EV sales not only increased in 2023 overall, but they were higher than 2022 levels for every month of the year, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Car sales are seasonal, and they always have been, so there’s no reason to expect that total vehicle sales or even EV sales broken out will go up every month. Yet that’s exactly what DOE data show.
EV sales by month in 2021, 2022, and 2023 (via U.S. Department of Energy)
EV sales rose sharply each month of 2023, versus the two years before, according to the DOE. And while the highest sales volume for a single month was about 50,000 vehicles in 2021 and 80,000 in 2022, it surpassed 100,000 vehicles in 2023.
EV sales also rounded out the year with stronger sales in December than in October or November. It’s possible that leading up to the end of the year, some shoppers were deferring purchases to see how the instant…
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