodynamic |first=Phil |last=Patton |date=2008-12-19 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2011-05-15}} down to a more efficient {{Cd|0.28}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.caranddriver.com/comparisons/2011-chevrolet-cruze-eco-page-3 |title=2011 Chevrolet Volt vs. Chevy Cruze Eco |last=Sherman |first=Don |date=28 September 2011 |website=Car and Driver |access-date=21 February 2012}}

In September 2008, Mazda was reported to be planning PHEVs.{{cite web |url=http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/234607/ |title=Mazda plans Volt rival |date=2008-08-28 |website=Autocar |access-date=2009-10-17}} On September 23, 2008, Chrysler announced that they had prototyped a plug-in Jeep Wrangler and a Chrysler Town and Country mini-van, both PHEV-40s with series powertrains, and an all-electric Dodge sports car, and said that one of the three vehicles would go into production.{{cite web |url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hNc7S9F0ntHtyL8ZMuEiOXqt3uEgD93CLGQ85 |title=Chrysler plans to sell electric car in 2010 |date=23 September 2008 |website=AP}} {{dead link|date=May 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}{{cite news |url=http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080924/BUSINESS02/809240299/0/BUSINESS10 |title=Chrysler switching gears, to add electric car by 2010; 3 prototypes include Jeep Wrangler |first1=Gary T. |last1=Pakulski |first2=Larry |last2=Vellequette |name-list-style=amp |date=2008-09-24 |newspaper=Toledo Blade |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930073652/http://www.toledoblade.com/Automotive/2008/09/24/Chrysler-switching-gears-to-add-electric-car-by-2010-3-prototypes-include-Jeep-Wrangler.html |archive-date=2012-09-30}}{{cite news |url=http://www.financialpost.com/news/story.html?id%3D818218 |title=Chrysler unveils electric car that gets 150 miles a charge |first=Nicolas |last=Van Praet |date=September 23, 2008 |newspaper=Financial Post |access-date=2008-10-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925224825/http://www.financialpost.com/news/story.html?id=818218 |archive-date=2008-09-25}}{{cite web |url=http://www.popsci.com/cars/gallery/2008-09/chrysler-reveals-alternative-energy-prototypes |title=Chrysler Reveals Alternative-Energy Prototypes |date=2008-09-24 |website=Popular Science |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109051128/http://www.popsci.com/cars/gallery/2008-09/chrysler-reveals-alternative-energy-prototypes |archive-date=2008-11-09}}{{cite web |url=http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/1005.html |title=Chrysler "Jolts" PHEV Race; PHEV Ads; V2Green Acquired |date=September 24, 2008 |website=CalCars |access-date=September 26, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219063144/http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/1005.html |archive-date=December 19, 2008}}

On October 3, the U.S. enacted the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. The legislation provides tax credits of $2,500 plus $417 for each kilowatt-hour of battery capacity over 4 kilowatt-hours, up to $7,500 for cars under 10,000 pounds, $10,000 for larger vehicles under 14,000 pounds, $12,500 for bigger trucks under 26,000 pounds, or $15,000 for larger trucks and equipment. The tax credit will be phased out two calendar quarters after the first 250,000 such vehicles are sold, down to 50% for the next six months and 25% for another half year after that.{{cite news |url=http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/10/bailout_bill_includes_tax_brea.html |title=Bailout bill includes tax breaks for buyers of plug-in hybrid vehicles |first=Robert |last=Schoenberger |date=October 2, 2008 |newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer}}{{cite web |url=http://www.motorauthority.com/senate-passes-bill-that-approves-up-to-7500-in-tax-credits-for-plug-ins.html |title=Bush signs $7,500 plug-in hybrid tax credit bill into law |first=Viknesh |last=Vijayenthiran |date=October 3, 2008 |website=MotorAuthority.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030170341/http://www.motorauthority.com/senate-passes-bill-that-approves-up-to-7500-in-tax-credits-for-plug-ins.html |archive-date=2008-10-30}}

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In mid-October, the Wall Street Journal reported that BYD Auto's PHEV-60 F3DM sedan will be available by November in China.{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122392773358329717 |title=China's BYD to Begin Selling Electric Car Next Month |first=Norihiko |last=Shirouzu |date=October 14, 2008 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}} It will sell for equivalent of US$22,000 and has a 110 km electric-mode driving range.{{cite web |url=http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=19436 |title=BYD to Launch Electric Car Sales in China Next Month |date=October 15, 2008 |website=EV World |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928021638/http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=19436 |archive-date=2011-09-28}}

As a demonstration project, Ford delivered in 2008 the first flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid SUV to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), a Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid, capable of running on gasoline or E85.{{cite web |url=http://www.foodandfuelamerica.com/2008/06/ford-delivers-flex-fuel-hybrid-to-doe.html |title=Ford Delivers Flex Fuel Hybrid to DOE |date=2008-06-12 |website=Fuel and Food America |access-date=2008-03-28}}

On December 15, 2008, BYD Auto's F3DM PHEV-60 sedan began selling in China as the first production plug-in hybrid, the first ever sold in the world.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2008/12/15/warren-buffetts-electric-car-hits-the-chinese-market-but-rollout-delayed-for-us-europe.html |title=Warren Buffett's Electric Car Hits the Chinese Market, But Rollout Delayed For U.S. & Europe |first=Alex |last=Crippen |date=December 15, 2008 |website=CNBC}}{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/dec2008/gb20081215_913780.htm |title=China's First Plug-In Hybrid Car Rolls Out |first=Frederik |last=Balfour |date=December 15, 2008 |website=BusinessWeek |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220105009/http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/dec2008/gb20081215_913780.htm |archive-date=2008-12-20}} It costs the equivalent of {{USD|22,000}} and has a {{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}} electric-mode driving range. During its first year in the market the F3DM plug-in sold only 48 vehicles.{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-08/byd-plans-to-start-european-car-sales-next-year-update1-.html |title=BYD Plans to Start European Car Sales Next Year |date=2010-03-08 |website=Bloomberg BusinessWeek |access-date=2010-03-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412094820/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-08/byd-plans-to-start-european-car-sales-next-year-update1-.html |archive-date=2010-04-12}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/sep/23/byd-auto-sales |title=Chinese electric car maker upbeat despite gloomy sales |first=Bobbie |last=Johnson |date=2009-09-23 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=2010-03-16}}

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On June 1, 2009, Volvo announced the launching of series production diesel-electric plug-in hybrids by 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.motorauthority.com/volvo-promises-diesel-electric-plug-in-hybrid-by-2012.html |title=Volvo promises diesel-electric plug-in hybrid by 2012 |date=2009-06-01 |website=Motor Authority |access-date=2009-06-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625182619/http://www.motorauthority.com/volvo-promises-diesel-electric-plug-in-hybrid-by-2012.html |archive-date=2009-06-25}}{{cite web |url=http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor/2009/06/volvo-unveils-plug-in-diesel-electric-hybrid-car-says-it-will-be-available-in-2012.html |title=Volvo Unveils Plug-in Diesel-Electric Hybrid Car, Says It Will Be Available in 2012 |first=Scott |last=Doggett |date=2009-06-01 |website=Edmunds |access-date=2009-06-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607104444/http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor/2009/06/volvo-unveils-plug-in-diesel-electric-hybrid-car-says-it-will-be-available-in-2012.html |archive-date=2009-06-07}} The company plans to sell a series hybrid with the goal of achieving emissions of less than 50 grams of CO₂ per kilometer.{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/volvo-to-introduce-plug-in-diesel-by-2012 |title=Volvo to Introduce Plug-In Diesel by 2012 |first=John |last=Voelcker |date=2009-06-02 |website=Fox News |access-date=2009-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605164422/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,524378,00.html |archive-date=2009-06-05 |url-status=live}} Two Volvo V70 demonstrators were converted to PHEVs and are undergoing a test trial in real world conditions since December 2009. This demonstration project is a joint venture with Vattenfall, a Swedish energy company. As reported by the test drivers, the V70 Plug-in Hybrid demonstrators have an all-electric range between {{convert|20|km}} to {{convert|30|km}}. The test plug-in hybrids were built with a button to allow test drivers to manually choose between electricity or diesel engine power at any time.{{cite journal |url=http://www.plugincars.com/sites/default/files/36_EMobility_September2010.pdf |title=Having a plug-in hybrid as your family car - what is it actually like? |date=September 2010 |journal=Business Intelligence for E-Mobility |pages=3–4 |publisher=Vattenfall |access-date=2010-09-05 |via=PluginCars.com}}{{cite web |url=http://www.plugincars.com/volvo-reports-reactions-first-drivers-volvo-v70-plug-hybrid-83786.html |title=Volvo Reports Reactions from First Drivers of Volvo V70 Plug-in Hybrid |first=Brad |last=Berman |date=2010-10-01 |website=Plugin Cars |access-date=2010-10-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121013235/http://www.plugincars.com/volvo-reports-reactions-first-drivers-volvo-v70-plug-hybrid-83786.html |archive-date=2010-11-21}}

The first pre-production test car based on the final Chevrolet Volt design was built in June 2009, in Warren, Michigan,{{cite web |url=http://gm-volt.com/2009/03/25/gms-response-to-the-gm-voltcom-first-chevy-volt-to-be-built-post-and-comments |title=GM's Response to the GM-Volt.com First Chevy Volt to be Built Post and Comments |date=2009-03-25 |website=GM-VOLT: Chevy Volt Electric Car Site |access-date=2009-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329050344/http://gm-volt.com/2009/03/25/gms-response-to-the-gm-voltcom-first-chevy-volt-to-be-built-post-and-comments/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-03-29}}{{cite news |url=http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/gm-says-chevy-volt-is-still-on-track/ |title=G.M. Says Chevy Volt Is Still on Track |first=Jim |last=Motavalli |date=2009-06-02 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2009-06-02}} and by October 2009, 80 Volts had been built and were tested under various conditions.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/business/12auto.html |title=G.M. Puts Electric Car's City Mileage in Triple Digits |first1=Bill |last1=Vlasic |first2=Nick |last2=Bunkley |date=August 11, 2009 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2009-08-11}}

