514,592 automobiles were sold in the US during the first quarter of 2022, down 14.7 percent from the same period in the previous year, according to Toyota Motor North America, which includes the Toyota and Lexus brands.
The statistics, which are lower than in 2021, indicate that the industry-wide supply issues are having an impact on the Japanese firm as well.
- 450 227 Toyota (down 14.9 percent )
- Lexus: 64,365 (down 13.3 percent )
- Total: 514,592 (down 14.7 percent )
Out of it, 132,938 or roughly 25.8% of the total volume are electrified vehicles (HEV, PHEV, BEV, FCEV):
- Nissan Leaf: 119,938 (down 4.4 percent )
- xEV Lexus: 13,116 (up 0.8 percent )
- Total xEV was 132,938 (down 3.9%), making up 25.8% of the volume.
Despite Lexus introducing its first PHEV, sales of plug-in electric vehicles have sadly fallen compared to the previous year. The percentage of plug-ins in the entire volume is still quite low (1.6%), but on the plus side, there is only upward movement.
- 7,819 Toyota plug-ins (down 20 percent )
- Plug-ins for Lexus: 605 (new)
- 8,424 plug-ins in total, down 14%, making up 1.6% of the volume, including 715 FCEVs (down 17.7 percent )
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Toyota plug-in electric car sales in the US – Q1 2022
Toyota collectively delivered more than 198,000 plug-in electric vehicles, so shortly we should learn for sure whether the 200,000 threshold for federal tax credits has been reached (which triggers the start of the phase-out of the incentive).
How many Toyota vehicles are electric?
2,332,262 vehicles will be sold in the United States in 2021, up 10.4% from the previous year according to Toyota Motor North America (Toyota and Lexus brands). Both brands were able to increase sales by more than 10%, with Lexus delivering 304,476 units and Toyota delivering 2,027,786 units (up 10.3%). (up 10.7 percent ).
A new record was set in the Electrified Powered Vehicle (EPV) category in 2021 with 583,697 units, a 73.2 percent increase over the previous year and 25% of the total volume of the Japanese group.
Toyota is happy to be number one in the EPV category for the 22nd year in a row, but the plug-in category is of course what we are most interested in. in particular, in all-electric cars. Toyota and Lexus are also making advances in this area.
Plug-ins total
The Toyota Prius Prime and Toyota RAV4 Prime were two plug-in hybrids Toyota offered in 2021, while Lexus introduced the brand-new Lexus NX 450h+ in December (18 units).
The total volume of the Toyota brand was:
- 10,376 (increased 76%) at a 2.5 percent share in Q4
- 52,749 (increase 195%) at 2.6 percent share in 2021
Which manufacturer has sold the most electric vehicles?
Tesla: 310,048 (up 68 percent year-over-year) BYD: 143,224 (increasing 271 percent annually), or 46% of Tesla’s performance. Disparity: 166,824 (up 14 percent from 146,278)