RegGuheert
Well-known member
I have updated the OP with an estimate of 65,000 LEAFs sold worldwide in 2014. This number is an extrapolation based on 50,000 LEAFs sold between February and November 2014 when the LEAF crossed the 100,000 and 150,000 marks, respectively, with a little end-of-year growth thrown in.
That puts LEAF worldwide sales at 2.25X sales of the Prius during their fourth full calendar year on the market and brings cumulative sales for the LEAF to nearly double that achieved by the Prius during their first four years and one month on the market.
In its fifth full calendar year of production, worldwide Prius sales dropped slightly during a period when gas prices were low. Likewise, the LEAF will face strong sales headwinds in 2015 due to low gasoline prices as well as the promise of longer-range EVs on the horizon. Nissan will need to at least maintain the 2014 sales rate in order to get to double the cumulative sales of the Prius during the upcoming year.
I will update the table again once worldwide sales numbers for 2014 are available.
That puts LEAF worldwide sales at 2.25X sales of the Prius during their fourth full calendar year on the market and brings cumulative sales for the LEAF to nearly double that achieved by the Prius during their first four years and one month on the market.
In its fifth full calendar year of production, worldwide Prius sales dropped slightly during a period when gas prices were low. Likewise, the LEAF will face strong sales headwinds in 2015 due to low gasoline prices as well as the promise of longer-range EVs on the horizon. Nissan will need to at least maintain the 2014 sales rate in order to get to double the cumulative sales of the Prius during the upcoming year.
I will update the table again once worldwide sales numbers for 2014 are available.