During its first eight months in the Chinese market, the BYD F3DM PHEV-60 sold less than 100 vehicles.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/09/byd-100-20090918.html |title=BYD Reportedly Has Sold Less Than 100 F3DM PHEVs in 8 months |date=2009-09-18 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=2010-03-15}} Sales of the F3DM began in Hong Kong in June 2009.{{cite web |url=http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/21/report-byd-only-sells-100-plug-in-f3dm-hybrids-in-eight-months/ |title=Report: BYD only sells 100 plug-in F3DM hybrids in eight months |date=2009-09-21 |website=AutoblogGreen |access-date=2010-03-15}}

A global demonstration program involving 600 Toyota Prius Plug-in pre-production test cars began in late 2009 in Japan and by mid-2010 field testing had begun in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www2.toyota.co.jp/en/news/09/12/1214.html |title=TMC Introduces 'Prius Plug-in Hybrid' into Key Markets |date=2009-12-14 |website=Toyota News |access-date=2010-04-09}}{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2010/04/toyota20104028.html#more |title=Toyota, EDF and Strasbourg Launch Large-Scale, 3-Year Plug-in Hybrid Demonstration Project |date=2010-04-28 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=2010-04-28}}{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65K57T20100622 |title=Toyota, EDF trial plug-in Prius in Britain |date=2010-01-11 |website=Reuters |access-date=2010-06-28}}{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/car-manufacturers/toyota/6833552/Toyota-Plug-In-Prius-review.html |title=Toyota Plug-In Prius review |first=Andrew |last=English |date=2010-01-05 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=2010-04-10}}{{cite news |url=http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2726189 |title=Toyota tests Prius plug-in hybrid in Canada |first=Scott |last=Deveau |date=2010-03-25 |newspaper=Financial Post |access-date=2010-04-09}} {{dead link|date=April 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}{{cite web |url=http://www.plugincars.com/prius-plug-hybrid-arrives-ultra-green-portland-state.html |title=Prius Plug-in Hybrid Arrives at Ultra-Green Portland State University |first=Brad |last=Berman |date=2010-06-11 |website=PlugIn Cars |access-date=2010-06-17}} The commercial version is expected to cost between {{USD|3,000}} to {{USD|5,000}} more than the conventional Prius and Toyota announced it expects to sell 20,000 units a year initially.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/business/14auto.html |title=Toyota Plans 6 New Hybrids for 2012 |first=Nick |last=Bunkley |date=2010-09-13 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2010-09-13}}

File:Barack Obama drives Chevy Volt.jpg behind the wheel of a Chevy Volt plug-in during his tour of the General Motors Auto Plant in Hamtramck, Michigan.]]

Sales of the BYD F3DM to the general public began in Shenzhen in March 2010,{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2010/03/byd-20100323.html |title=BYD Auto To Begin Sales of F3DM Plug-in to Individuals |date=2010-03-23 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=2010-03-27}}{{cite web |url=http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor/2010/03/byd-auto-to-offer-f3dm-plug-in-hybrid-to-chinese-individuals-starting-next-week.html |title=BYD Auto to Offer F3DM Plug-in Hybrid to Chinese Individuals Starting Next Week |date=2010-03-23 |website=Edmunds.com |access-date=2010-03-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330091520/http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor/2010/03/byd-auto-to-offer-f3dm-plug-in-hybrid-to-chinese-individuals-starting-next-week.html |archive-date=2010-03-30}} and only 417 units were sold during 2010.{{cite web |url=http://chinaautoweb.com/2011/02/byd-delivered-only-33-units-of-e6-417-f3dm-in-2010/ |title=BYD Delivered Only 33 Units of e6, 417 F3DM in 2010 |date=2011-02-23 |website=ChinaAutoWeb |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925213333/http://chinaautoweb.com/2011/02/byd-delivered-only-33-units-of-e6-417-f3dm-in-2010/ |archive-date=2014-09-25}}

On March 31, 2010, the first factory-built Chevrolet Volt was produced at the Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Plant in order to test the production line and for quality control purposes, both of the tooling and the pre-production vehicles produced before regular production began.{{cite news |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/03/gm-finishes-building-first-chevy-volt-battery-car-using-production-tooling-says-the-practice-run-was-ok/1 |title=GM builds first Chevy Volt, says production line practice run OK |date=2010-03-31 |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=2010-04-05}}{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2010/04/volt-20100402.html |title=First Pre-Production Chevy Volt Rolls Off Line |date=2010-04-02 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=2010-04-05}}

In October 2010, Lotus Engineering unveiled the Lotus CityCar at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, a plug-in series hybrid concept car designed for flex-fuel operation on ethanol, or methanol as well as regular gasoline.{{cite web |url=http://green.autoblog.com/2010/10/02/lotus-unveils-range-extended-electric-city-car-concept-in-paris/ |title=Lotus unveils range-extended electric city car concept in Paris |date=2010-10-02 |website=AutoblogGreen |access-date=2010-10-05}}{{cite web |url=http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car/10q3/lotus_city_car_concept-auto_shows |title=Lotus City Car Concept – Auto Shows |first=Mark |last=Gillies |date=2010-10-02 |website=Car and Driver |access-date=2010-10-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005085559/http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car/10q3/lotus_city_car_concept-auto_shows |archive-date=2010-10-05}} The lithium battery pack provides an all-electric range of {{Convert|60|km}}, and the 1.2-liter flex-fuel engine kicks in to allow to extend the range to more than {{convert|500|km}}.

Henrik Fisker showed the first production model of the Fisker Karma at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor/2010/09/2010-paris-motor-show-fisker-karma-production-model-hews-to-concepts-promise.html |title=2010 Paris Motor Show: Fisker Karma Production Model Hews to Concept's Promise |first=John |last=O'Dell |date=2010-09-30 |website=Edmunds.com Green Car Adviser |access-date=2010-12-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004165018/http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor/2010/09/2010-paris-motor-show-fisker-karma-production-model-hews-to-concepts-promise.html |archive-date=2010-10-04}}

General Motors began deliveries of the Chevrolet Volt in the United States in December 2010. The Volt has an all-electric range of {{Convert|35|mi}} according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.{{cite web |url=http://www.plugincars.com/first-chevy-volts-reach-customers-will-out-deliver-nissan-december-106575.html |title=First Chevy Volts Reach Customers, Will Out-Deliver Nissan in December |date=2010-12-16 |website=Plug-in Cars |access-date=2010-12-17}} A total of 326 Volts were delivered to retail customers during 2010.

File:2012 Fisker Karma EC EVer.jpg began in November 2011.]]

Fisker Automotive initially scheduled sales of its Karma PHEV by the fourth quarter of 2009 in the U.S., and starting in 2010 in Europe.{{cite web |url=http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/11-04-08_11 |title=Fisker Automotive announces first European importer |date=2008-04-11 |website=Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform |access-date=2009-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415000848/http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/11-04-08_11 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-04-15}} After rescheduling the Fisker Karma market launch to September 2010, and missing its target to build 70 to 100 test cars in 2010,{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64Q11G20100527# |title=Fisker to build 100 test Karma cars in 2010 |first=Poornima |last=Gupta |date=2010-05-27 |website=Reuters |access-date=2011-03-07}} production began in July 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=258134 |title=Fisker Karma gets 3000 orders |first=Jim |last=Holder |date=2011-07-12 |website=Autocar |access-date=2011-07-12}} The Valmet plant in Finland began production with five cars a week. By December 2011 the production rate was 25 units a day.{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-22/fisker-seeks-to-lift-karma-sales-to-move-on-from-loan-scrutiny.html |title=Fisker Automotive Seeks to Lift Karma Sales to Move on From Loan Scrutiny |first=Alan |last=Ohnsman |date=2011-12-22 |website=Bloomberg |access-date=2012-01-04}} The first deliveries of the Fisker Karma, with an all-electric range of {{Convert|32|mi}}, took place in the U.S. in July 2011.{{cite web |url=http://gigaom.com/cleantech/photos-kleiners-ray-lane-receives-his-fisker-karma/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103004911/http://gigaom.com/cleantech/photos-kleiners-ray-lane-receives-his-fisker-karma/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |title=PHOTOS: Kleiner's Ray Lane receives his Fisker Karma |first=Katie |last=Fehrenbacher |date=2011-07-26 |website=Earth2Tech |access-date=2011-07-26}} Karma deliveries to retail customers began in November 2011.{{cite web |url=http://green.autoblog.com/2011/10/19/fisker-karma-epa-certified-52-mpge-32-mile-electric-range/ |title=Fisker Karma gets EPA certified: 52 mpge, 32-mile electric range then 20 mpg |date=2011-10-19 |website=Autoblog Green |access-date=2011-10-19}}

Chrysler began in 2011 field testing of the Dodge Ram 1500 Plug-in Hybrid in the United States with 140 units. The plug-in pickups were allocated to local and state governments, utility companies, and a U.S. Army base. This is demonstration program only, and Chrysler stated it has no plans for a production version. The Ram PHEV has an EV range of {{convert|20|mi|km|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url=http://ev.sae.org/article/9769 |title=Chrysler's Ram PHEV trucks take to the streets |first=Kami |last=Buchholz |date=2011-05-23 |website=SAE International |access-date=2012-01-20}}{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2011/09/ramphev-20110928.html |title=Chrysler providing 10 PHEV Ram 1500 pickups to MBTA as part of demo project |date=2011-09-28 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=2012-01-20}}

BYD Auto reported sales over 1,000 BYD F3DMs by October 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.bydenergy.com/bydenergy/energy/News%20Center/News/78.html |title=First Pure-Electric Vehicle now available for Consumers in China |date=2011-10-27 |website=BYD Energy |access-date=2012-02-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101200501/http://www.bydenergy.com/bydenergy/energy/News%20Center/News/78.html |archive-date=2011-11-01}} Cumulative sales of the Chevrolet Volt in the U.S. and Canada reached 8,272 units through December 2011.{{cite web |url=http://media.gm.com/content/Pages/news/us/en/2012/Jan/gmsales/_jcr_content/rightpar/sectioncontainer/par/download/file.res/Deliveries%20December%202011.pdf |title=GM U.S. Deliveries for December 2011 by Model |date=2012-01-04 |website=General Motors |access-date=2012-01-04}}{{cite web |url=http://investor.gm.com/sales-production/press-release.jsp?id=%2Fcontent%2FPages%2Fnews%2Fca%2Fen%2F2012%2FJan%2F0104_Sales_December.html |title=Sales and Production – General Motors December and 2011 Sales |date=2012-01-04 |website=General Motors Canada |access-date=2012-01-04}} {{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}

File:Opel Ampera.JPG in Europe began in February 2012.]]

