Top 5 electric cars in the United States

Here are the five top selling Plug-In EVs in the U.S. this year, with sales listed through August.

Chevrolet Volt: 13,497

Toyota Prius Plug-in: 6,082

Nissan Leaf: 4,228

Mitsubishi i-MiEV: 403

Ford Focus Electric: 169

Tesla, Fisker and Coda do not report sales figures. Ford Focus Electric fleet sales started in December, but it was not in dealers until May.

Including non-plug-in hybrid sales the top 5 looks like this.

Toyota Prius - 164,408

Chevrolet Volt: 13,497

Lexus CT200h - 12,417

Honda Insight - 4801

Nissan Leaf - 4228

Source: Auto companies.

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- Saturday, September 22, 2012