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President Barack Obama behind the wheel of a new Chevrolet Volt during his tour of the General Motors Auto Plant in Hamtramck, Michigan in 2010. In his 2011 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama set the goal for the U.S. to become the first country to have one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015. [21]
In January 2019, with 148,046 units sold since inception in the American market, the Model 3 overtook the Model S to become the all-time best selling all-electric car in the U.S. [218] Until 2019, the Nissan Leaf was the world's all-time top-selling highway legal electric car, with global sales of 450,000 units through December 2019. [207]
In November 2013, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved a rebate program to provide financial incentives up to $2,500 for the purchase or lease of new eligible vehicles powered by compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), or plug-in electric drive with battery capacity larger than 4 kWh, from a licensed dealer or leasing company. [2]
Many popular cars released in the last few years fall under the full hybrid category. For example, the best-selling hybrid of all time, the Toyota Prius, has been a full hybrid for more than 20 years.
The winners — Honda Accord, Ford F-Series Super Duty and Kia EV9 — are paragons of efficiency engineering, design, technology and safety.
American sales of hybrid electric vehicles represented about 36% of the stock of hybrids sold worldwide through April 2016. [5] Cumulative hybrid car sales in the American market passed the 1 million milestone in 2007, the 2 million mark in May 2011, [ 22 ] the 3 million milestone in October 2013, [ 23 ] and 4 million in April 2016, allowing ...
2017 The first model year for the sub-$40,000 Chevy Bolt and Tesla Model 3. 2020 GM and Tesla EVs become ineligible for the federal government's $7500 tax credit, as each company's sales exceed ...
This is a list of automobiles produced for the general public in the North American market. They are listed in chronological order from when each model began its model year. If a model did not have continuous production, it is listed again on the model year production resumed. Concept cars and submodels are not listed unless they are themselves ...