The European version of the Volt, the Opel Ampera, was released to customers in Europe in February 2012. Opel reported that most of the Ampera clients are fleet or business customers.{{cite web |url=http://media.opel.com/media/intl/en/opel/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/intl/en/2012/opel/02_21_opel_ampera_first_customer |title=Opel Ampera: First Customers Take Delivery |date=2012-02-21 |website=Opel Europe |access-date=2012-03-01}}

Deliveries of the right-hand drive Vauxhall Ampera in the UK began in May 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Chevrolet-Volt-for-UK-sale-in-November-2011/ |title=Chevrolet Volt for European sale in November 2011 |first=Tim |last=Pollard |date=2010-12-13 |website=Car Magazine Online |access-date=2010-05-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323124122/http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Industry-News/Chevrolet-Volt-for-UK-sale-in-November-2011/ |archive-date=2012-03-23}} {{As of|2012|10}}, more than 33,000 units of the Volt/Ampera family have been sold worldwide. The United States is the world's top selling market with 19,309 Volts sold during the first ten months of 2012, and cumulative sales of 27,306 units since December 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/hybrid-clean-diesel-sales-dashboard/december-2010.html |title=December 2010 Dashboard: Year End Tally |date=2011-01-07 |website=Hybrid Cars |access-date=2011-02-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712233547/http://www.hybridcars.com/hybrid-clean-diesel-sales-dashboard/december-2010.html |archive-date=2011-07-12}} The second best selling market is the Netherlands with 2,175 Amperas and 241 Volts sold through October 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.raivereniging.nl/markt-informatie/statistieken/verkoopstatistieken.aspx |title=Verkoopstatistieken – nieuwverkoop personenautos |trans-title=Sales statistics – new passenger car sales |language=nl |date=2012-06-04 |website=RAI Vereniging |access-date=2012-08-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328183047/http://www.raivereniging.nl/markt-informatie/statistieken/verkoopstatistieken.aspx |archive-date=2014-03-28}}{{cite web |url=http://www.autoweek.nl/verkoopcijfers.php?verkoopjaar=2012&maand=10 |title=Verkoopcijfers oktober 2012 – Modellenoverzicht |trans-title=Sales October 2012 – Models overview |language=nl |date=October 2012 |website=Auto Week Netherlands |access-date=2012-11-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105075038/http://www.autoweek.nl/verkoopcijfers.php?verkoopjaar=2012&maand=10 |archive-date=2012-11-05}} Table shows September and October 2012 sales. Canada ranks third with 1,075 Volts sold during 2012 and cumulative sales of 1,350 units between September 2011 and October 2012,{{cite web |url=http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2011/01/chevrolet-volt-sales-figures.html |title=Chevrolet Volt Sales Figures |first=Timothy |last=Cain |date=2012-11-01 |website=Good Car Bad Car |access-date=2012-11-03}} followed by Germany with 1,012 Amperas and 48 Volts registered through October 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.kfz-betrieb.vogel.de/fileserver/vogelonline/issues/kfz/sonst/2011/3699.pdf |title=Neuzulassungen von Personenkraftwagen im Dezember 2011 nach Segmenten und Modellreihen |trans-title=New registrations of passenger cars in December 2011 by segment and model lines |language=de |website=Kraftfahrt-Bundesamtes (KBA) |access-date=2012-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429122207/http://www.kfz-betrieb.vogel.de/fileserver/vogelonline/issues/kfz/sonst/2011/3699.pdf |archive-date=2013-04-29 |url-status=dead}}A total of 241 Amperas and 25 Volts were sold through December 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.kfz-betrieb.vogel.de/fileserver/vogelonline/issues/kfz/sonst/2012/4287.pdf |title=Neuzulassungen von Personenkraftwagen im Oktober 2012 nach Marken und Modellreihen |trans-title=New registrations of passenger cars in October 2012 by make and model series |language=de |date=November 2012 |website=Kraftfahrt-Bundesamtes (KBA) |access-date=2012-11-07 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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The Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid was released in Japan in January 2012, followed by the United States in February 2012, and Europe in June 2012.{{cite news |url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/economy/AJ201201310056 |title=Toyota rolls out rechargeable Prius plug-in hybrid |first=Takeshi |last=Narabe |date=2012-05-10 |newspaper=Asahi Shimbun |access-date=2012-05-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701220416/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/economy/AJ201201310056 |archive-date=2013-07-01}}{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1074785_plug-in-car-sales-soar-in-march-led-by-chevrolet-volt |title=Plug-In Car Sales Soar In March, Led By Chevrolet Volt |first=John |last=Voelcker |date=2012-04-03 |website=Green Car Reports |access-date=2012-04-03}}{{cite news |url=http://corporatemedia.toyota.eu/PressReleases/Pages/CorporatePressRelease.aspx?pressReleaseId=752&returnUrl=/Pages/default.aspx&source=Corporate |title=Solid 13% Q2 sales increase for Toyota and Lexus vehicles in Europe |date=2012-07-13 |website=Toyota Motor Europe |access-date=2012-08-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016044354/http://corporatemedia.toyota.eu/PressReleases/Pages/CorporatePressRelease.aspx?pressReleaseId=752&returnUrl=%2FPages%2Fdefault.aspx&source=Corporate |archive-date=2015-10-16}} {{As of|2012|10|31}}, a total of 21,600 Prius PHVs have been sold worldwide, with 9,623 units sold in the United States through October 2012, followed by Japan with 9,500 units sold through October 2012, and 1,867 units sold in Europe through September 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/news/september-2012-dashboard-53157.html |title=September 2012 Dashboard |date=2012-10-04 |website=Hybrid Cars |access-date=2012-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115123641/http://www.hybridcars.com/news/september-2012-dashboard-53157.html |archive-date=2012-11-15 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://insideevs.com/october-2012-plug-in-electric-vehicle-sales-report-card/ |title=October 2012 Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Report Card |first=Jay |last=Cole |date=2012-11-01 |website=Inside EVs |access-date=2012-11-03}}{{cite web |url=http://www2.toyota.co.jp/en/news/12/11/1108_1.html |title=Cumulative Sales of TMC Hybrids Top 2 Million Units in Japan |date=2012-11-08 |website=Toyota Motor Company |access-date=2012-11-18 |archive-date=2012-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111065020/http://www2.toyota.co.jp/en/news/12/11/1108_1.html |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.toyota.eu/newsrelease.do;jsessionid=22FD9B271DB38BB28166B04DC7018FB7?&id=2971&allImage=1&teaser=toyota-motor-europe-posts-13-sales-increase-q3&mid=1 |title=Toyota Motor Europe Posts 13% Sales Increase In Q3 |date=2012-10-09 |website=Toyota Motor Europe |access-date=2012-10-15}}{{dead link |date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}

In April 2012, BYD Auto announced that due to its low sales, the F3DM will be replaced by the BYD Qin (pronounced "Chin") plug-in hybrid, which was unveiled at the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1075547_byd-chin-worlds-first-plug-in-hybrid-updated-and-renamed |title=BYD Chin: World's First Plug-In Hybrid, Updated And Renamed |first=John |last=Voelcker |date=2012-04-20 |website=Green Car Reports |access-date=2012-04-21}}{{cite web |url=http://green.autoblog.com/2012/04/19/byds-qin-sedan-will-replace-poor-selling-f3dm/ |title=BYD's Qin sedan will replace poor-selling F3DM |first=Danny |last=King |date=2012-04-19 |website=Autoblog Green |access-date=2012-04-21}}{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2012/04/denza-20120423.html |title=Daimler/BYD joint venture introduces DENZA EV concept at Auto China 2012; BYD introduces new dual-mode Qin |date=2012-04-22 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=2012-04-25}}

A two-year demonstration program with 25 Chrysler Town & Country E85 flexible-fuel plug-in minivans began in April 2012. The first units were delivered in Auburn Hills, Michigan and Charlotte, North Carolina.{{cite web |url=http://green.autoblog.com/2012/04/18/chrysler-delivers-first-plug-in-minivans-in-26m-demonstration-p/ |title=Chrysler delivers first plug-in minivans in $26m demonstration project |first=Danny |last=King |date=2012-04-18 |website=Autoblog Green |access-date=2012-04-18}}{{cite web |url=http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/04/18/chrysler-group-sends-more-plug-in-hybrid-chrysler-minivans-to-duke-energy/ |title=Chrysler Group Sends More Plug-In Hybrid Chrysler Minivans To Duke Energy |date=2012-04-10 |website=CBS Detroit |access-date=2014-06-07}} The demonstration program was halted in September 2012, and Chrysler recalled the 23 units deployed at the time due to damage sustained by three separate Dodge Ram 1500 Plug-in Hybrids participating in a parallel program when their battery packs overheated. The carmaker plans to upgrade the battery packs shared by both vehicles with cells that use a different lithium-ion chemistry before the vehicles go back on service. No minivans were involved in any incidents.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1079368_chrysler-yanks-plug-in-hybrid-test-fleet-off-roads-will-replace-batteries |title=Chrysler Yanks Plug-In Hybrid Test Fleet Off Roads, Will Replace Batteries |first=John |last=Voelcker |date=2012-09-24 |website=Green Car Reports |access-date=2012-09-30}}

File:Fisker Karma and Opel Ampera charging Utrecht Mariaplaats.JPG and an Opel Ampera charging in Utrecht, the Netherlands.]]

Fisker Automotive reported that around 1,500 units have been delivered in the U.S. and Europe by September 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429377/fisker-raises-cash-readies-plan-for-second-ev/ |title=Fisker Raises Cash, Readies Plan for Second EV |first=Martin |last=Lamonica |date=2012-09-26 |website=MIT Technology Review |access-date=2012-10-03}} The Netherlands, with 138 units sold through October 2012, is the top selling European market for the Karma.{{cite web |url=http://www.plugincars.com/fisker-karma-considered-sales-success-most-europe-123899.html |title=Fisker Karma Considered a Sales Success in Europe |first=Eric |last=Loveday |date=2012-08-20 |website=Plugin Cars |access-date=2012-08-20}}

File:Ford C-Max Energi with badge WAS 2012 0597 copy.jpg was released in the U.S. in October 2012.]]

