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Doing some evening bike riding yesterday, I happened by Hayward Nissan after hours, so checked out their lot. At least seven 2015s, six S and one lone SL, plus at least four more 2014s, one of which was an SV and the others were presumably demos as they lacked Monroneys. I think black and red tied for most popular colors, with two silver, one? blue and one or two white. I'm seeing a lot more red LEAFs on the street now than I used to; blue seemed to be the most popular color locally until recently.GregH said:I saw 9 new 2015s on the lot at Tustin Nissan.. Was tempted to have them boot one up for me and plug in LeafDD for some readings but it's kind of a pain for them to dig the keys out of their big key vault.. I have to admit I'm really curious though. Maybe I'll go back... Perhaps one of the 2015 owners can start a "2015 battery degradation" thread like we have for 2013/14..?
I'm seeing a much wider variety as well as more PEVs now. Having some free time last Friday, just to see how much they're in use for commuting I parked myself at the intersection of a couple of major arterials that merge into one way and carry the afternoon commute, and counted all the PEVs from 5:05 to 6:30. In addition to the five PEVs (three LEAF, one Volt, one C-Max) I saw during the rest of the day, there were 15 LEAFs, 12 Volts, 8 PiPs, 4 Model S, 2 500e, 2 Fusion, and one Fit, for 44 + 5 = 49. Of course, this was among a few thousand cars. There's also at least one local RAV4 owner, although I didn't see him then.
I'm seeing or at least recognizing far more PiPs recently, as I've finally figured out some field marks that will allow me to ID them at a glance if they lack stickers. There've also been a lot more sightings of 500es; in fact last month's total of 6 was more than the total I'd seen before that. Although I haven't been keeping track of them, my impression is that the ratio of regular hybrid to Energi Fords is about 2 or 3 to 1, and the ratio of Fusion Energi to C-Max Energi is about the same.