Sales of plug-in hybrid cars in the Netherlands during 2012 have been notable, as PHEV sales took the lead over all-electric cars during the first nine months of 2012. In addition to the Opel Ampera ranking as the best selling electric-drive car with 1,927 units sold during 2012, the Prius Plug-in Hybrid ranks second, with 610 units sold between June and September 2012, and the Chevrolet Volt ranks third with 205 units sold during the first months of the year. Adding 134 Fisker Karmas sold during 2012, the group of plug-in hybrid cars leads the Dutch market with 2,876 units sold during the first nine months of 2012, representing more than 80% of passenger EV sales in the country during this period.{{cite web |url=http://www.anwb.nl/auto/nieuws/2012/oktober/verkoopcijfers-elektrische-autos-derde-kwartaal-2012 |title=Verkoopcijfers elektrische auto's derde kwartaal 2012 – Plug-in hybrides winnen van volledig elektrische auto's |trans-title=Sales electric car's third quarter 2012 – Plug-in hybrids gain of fully electric cars |language=nl |date=2012-11-14 |website=ANWB |access-date=2012-11-04}} {{As of|2012|09}}, the Nissan Leaf was the top selling all-electric car in the country, with 163 units sold during the year, and a total of 457 units sold in the Netherlands since their introduction in mid-2011.

File:Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid (front quarter 2).jpg is the world's first diesel plug-in hybrid.]]

Deliveries of the Ford C-Max Energi began in the U.S. by mid October 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.plugincars.com/fords-evs-starting-slow-and-waiting-market-125120.html |title=Ford's Electric Cars: Starting Slow, and Waiting for the Market |first=Jim |last=Motavalli |date=2012-11-02 |website=Plugin Cars |access-date=2012-11-03}} The C-Max Energi has an all-electric range of {{Convert|21|mi|abbr=on}} and initially, an EPA rating for combined city/highway fuel economy in all-electric mode of 100 MPG-e ({{convert|100|mpgus|L/100km|abbr=on|disp=out|1}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/news/108-city-mpge-rating-c-max-energi-53858.html |title=108 City MPGe Rating For C-MAX Energi |first=Philippe |last=Crowe |date=2012-10-11 |website=Hybrid Cars |access-date=2012-10-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015002318/http://www.hybridcars.com/news/108-city-mpge-rating-c-max-energi-53858.html |archive-date=2012-10-15}} Later, due to complaints from owners not achieving the sticker fuel economy, and following a technical review, the official EPA rating in EV mode was downgraded to 88 MPG-e ({{convert|88|mpgus|L/100km|abbr=on|disp=out|1}}). In a similar way, initially the EPA rating in hybrid-gasoline mode was {{convert|43|mpgUS|abbr=on}}, but it was later downgraded to {{convert|38|mpgUS|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=34662&id=34089&id=33398&id=33336&#tab1 |title=Compare Side-by-Side – 2013/14 Ford C-Max Plug-in Hybrid and 2013/14 Ford Fusion Plug-in Hybrid |author=U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy |date=2014-10-03 |website=FuelEconomy.gov |access-date=2014-10-06}}

The Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid, the world's first diesel plug-in hybrid, was released in Sweden by late 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.best-selling-cars.com/hybrid/2012-full-year-sweden-best-selling-electric-cars-plug-in-hybrid-models/ |title=2012 (Full Year) Sweden: Best-Selling Electric Cars & Plug-In Hybrid Models |date=2013-04-02 |website=BestSellingCars.com |access-date=2013-01-15}} Deliveries in the rest of Europe started in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.motoring.co.uk/car-news/volvo-increase-production-of-new-v60-plug-in-hybrid_51027 |title=Volvo increase production of new V60 Plug-in Hybrid |first=Geraldine Ashton |last=Green |date=2012-12-03 |website=Motoring UK |access-date=2012-12-09}} Almost 8,000 units were sold in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2014/04/20140424-volvo.html |title=Volvo Cars adds R-Design version of V60 diesel Plug-in Hybrid |date=2014-04-24 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=2014-04-27}}

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File:Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Rear 0329.JPG was released in Japan in January 2013.]]

Sales of the Honda Accord Plug-in Hybrid began in the U.S. in January 2013, and availability is limited to California and New York.{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/2014-honda-accord-plug-in-hybrid-now-available-in-calif-and-new-york/ |title=2014 Honda Accord Plug-in Hybrid Now Available in Calif. And New York |first=Pete |last=Brissette |date=2013-01-21 |website=Hybrid Cars |access-date=2013-01-21}} The Accord PHEV was introduced in Japan in June 2013 and it is available only for leasing, primarily to corporations and government agencies.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2013/06/honda-20130621.html |title=Honda introduces Accord hybrid and plug-in in Japan; hybrid in US in October |date=2013-06-21 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=2014-02-22}} The Mitsubishi Outlander P-HEV was released in the Japanese market also in January 2013, becoming the first SUV plug-in hybrid in the market.{{cite web |url=http://insideevs.com/mitsubishi-outlander-phev-on-sale-in-japan-today-extended-promotional-video-released/ |title=Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV On Sale In Japan Today, Extended Promotional Video Released |first=Jay |last=Cole |date=2013-01-24 |website=Inside EVs |access-date=2013-01-28}} The European version was released in Europe in October 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/outlander-phev-now-on-sale-in-europe/ |title=Outlander PHEV Now On Sale In Europe |first=Philippe |last=Crowe |date=2013-10-22 |website=Hybrid Cars |access-date=2013-10-25}} The introduction in the United States was delayed until 2015 due to problems in the initial production batch.{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/us-market-mitsubishi-outlander-phev-delayed-until-2015/ |title=US-Market Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Delayed Until 2015 |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |date=2013-09-24 |website=Hybrid Cars |access-date=2013-09-25}} Over 25,000 units have been sold through April 2014, with 13,498 units sold in Japan{{cite web |url=http://evn.blog.eonet.jp/weblog/2014/05/mitsubishi-moto-2c47-1.html |title=三菱 i-MiEVなどの2014年4月度 販売実績 |language=ja |trans-title=Mitsubishi i-MiEV sales results for April 2014 |date=2014-05-29 |website=Electric Vehicle News |access-date=2014-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531184307/http://evn.blog.eonet.jp/weblog/2014/05/mitsubishi-moto-2c47-1.html |archive-date=2014-05-31 |url-status=dead}} Cumulative Outlander P-HEV sales in Japan totaled 13,498 through April 2014. followed by the Netherlands with 10,951 units,{{cite web |url=http://www.rvo.nl/onderwerpen/duurzaam-ondernemen/energie-en-milieu-innovaties/elektrisch-rijden/stand-van-zaken/cijfers |title=Cijfers elektrisch vervoer – Aantal geregistreerde elektrische voertuigen in Nederland – Top 5 geregistreerde modellen elektrische auto |trans-title=Electric transport figures – Number of registered electric vehicles in the Netherlands – Top 5 registered electric car models |language=nl |date=30 May 2014 |website=Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (Netherlands Enterprise Agency) |access-date=2014-05-31}} See under the heading 31-12-2013 and 30-04-2014 for registration figures through April 2014. where the Outlander P-HEV ranked for two months in-a-row, November and December 2013, as the top selling new car in the country.{{cite web |url=http://www.eagleaid.com/AID-Newsletter-preorder-1323i-Mitsubishi-Outlander-PHEV-top-seller.htm |title=Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV top seller |date=2013-12-17 |website=Automotive Industry Data (AID) |access-date=2013-12-26}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ev-sales.blogspot.ca/2014/01/netherlands-december-2013.html |title=Netherlands December 2013 |first=Jose |last=Pontes |date=2014-01-04 |website=EV Sales |access-date=2014-01-05}}{{cite web |url=http://bestsellingcarsblog.com/2014/01/03/netherlands-december-2013-mitsubishi-outlander-at-12-7-share-volvo-v40-and-v60-on-podium/ |title=Netherlands November 2013: Mitsubishi Outlander shoots up to pole position! |first=Mat |last=Gasnier |date=2013-12-04 |website=Best Selling Cars Blog |access-date=2013-12-26}} {{As of|2014|09}}, the Outlander P-HEV is the top registered plug-in electric car in the Netherlands with 14,567 units.

File:Ford Fusion Energi SEL with badge WAS 2012 0583.jpg began in the U.S. in March 2013.]]

The Ford Fusion Energi was released in the U.S. market by late February 2013, and retail deliveries began in March 2013.{{cite web |url=http://pricinginsider.carsdirect.com/2013/02/27/2013-ford-fusion-energi-fuel-economy-pricing-and-release-date/ |title=2013 Ford Fusion Energi: Fuel Economy, Pricing and Release Date |first=Jesse |last=Sears |date=2013-02-27 |website=Cars Direct |access-date=2013-03-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305135302/http://pricinginsider.carsdirect.com/2013/02/27/2013-ford-fusion-energi-fuel-economy-pricing-and-release-date/ |archive-date=2013-03-05}}{{cite web |url=https://insideevs.com/february-2013-plug-in-electric-vehicle-sales-report-card/ |title=February 2013 Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Report Card |first=Jay |last=Cole |date=2013-03-01 |website=Inside EVs |access-date=2013-03-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304012451/http://insideevs.com/february-2013-plug-in-electric-vehicle-sales-report-card/ |archive-date=2013-03-04}} A total of 6,089 units were sold in the U.S. in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://insideevs.com/december-2013-plug-in-electric-vehicle-sales-report-card/ |title=December 2013 Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Report Card |last=Cole |first=Jay |date=2014-01-03 |website=Inside EVs |access-date=2014-01-03}} Deliveries to retail customers of the limited edition McLaren P1 supercar began in the UK in October 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/21/mclaren-p1-official-performance-figures/ |title=McLaren P1 hits 62 mph in 2.8 seconds, 186 in 16.5 |first=Noah |last=Joseph |date=2013-10-21 |website=Autoblog |access-date=2013-10-21}} The first P1 delivery in the U.S. occurred in May 2014.{{cite web |url=http://insideevs.com/jay-leno-gets-first-mclaren-p1-drives-heck-video/ |title=Jay Leno Gets First McLaren P1, Drives The Heck Out Of It On Normal Roads – video |first=Jay |last=Cole |date=2014-05-13 |website=Inside EVs |access-date=2014-05-30}} The Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid was released in the U.S. market in November 2013. The first retail deliveries of the Cadillac ELR took place in the U.S. in December 2013.{{cite web |url=http://insideevs.com/cadillac-elr-december-2013-sales/ |title=Cadillac ELR Arrives Early, Manages To Sell 6 Copies In December |first=Jay |last=Cole |date=2014-01-03 |website=Inside EVs |access-date=2014-01-03}}

BYD Auto ended production of its BYD F3DM due to low sales, and sold the remaining inventory through October 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.plugincars.com/chinas-byd-opens-electric-bus-production-plant-california-127131.html |title=China's BYD Opens Electric Bus Production Plant in California |first=Alysha |last=Webb |date=2013-05-02 |website=Plugin Cars |access-date=2013-05-11}} Its successor, the BYD Qin, began sales in Costa Rica in November 2013, with sales in other countries in Latin America scheduled to begin in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.puromotor.com/industria/3652-byd-presenta-su-auto-hibrido-qin |title=BYD Presenta su Auto Híbrido Qin |trans-title=BYD Unveils Its "Qin" Hybrid Car |language=es |first=Beatriz |last=Nuñez |access-date=2013-12-16 |website=Puro Motor |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216032641/http://www.puromotor.com/industria/3652-byd-presenta-su-auto-hibrido-qin |archive-date=2013-12-16}}{{cite web |url=http://evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=31882 |title=BYD Announces Sales Launch of Qin Electric Hybrid in Latin America |date=2013-12-04 |website=EV World |access-date=2013-12-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216034711/http://evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=31882 |archive-date=2013-12-16}}{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1088989_byd-qin-plug-in-hybrid-now-on-sale-in-costa-rica |title=BYD Qin Plug-In Hybrid Now On Sale In Costa Rica |first=John |last=Voelcker |date=2013-12-09 |website=Green Car Reports |access-date=2013-12-16}} Qin deliveries began in China in mid December 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.chinacartimes.com/2013/12/byd-launches-qin-plugin-hybrid-189800rmb-209800rmb/ |title=BYD Launches Qin Plugin Hybrid – 189,800RMB to 209,800RMB |date=2013-12-19 |website=China Car Times |access-date=2013-12-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221190347/http://www.chinacartimes.com/2013/12/byd-launches-qin-plugin-hybrid-189800rmb-209800rmb/ |archive-date=2013-12-21}} The Qin ranked as the top selling plug-in electric car in China during the first quarter of 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=32657 |title=BYD's Qin Electric Hybrid Now 'Best Selling Electric Car' in China |date=2014-03-21 |website=EV World |access-date=2014-03-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322031817/http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=32657 |archive-date=2014-03-22}}

File:2016 BMW i8.jpg plug-in hybrid was released to retail customers in Germany in 2014.]]

The BMW i8 and the limited edition Volkswagen XL1 were released to retail customers in Germany in June 2014.{{cite web |url=http://insideevs.com/worlds-first-bmw-i8-owners-take-delivery-germany/ |title=World's First BMW i8 Owners Take Delivery In Germany |first=Eric |last=Loveday |date=2014-06-06 |website=Inside EVs |access-date=2014-06-07}}{{cite web |url=http://www.inautonews.com/first-volkswagen-xl1-gets-delivered-to-german-customer#.U5NC7vldV8F |title=First Volkswagen XL1 gets delivered to German customer |first=Cristian |last=Gnaticov |date=2014-06-03 |website=In Autonews |access-date=2014-06-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607212205/http://www.inautonews.com/first-volkswagen-xl1-gets-delivered-to-german-customer#.U5NC7vldV8F |archive-date=2014-06-07}} The XL1 is available only in Europe and production is limited to 250 units.{{cite web |url=http://insideevs.com/volkswagen-xl1-to-be-priced-at-146000/ |title=Volkswagen XL1 to be Priced at $146,000 |first=Eric |last=Loveday |date=2013-09-03 |website=Inside EVs |access-date=2013-09-03}} Volkswagen expects its diesel-powered XL1 to achieve {{convert|0.9|L/100 km|mpgus|abbr=on}}, becoming the most fuel-efficient car in the world.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2013/02/xl1-20130221.html |title=Volkswagen to produce XL1 diesel plug-in hybrid at Osnabrück; 261 mpg US |date=2013-02-21 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=2013-02-21}}

Retail deliveries of the Porsche 918 Spyder began in Europe in May 2014. Deliveries in the United States began in June 2014.{{cite news |url=http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/frankfurt-motor-show-the-record-breaking-porsche-918-spyder-has-arrived/ |title=Frankfurt Motor Show: The Record-Breaking Porsche 918 Spyder Has Arrived |first=Jerry |last=Garrett |date=2013-09-10 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2013-09-11}} The first units of the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron, Volkswagen Golf GTE and Mercedes-Benz S 500 Plug-in Hybrid were registered in Germany in August 2014.{{cite web |url=http://insideevs.com/germany-plug-electric-vehicle-sales-report-august-2014/ |title=Germany Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Report August 2014 |first=Mark |last=Kane |date=2014-09-24 |website=Inside EVs |access-date=2014-10-25}}

File:2017 Volkswagen Golf GTE S-A 1.4.jpg was released in Europe during the second half of 2014.]]

{{As of|2014|09}}, over 247,700 plug-in hybrids had been sold worldwide since 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/global-plug-in-car-sales-now-over-600000/ |title=Global Plug-in Car Sales Now Over 600,000 |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |date=2014-10-22 |website=Hybrid Cars |access-date=2014-10-22}} Cumulative global sales totaled 603,932 highway legal plug-in electric passenger cars and light utility vehicles through September 2014, consisting of 356,232 all-electric cars and utility vans and 247,700 plug-in hybrids. Sales figures account for sales only in the top ten world's markets. The leading market was the United States, with about 140,000 plug-in hybrids sold,{{cite web |url=http://electricdrive.org/index.php?ht=d%2Fsp%2Fi%2F20952%2Fpid%2F20952 |title=Electric drive vehicle sales figures (U.S. Market) – EV sales |date=October 2014 |website=Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) |access-date=2014-10-25}} Fisker Karma sales are not included, which will increase total sales by about 1,650 units. followed by Japan with about 35,600 units,{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.toyota.co.jp/jp/detail/4061096/|script-title=ja:実績データ（ハイブリッド車グローバル販売） |language=ja |trans-title=Performance data (global sales of hybrid vehicles) |date=2014-10-14 |website=Toyota |access-date=2014-10-25 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105114507/http://newsroom.toyota.co.jp/jp/detail/4061096/}} and the Netherlands with 34,362 plug-in hybrids registered.{{cite web |url=http://www.rvo.nl/onderwerpen/duurzaam-ondernemen/energie-en-milieu-innovaties/elektrisch-rijden/stand-van-zaken/cijfers |title=Cijfers elektrisch vervoer – Aantal geregistreerde elektrische voertuigen in Nederland – Top 5 geregistreerde modellen plug-in hybride elektrische voertuigen – Top 5 geregistreerde modellen volledig elektrische voertuigen |trans-title=Figures electric transport – Number of registered electric vehicles in Netherlands, Top 5 registered plug-in electric hybrid vehicle models and Top 5 registered all-electric vehicle models |language=nl |website=Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (Netherlands Enterprise Agency) |date=30 October 2014 |access-date=2014-10-15}} See under the heading "30-09-2014" for total registrations figures at the end of September 2014. The Volt/Ampera family of vehicles, with global sales of over 83,600 units, ranked as the world's best selling plug-in hybrid and the second best selling plug-in electric car ever, after the Nissan Leaf, which has sold over 140,000 units worldwide. The Prius Plug-in Hybrid ranked second in global plug-in hybrid sales, with 65,300 units sold worldwide through September 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/the-worlds-10-best-selling-plug-in-cars/ |title=The World's 10-Best Selling Plug-in Cars |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |date=2014-10-24 |website=Hybrid Cars |access-date=2014-10-25}}

On 1 December 2014 BMW announced the group is planning to offer plug-in hybrid versions of all its core-brand models using eDrive technology developed for its BMW i brand plug-in vehicles. The goal of the company is to use plug-in technology to continue offering high performance vehicles while reducing {{CO2}} emissions below 100 g/km. At the time of the announcement the carmaker was already testing a BMW 3 Series plug-in hybrid prototype (328e).{{cite web |url=http://insideevs.com/bmw-commits-offering-plug-hybrid-versions-core-brand-models/ |title=BMW Commits To Offering Plug-In Hybrid Versions Of All Core-Brand Models |first=Eric |last=Loveday |date=2014-12-01 |website=Inside EVs |access-date=2014-12-02}}{{cite web |url=http://www.caranddriver.com/photo-gallery/2016-bmw-328e-plug-in-hybrid-prototype-drive-review |title=2016 BMW 328e Plug-In Hybrid |first=Michael |last=Taylor |date=January 23, 2015 |website=Car and Driver}}

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The second generation Chevrolet Volt was unveiled at the 2015 North American International Auto Show.{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-0113-chevrolet-volt-bolt-20150112-story.html |title=Chevy Bolt electric car targets Tesla with low price, long range |first1=Brian |last1=Thevenot |first2=Jerry |last2=Hirsch |name-list-style=amp |date=2015-01-12 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2015-01-13}}{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2015/01/next-gen-chevy-volt-erev-is-more-efficient-with-50-mile-electric-range.html |title=Next-gen Chevy Volt EREV is more efficient, with 50-mile electric range |first=Mike |last=Millikin |date=2015-01-12 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=2015-01-13}} The Volt's revised battery system and drivetrain allow, under the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cycle, an all-electric range of {{Convert|53|mi|abbr=on}}, up from the first generation's {{Convert|38|mi|abbr=on}}. The EPA combined fuel economy in gasoline-only mode was rated at {{Convert|42|mpgUS|abbr=on}}, up from {{Convert|37|mpgUS|abbr=on}} for the previous generation. The official rating for combined city/highway fuel economy in all-electric mode is 106 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (MPG-e), up from 98 MPG-e for the 2015 first generation model.{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/2016-chevrolet-volt-rated-for-53-miles-electric-range/ |title=2016 Chevrolet Volt Rated For 53 Miles Electric Range |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |date=2015-08-04 |website=Hybrid Cars |access-date=2015-08-05}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=36863&id=35246 |title=Compare Side-by-Side – 2016/2015 Chevrolet Volt |author=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy |date=2015-09-01 |website=FuelEconomy.gov |access-date=2015-09-02}}

{{Multiple image|direction=vertical|align=right|image2=BYD Tang 02 -- Auto China -- 2014-04-23.jpg|image1=2018 Volkswagen Passat GTE Advance S-A 1.4 Front.jpg|width=220|caption2=Deliveries of the BYD Tang SUV began in China in June 2015.{{cite web |url=http://chinaautoweb.com/2015/07/chinese-ev-sales-ranking-in-the-first-half-of-2015/ |title=Chinese EV Sales Ranking in the First Half of 2015 |date=2015-07-17 |website=China Auto Web |access-date=2015-08-02}}|caption1=The first Volkswagen Passat GTEs were registered in Germany in January 2015.{{cite web |url=http://ev-sales.blogspot.com.br/2015/02/germany-december-2015.html |title=Germany January 2015 |first=Jose |last=Pontes |date=2015-02-15 |website=EVSales.com |access-date=2015-02-17}}}}

In March 2015 Audi announced plans to have a plug-in hybrid version in every model series in the coming years. The carmaker expects plug-in hybrids, together with natural gas vehicles and battery-electric drive systems, to have a key contribution in achieving the company's {{CO2}} targets. The Audi Q7 e-tron will follow the A3 e-tron already in the market.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2015/03/20150311-audi-1.html |title=Audi to have a plug-in hybrid in every model series; new BEV in 2018 |first=Mike |last=Millikin |date=2015-03-11 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=2015-03-21}} Also in March 2015, Mercedes-Benz announced that the company's main emphasis regarding alternative drives in the next years will be on plug-in hybrids. The carmaker plans to introduce 10 new plug-in hybrid models by 2017, and its next release was the Mercedes-Benz C 350e Plug-in Hybrid the carmaker's second plug-in hybrid after the S 500 Plug-In Hybrid.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2015/03/20150318-mbphev.html |title=Mercedes-Benz to introduce 10 plug-in hybrids by 2017; GLE PHEV coming soon |first=Mike |last=Millikin |date=2015-03-18 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=2015-03-21}}{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/volkswagen/passat-gte/ |title=First drive: 2015 Volkswagen Passat GTE |first=Andrew |last=English |date=27 February 2015 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306054544/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/volkswagen/passat-gte/ |archive-date=2015-03-06}} Also in 2015, the GLE 550 e will be the first Mercedes SUV with a plug-in hybrid powertrain.{{cite web |url=http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-1769931-1-1799871-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html |title=Première for the Mercedes-Benz GLE and Mercedes-AMG GLE 63: Efficiency meets performance |date=31 March 2015 |website=Daimler |access-date=31 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208121845/http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-1769931-1-1799871-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html |archive-date=8 December 2015}}

{{As of|2015|06}}, the Dutch market had the largest share of plug-in hybrid sales as percentage of total plug-in electric passenger vehicle sales. Accounting for cumulative registrations between 2009 and June 2015, plug-in hybrids (47,227 units) represented 78.8% share of the Dutch stock of registered plug-in electric passenger cars.{{cite web |url=http://www.bovag.nl/data/sitemanagement/media/2015_06_cijfers%20elektrisch%20vervoer%20tm%20juni%202015.pdf |title=Cijfers elektrisch vervoer – Top 5 geregistreerde modellen plug-in hybride elektrische voertuigen – Top 6 geregistreerde modellen volledig elektrische voertuigen – Top 6 geregistreerde modellen volledig elektrische voertuigen |trans-title=Figures electric transport – Top 5 registered plug-in electric hybrid vehicle models – Top 6 registered fully electric vehicle models |language=nl |date=30 July 2015 |website=Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (Netherlands Enterprise Agency) |access-date=2015-08-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194044/http://www.bovag.nl/data/sitemanagement/media/2015_06_cijfers%20elektrisch%20vervoer%20tm%20juni%202015.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-23}}

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The second generation Chevrolet Volt was released to retail customers in the United States and Canada in October 2015 as a 2016 model year.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1100803_plug-in-electric-car-sales-in-canada-october-2015-the-wallet-ballot |title=Plug-in Electric Car Sales in Canada, October 2015: The Wallet Ballot |first=Matthew |last=Klippenstein |date=2015-11-06 |website=Green Car Reports |access-date=2015-11-07}} Availability in the American market was limited to California and the other 10 states that follow California's zero emission vehicle regulations. The second generation Volt went on sale as a 2017 model year in the 39 remaining states by the second quarter of 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/2016-volts-account-for-1324-sales-out-of-2035-october-deliveries/ |title=2016 Volts Account For 1,324 Sales Out Of 2,035 October Deliveries |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |date=2015-11-03 |website=Hybrid Cars |access-date=2015-11-03}}

Global sales of the Volt/Ampera family passed the 100,000 unit milestone in October 2015. The United States is the leading market with 84,656 Volts delivered, followed by Canada with 5,023 Volts, and the Netherlands, the leading European market, with 4,976 Amperas and 1,065 units registered {{as of|2014|12|lc=y}}. {{As of|2016|06}}, just over 10,000 Opel/Vauxhall Amperas had been sold in Europe plus about 1,750 Volts.{{cite web |url=http://www.autohaus.de/nachrichten/ampera-e-opel-bringt-2017-neues-elektroauto-1754252.html |title=Opel bringt 2017 neues Elektroauto |trans-title=Opel brings new electric car in 2017 |language=de |date=2016-02-11 |website=Autohaus.de |access-date=2016-03-31}} About 10,000 Opel Amperas were sold in Europe by the end of 2015. {{As of|2015|12}}, the other top selling plug-in hybrids are the Mitsubishi Outlander P-HEV, with about 92,000 units sold, followed by the first generation Toyota Prius PHEV with about 75,000 units sold globally.{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/five-ways-toyota-updated-its-2017-prius-prime-plug-in-hybrid/ |title=Five Ways Toyota Updated Its 2017 Prius 'Prime' Plug-in Hybrid |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |date=2016-03-28 |website=Hybrid Cars |access-date=2016-03-28}} {{As of|2015|12}}, the world's top selling plug-in electric cars are the Nissan Leaf (about 202,000), Tesla Model S (about 107,000), Chevrolet Volt and Ampera variants (over 106,000), Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (about 92,000), and Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid (about 75,000). All figures cumulative global sales since launch.{{cite news |url=http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Toyota-bent-on-keeping-reputation-as-green-carmaker-in-US |title=Toyota bent on keeping reputation as green carmaker in US |first1=Toyoki |last1=Nakanishi |first2=Yumiko |last2=Oshima |date=2016-03-25 |newspaper=The Nikkei |access-date=2016-03-25}} Prius PHV cumulative global sales since 2012 have been about 75,000 units. The North American market accounts for 60% of all unit sales.

Plug-in models released to the retail customers in 2015 include the Mercedes-Benz C 350e Plug-in Hybrid, Volvo S60L PHEV, Volkswagen Passat GTE, BYD Tang, Audi A3 e-tron, Volvo XC90 T8, BMW X5 xDrive40e, and Hyundai Sonata PHEV.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2015/04/20150415-volvo.html |title=Volvo Cars introducing production S60L T6 Twin Engine PHEV at the Shanghai Motor Show; on sale next week |first=Mike |last=Millikin |date=2015-04-15 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=2015-04-18}}{{cite web |url=http://bestsellingcarsblog.com/2015/08/china-july-2015-baojun-560-lands-with-a-splash-in-market-down-again/#more-54939 |title=China July 2015: Baojun 560 lands with a splash in market down again |first=Mat |last=Gasnier |date=2015-08-13 |website=Best Selling Cars Blog |access-date=2015-08-15}}

Almost 222,000 plug-in hybrids were registered worldwide in 2015. {{As of|2015|12}}, the global stock of highway-capable plug-in hybrid electric cars totaled 517,100 units, out of total cumulative global sales of 1.257 million light-duty plug-in electric vehicles (41.1%). At the end of 2015, the United States is the world's largest plug-in hybrid car market with a stock of 193,770 units, followed by China with 86,580 vehicles, the Netherlands with 78,160, Japan with 55,470 units, and the UK with 28,250.{{cite report |url=https://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/Global_EV_Outlook_2016.pdf |title=Global EV Outlook 2016: Beyond one million electric cars |date=May 2016 |publisher=International Energy Agency Publications |access-date=2016-09-08}} See pp. 4–5, and 24–25 and Statistical annex, pp. 34–37.

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In February 2016, BMW announced the introduction of the "iPerformance" model designation, which will be given to all BMW plug-in hybrid vehicles from July 2016. The aim is to provide a visible indicator of the transfer of technology from BMW i to the BMW core brand. The new designation will be used first on the plug-in hybrid variants of the new BMW 7 Series, beginning with the BMW 740e iPerformance slated for sales by mid 2016, and the BMW 330e iPerformance.{{cite press release |url=https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/pressDetail.html?title=bmw-at-the-86th-geneva-international-motor-show-2016&outputChannelId=6&id=T0253602EN&left_menu_item=node__803 |title=BMW at the 86th Geneva International Motor Show 2016 |date=2016-02-12 |website=BMW Group PressClub Global |location=Munich |access-date=2016-02-12}}

Hyundai Motor Company made the official debut of its three model Hyundai Ioniq ine-up at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show.{{cite news |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2016/02/127_195469.html |title=Hyundai launches Ioniq hybrid compact |last=Park |first=Jin-hai |date=2016-01-14 |newspaper=Korea Times |access-date=2016-03-02}} The Ioniq family of electric drive vehicles includes the Ioniq Plug-in, which is expected to achieve a fuel economy of {{convert|125|mpge|kWh/100 mi+kWh/100 km|abbr=on}} in all-electric mode.{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2016/03/20160324-ioniq.html |title=Hyundai unveils Ioniq HEV, PHEV and EV for US market at New York show |first=Mike |last=Millikin |date=2016-03-24 |website=Green Car Congress |access-date=2016-03-24}} The Ioniq Plug-in is expected to be released in the U.S. in the fourth quarter of 2016.{{cite web |url=http://insideevs.com/hyundai-ioniq-has-a-28-kwh-battery-105-miles-real-range/ |title=Hyundai IONIQ Electric Has A 28 kWh Battery, 105 Miles Real Range |first=Jay |last=Cole |date=2016-02-21 |website=Inside EVs |access-date=2016-03-02}}

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The second generation Prius plug-in hybrid, called Prius Prime in the U.S. and Prius PHV in Japan,{{cite news |url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/toyota-gets-bullish-on-plug-in-hybrids-with-new-prius-prime |title=Toyota gets bullish on plug-in hybrids with new Prius Prime |first=Yuri |last=Kageyama |date=2016-06-17 |newspaper=Japan Today |access-date=2016-06-17}} was unveiled at the 2016 New York International Auto Show. The model is expected to be released in the U.S. and Japan by the end of 2016. The all-electric range is expected to reach {{convert|22|mi|abbr=on}}, twice the range of the first generation model. Toyota expects the Prime to achieve an EPA rating of {{convert|120|mpge|kWh/100 mi+kWh/100 km|abbr=on}}, the highest MPGe rating in all-electric mode of any plug-in hybrid available in the market.{{cite web |url=http://www.autoblog.com/2016/03/23/toyota-prius-prime-new-york-official/ |title=Toyota Prius Prime plugs in with 22 EV miles |first=Sebastian |last=Blanco |date=2016-03-23 |website=Autoblog |access-date=2016-03-24}}{{cite news |url=http://www.autonews.com/article/20160323/OEM04/303239954/toyota-looks-to-boost-prius-with-all-new-plug-in-prime |title=Toyota looks to boost Prius with all-new plug-in Prime |first=David |last=Undercoffler |date=2016-03-23 |newspaper=Automotive News |access-date=2016-03-24}}

In April 2016 Volvo Cars announced its goal to achieve cumulative sales since 2012 of 1 million electrified cars by 2025. Previously the carmakers had stated it expects electrified models to account for 10% of its global sales by 2020. Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson said the company plans to offer at least a plug-in hybrid version of every model and release an all-electric car in 2019. The next electrified car to be released is the plug-in hybrid variant of the Volvo S90 sedan, and the 60 series and 40 series will have electrified versions too.{{cite news |url=http://www.autonews.com/article/20160421/OEM05/160429976 |title=Volvo sets goal to sell 1 million electrified cars by 2025 |first=Jack |last=Walsworth |date=2016-04-21 |newspaper=Automotive News |access-date=2016-04-21}}

File:Mitsu Outlander PHEV 04 2016 BSB1734.JPG passed the 100,000 milestone in March 2016, and ranks as the world's second best-selling plug-in hybrid ever.]]

Global sales of the Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in hybrid variant passed the 100,000 unit milestone in March 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/mitsubishi-sells-100000th-outlander-phev/ |title=Mitsubishi Sells 100,000th Outlander PHEV |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |date=2016-05-03 |website=Hybrid Cars |access-date=2016-05-03}} {{As of|2016|03}}, the world's top selling plug-in electric cars are the Nissan Leaf (over 218,000), Tesla Model S (about 120,000), Chevrolet Volt and Ampera variants (over 110,000), Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (over 100,000), and Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid (75,000). All figures cumulative global sales since market launch.{{cite press release |url=http://www.mitsubishi-matters.co.uk/2016/05/19/global-mitsubishi-outlander-phev-sales-pass-100000-mark/ |title=Global Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Sales Pass the 100,000 Mark |date=2016-05-19 |website=Mitsubishi Motors UK |access-date=2016-05-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624105004/http://www.mitsubishi-matters.co.uk/2016/05/19/global-mitsubishi-outlander-phev-sales-pass-100000-mark/ |archive-date=2016-06-24}} {{As of|2016|03}}, a total of 65,529 units have been sold in Europe (21,052 in the UK and 44,477 in the rest of Europe), 33,730 in Japan, 2,015 in Australia and 259 in the rest of the world, for a total of 101,533 units sold worldwide. Europe is the leading market with 65,529 units sold, followed by Japan with 33,730 units. European sales are led by the Netherlands with 24,572 units registered,{{cite web |url=https://www.bovag.nl/BovagWebsite/media/BovagMediaFiles/Cijfers/2016/Cijfers-elektrisch-vervoer-tm-maart-2016.pdf |title=Cijfers elektrisch vervoer – Top 5 geregistreerde modellen plug-in hybride elektrische voertuigen |trans-title=Figures electric transport – Top 5 registered plug-in hybrid electric vehicle models |language=nl |date=April 2016 |website=Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland |access-date=2016-05-09}} With a total of 24,572 Mitsubishi Outlander P-HEVs registered by the end of March 2016, the plug-in hybrid is the all-time top registered plug-in electric vehicle in the Netherlands. followed by the UK with 21,053 units registered, both at the end of March 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.automotiveworld.com/news-releases/two-years-since-launch-mitsubishi-outlander-phev-created-whole-new-market-sector/ |title=Two years since launch and the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV has created a whole new market sector |date=2016-04-05 |website=Automotive World |access-date=2016-04-07}} Combined sales of the three top selling countries, Japan, the Netherlands and the UK, represent 78% of total Outlander PHEVs global sales through the end of March 2016.{{cite web |url=http://evfleetworld.co.uk/news/2016/May/UK-the-third-largest-market-for-Outlander-PHEV/0438025132 |title=UK the third-largest market for Outlander PHEV |first=Alex |last=Grant |date=2016-05-19 |website=EV FleetWorld |access-date=2016-05-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520123315/http://evfleetworld.co.uk/news/2016/May/UK-the-third-largest-market-for-Outlander-PHEV/0438025132 |archive-date=2016-05-20}} The Outlander P-HEV ranks the world's all-time second best-selling plug-in hybrid after the Chevrolet Volt family, and fourth top selling plug-in electric car ever.

Cumulative global sales of the first generation Prius PHV passed the 75,000 unit mark in March 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.autoblog.com/2016/04/25/toyota-corolla-phev-china/ |title=Toyota Corolla PHEV on the way, but only in China |first=Sebastian |last=Blanco |date=2016-04-25 |website=Autoblog Green |access-date=2016-05-03}} See press release: Global sales of the Toyota Prius PHV began in January 2012, and by the end of March 2016, a cumulative total of 75,000 units had been sold in Japan, the U.S., and Europe. In June 2016, Nissan announced it will introduce a compact range extender car in Japan before March 2017. The series plug-in hybrid will use a new hybrid system, dubbed e-Power, which debuted with the Nissan Gripz concept crossover showcased at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show.{{cite news |url=http://www.autonews.com/article/20160625/OEM05/306279981/nissans-to-do-list-range-autonomy |title=Nissan's to-do list: Range, autonomy |first=Hans |last=Greimel |date=2016-06-25 |newspaper=Automotive News |access-date=2016-06-27}} Chevrolet Volt sales in the American market passed the 100,000 unit milestone in July 2016, the first plug-in vehicle in the U.S. to achieve that mark.{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/top-selling-chevy-volt-crosses-100000-us-sales-milestone/ |title=Top-Selling Chevy Volt Crosses 100,000 US Sales Milestone |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |date=2016-07-26 |website=Hybrid Cars |access-date=2016-07-26}} {{As of|2016|06}}, around 117,000 units of the Volt/Ampera family have been sold globally, including close to 10,000 Opel/Vauxhall Ampera variants sold in Europe. Volt sales in the American market passed the 100,000 milestone in July 2016.

More than 122,000 light-duty plug-in hybrids were sold during the first half of 2016.{{cite web |url=http://ev-sales.blogspot.com.br/2016/07/world-top-20-june-2016-special-edition.html |title=World Top 20 June 2016 (Special Edition) |last=Jose |first=Pontes |date=2016-07-28 |website=EVSales.com |access-date=2016-08-18}} Global light-duty plug-in vehicles sales totaled 306,639 units during the first half of 2016, of which, 40% were plug-in hybrids. {{As of|2016|06}}, about 640,000 highway legal plug-in hybrid electric cars have been sold worldwide since December 2008, out of total global sales of over 1.5 million light-duty plug-in electric cars. Retail deliveries of the second generation Toyota plug-in hybrid, the Prius Prime began in the U.S. in November 2016. A total of 781 units were sold during its first month in the American market,{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1107541_plug-in-electric-car-sales-for-nov-volt-soars-prius-prime-arrives |title=Plug-in electric car sales for Nov: Volt soars, Prius Prime arrives (UPDATE) |first=John |last=Voelcker |date=2016-12-01 |website=Green Car Reports |access-date=2016-12-01}} setting a new record monthly sales volume debut for any plug-in electric car released in the U.S.{{cite web |url=http://insideevs.com/several-plug-ins-hit-new-2016-highs-as-november-ev-sales-in-us-rise-sharply/ |title=Several Plug-Ins Hit New 2016 Highs, As November EV Sales In US Rise Sharply |first=Jay |last=Cole |date=2016-12-02 |website=Inside EVs |access-date=2016-12-02}}

The Hyundai Ioniq Plug-in was released in February 2017.{{cite web |url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2017/03/05/0200000000AEN20170305000800320.html |title=Hyundai's Ioniq surpasses 30,000 in global sales |date=2017-03-05 |website=Yonhap News Agency |access-date=2017-03-26}} The Ioniq Plug-in delivers {{Convert|50|km|abbr=on}} in all-electric mode.{{cite web |url=http://insideevs.com/hyundai-ioniq-electric-ioniq-plug-in-at-the-geneva-motor-show-photos-videos/ |title=Hyundai IONIQ Electric & IONIQ Plug-in At The Geneva Motor Show (Gallery, New Stats) |first=Mark |last=Kane |date=2016-03-02 |website=Inside EVs |access-date=2016-03-02}} See more details in the official press release.

The Honda Clarity Plug-in Hybrid was introduced in February 2017 receiving a {{convert|48|mi|km|adj=on}} range in all-electric mode becoming the 2nd PHEV longest EV range.

The following table presents cumulative sales of those plug-in hybrid models that have sold about 10,000 units since the introduction of the first modern production plug-in hybrid vehicle in December 2008, the BYD F3DM, up until December 2016.

class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto" ! colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:#abcdef;"|Top selling highway legal plug-in hybrid electric cars between 2008 and December 2016
style="background:#ABCDEF;" |Model || style="background:#abcdef;"|Market launch || style="background:#abcdef;"|Global sales || style="background:#abcdef;"|Sales through
align=center |align=left |Chevrolet Volt(1)	Dec 2010	~134,500	align=left |Dec 2016{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/nissans-quarter-millionth-leaf-means-its-the-best-selling-plug-in-car-in-history/ |title=Nissan's Quarter-Millionth Leaf Means It's The Best-Selling Plug-in Car In History |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |date=2017-01-09 |website=Hybrid Cars |access-date=2017-01-10}} {{As of|2016|12}}, the Nissan Leaf is the world's best-selling plug-in car in history with more than 250,000 units delivered, followed by the Tesla Model S with over 158,000 sales, the Volt/Ampera family of vehicles with 134,500 vehicles sold, and the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV with about 116,500 units sold through November 2016. These are the only plug-in electric cars so far with over 100,000 global sales.
align=center |align=left |Mitsubishi Outlander P-HEV	Jan 2013	~119,500	align=left |Dec 2016
align=center |align=left |Toyota Prius PHV	Jan 2012	~77,850	align=left |Dec 2016{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/tesla-model-s-is-worlds-best-selling-plug-in-car-for-second-year-in-a-row/ |title=Tesla Model S Is World's Best-Selling Plug-in Car For Second Year In A Row |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |date=2017-01-26 |website=Hybrid Cars |access-date=2017-01-26}} See also detailed 2016 sales and cumulative global sales in the two graphs.
align=center |align=left |BYD Qin(2)	Dec 2013	68,655	align=left |Dec 2016
align=center |align=left |BYD Tang(2)	Jun 2015	49,780	align=left |Dec 2016{{cite web |url=http://chinaautoweb.com/2017/01/best-selling-china-made-evs-in-2016/ |title=Best-selling China-made EVs in 2016 |date=2017-01-19 |website=China Auto Web |access-date=2017-01-25}} Three BYD Auto models topped the Chinese ranking of best-selling new energy passenger cars in 2016. The BYD Tang SUV was the top selling plug-in electric car in China in 2016 with 31,405 units sold, followed by the BYD Qin with 21,868 units sold, and ranking third overall in 2016 was the BYD e6 with 20,605 units.{{cite web |url=http://chinaautoweb.com/2016/01/best-selling-china-made-suvs-in-2015/ |title=Best-selling China-made SUVs in 2015 |date=2016-01-14 |website=China Auto Web |access-date=2016-01-17}} A total of 18,735 Tangs were sold in China in 2015.
align=center |align=left |Ford Fusion Energi(3)	Feb 2013	43,713	align=left |Dec 2016{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/december-2016-dashboard/ |title=December 2016 Dashboard |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |date=2017-01-05 |website=Hybrid Cars and Baum & Associates |access-date=2017-02-28}}{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/december-2013-dashboard/ |title=December 2013 Dashboard |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |date=2014-01-06 |website=Hybrid Cars and Baum & Associates |access-date=2015-03-21}} Shows U.S. total sales for 2012 and 2013.
align=center |align=left |Ford C-Max Energi(4)	Oct 2012	35,705	align=left |Dec 2016{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/december-2015-dashboard/ |title=December 2015 Dashboard |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |date=2016-01-06 |website=Hybrid Cars and Baum & Associates |access-date=2016-02-13}} Plug-in electric car sales in the U.S. totaled 114,248 units in 2015, consisting of 71,105 all-electric cars and 43,143 plug-in hybrids, with corresponding market shares of 0.25% and 0.41%. Sales in 2014 totaled 123,347 units.{{cite web |url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dLFJwZVdvNLRpmZqPznlzz6PB9eHMe5b-bai_ddRsNg/edit#gid=25 |title=Canadian Plug-in Electric Vehicle Sales |first=Matthew |last=Klippenstein |date=February 2016 |website=Green Car Reports |access-date=2017-02-21}} Tesla Model S sales figures from IHS data.{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/2014s-top-10-global-best-selling-plug-in-cars/ |title=2014's Top-10 Global Best-Selling Plug-in Cars |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |date=2015-02-11 |website=Hybrid Cars |access-date=2015-03-15}}{{cite web |url=http://ev-sales.blogspot.com.br/2016/01/europe-december-2015.html |title=Europe December 2015 |first=Jose |last=Pontes |date=2016-01-30 |website=EVSales.com |access-date=2016-02-13}} A total of 1,230 Ford C-Max Energi, 11,214 VW e-Golf, and 2,653 Volvo XC90 T8s were sold in Europe in 2015.
align=center |align=left |SAIC Roewe 550 PHEV(2)	Nov 2013	26,856	align=left |Dec 2016{{cite web |url=http://chinaautoweb.com/2015/01/2014-ev-sales-ranking/ |title=2014 EV Sales Ranking |date=2015-01-14 |website=China Auto Web |access-date=2016-02-13}} About 1,100 SAIC Roewe 550 PHEVs were sold in China in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.ev-sales.blogspot.ca/2016/01/zotye-zhima-e30-new-contender-for-2016.html |title=China December 2015 (3rd Update) |last=Jose |first=Pontes |date=2016-01-12 |website=EVSales.com |access-date=2016-02-13}} A total of 10,711 SAIC Roewe 550 PHEVs were sold in China in 2015.
align=center |align=left |Volkswagen Golf GTE	Aug 2014	24,089	align=left |Jun 2016{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1105579_european-electric-and-plug-in-hybrid-sales-for-jan-june-2016 |title=European electric and plug-in hybrid sales for Jan–June 2016 |first=Stephen |last=Edelstein |date=2016-08-16 |website=Green Car Reports |access-date=2016-08-16}} A total of 5,692 VW Golf GTEs, 5,035 Volvo XC90s and 3,341 Audi A3-eTrons were sold in Europe during the first half of 2016.
align=center |align=left |Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid	Nov 2012	21,185	align=left |Jun 2016{{cite web |url=http://europe.autonews.com/article/20160315/ANE/160319949/hybrid-sales-expected-to-triple-in-europe-as-tougher-co2-rules-loom |title=Hybrid sales expected to triple in Europe as tougher CO2 rules loom |first=Nick |last=Gibbs |date=2016-03-15 |newspaper=Automotive News Europe |access-date=2016-02-22}} Sales in Europe as reported by JATO Dynamics: Mitsubishi Ourlander sales totaled 19,853 units in 2014 and 31,214 in 2015; VW Golf GTE sales totaled 1,097 units in 2014 and 17,300 in 2015; Audi A3 e-tron sales totaled 1,154 units in 2014 and 11,791 in 2015; Volvo V60 sales totaled 5,441 units in 2014 and 6,349 in 2015. During 2015 a total of 5,481 all-electric BMW i3s and 6,566 i3 REx models (total 12,047). A total of 3,940 i3 REx models were sold in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.best-selling-cars.com/hybrid/2012-full-year-sweden-best-selling-electric-cars-plug-in-hybrid-models/ |title=2012 (Full Year) Sweden: Best-Selling Electric Cars & Plug-In Hybrid Models |date=2013-04-02 |website=BestSellingCars.com |access-date=2013-07-05}} 42 Volvo V60 plug-in hybrids were sold in Sweden in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.plugincars.com/volvo-offer-plug-hybrid-option-all-models-129896.html |title=Confirmed: Volvo To Offer Plug-In Hybrid Option on All Models |first=Jim |last=Motavalli |author-link=Jim Motavalli |date=2014-06-30 |website=Plugin Cars |access-date=2014-09-03}} Volvo sold 7,739 V60 plug-in hybrids in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://ev-sales.blogspot.com.br/2016/07/europe-june-2016.html |title=Europe June 2016 |last=Jose |first=Pontes |date=2016-07-26 |website=EVSales.com |access-date=2016-08-16}} Volvo V60 Plug-in sales in Europe totaled 1,614 units during the first half of 2016.
align=center |align=left |Audi A3 Sportback e-tron(5)	Aug 2014	18,467	align=left |Jun 2016{{cite web |url=http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1101751_plug-in-electric-car-sales-for-2015-fall-slightly-from-2014/page-2 |title=Plug-In Electric Car Sales For 2015 Fall Slightly From 2014 |first=John |last=Voelckr |date=2016-01-19 |website=Green Car Reports |access-date=2016-02-13}} A total of 49 Audi A3 e-trons were sold in the U.S. in 2015.
align=center |align=left |BMW i8	Aug 2014	10,000	align=left |Nov 2016{{cite press release |url=https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0265529EN/three-years-since-the-market-launch-of-bmw-i-100-000-electrified-bmw-on-the-road |title=Three years since the market launch of BMW i. 100,000 electrified BMW on the road |date=2016-11-03 |website=BMW Group Press Club Global |location=Munich|access-date=2016-11-07}} Three years after the market launch of the BMW i3, the BMW Group has delivered more than 100,000 purely electric-powered cars and plug-in hybrids to customers worldwide. The BMW i3 alone has reached more than 60,000 units, and the BMW i8 has more than 10,000 delivered since the middle of 2014. Additionally, there are the approximately 30,000 iPerformance plug-in hybrids sold worldwide.
align=center |align=left |Volvo XC90 T8(5)	Aug 2015	9,044	align=left |Jun 2016{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/june-2016-dashboard/ |title=June 2016 Dashboard |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |date=2016-07-05 |website=Hybrid Cars and Baum & Associates |access-date=2016-08-18}}
align=center |colspan="2" style="background:#f1f5fa;" |Cumulative global sales Dec 2008 – Dec 2016	style="background:#f1f5fa;"|~800,000	style="background:#f1f5fa;" align=left|Dec 2016{{cite web |url=http://www.ev-volumes.com/news/global-plug-in-sales-for-2016/ |title=Global Plug-in Sales for 2016 |date=February 2017 |website=EV-Volumes.com |access-date=2017-02-05}}
colspan="4" style="background:#ABCDEF;"|Notes: (1) Includes Vauxhall/Opel Ampera sales in Europe, and Holden Volt in Australia and New Zealand. This figure includes over 10,000 Opel/Vauxhall Amperas sold in Europe through December 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.hybridcars.com/chevy-volt-and-nissan-leaf-celebrate-their-sixth-year-anniversary/ |title=Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf Celebrate Their Sixth-Year Anniversary |first=Jeff |last=Cobb |date=2016-12-12 |website=Hybrid Cars |access-date=2016-12-14}} Global cumulative sales of plug-in electric vehicles totaled about 1.9 million units through November 2016. The Nissan Leaf is the world's leading plug-in car with more than 240,000 units delivered. {{As of|2016|11}}, the Tesla Model S ranks next with over 151,000, followed by the Volt/Ampera family of vehicles with 130,500 vehicles sold including over 10,000 Opel/Vauxhall Amperas sold in Europe, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV with about 116,500 units, and the Toyota Prius PHV with about 76,200. (2) Sales in China only. (3) Sales in the U.S. and Canada only. (4) Only includes European sales for 2015. (5) Only accounts for CYTD 2016 sales in Europe, U.S. and Canada.

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