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Plug-in EV sales, month by month

188 months of US plug-in vehicle sales, December 2010 to July 2026, taken from the Department of Energy laboratory that publishes them. The share of the new-car market peaked at 12.94% in September 2025 — the month the federal tax credit closed — and has fallen in every month since, measured against the same month a year earlier.

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What the series is, and who publishes it

Argonne National Laboratory, a US Department of Energy lab, has published monthly light-duty sales of plug-in and hybrid vehicles since December 2010. This page is that series, all 188 months of it, through July 2026, with the share of the total new light-duty market worked out for each month.

Four numbers per month, in Argonne’s own definitions. BEV is battery-electric: it plugs in and there is no engine. PHEV is plug-in hybrid: it plugs in and there is also an engine. Those two together are the plug-in total, what Argonne calls PEV, and it is the number most people mean by “EV sales”. HEV is the ordinary hybrid that never plugs in, counted separately here because it is a different purchase decision. Light-duty is every new car, SUV, van and pickup sold in the US, which is what turns the raw count into a share.

Across the whole series, 8,471,426 plug-in vehicles have been sold in the United States. The best full year was 2024 at 1,562,143.

Plug-in share of the new-car market, every month

0%2%4%6%8%10%12%20112013201520172019202120232025federal credit ends
Plug-in vehicles as a share of all new US light-duty sales, December 2010 to July 2026. The dashed line is 30 September 2025, the last day a vehicle could be acquired and still qualify for the federal clean vehicle credit.

The high point for share was September 2025 at 12.94% of everything sold. The high point for volume was August 2025 at 174,773 vehicles. The most recent month in the series, July 2026, is 93,212 and 6.83% — 46.7% below the volume peak.

The federal credit ended, and the line moved

On 30 September 2025 the federal clean vehicle credit stopped applying to new purchases. The IRS notice carries it as a single line at the top of the page: “The New Clean Vehicle Credit is not available for vehicles acquired after Sept. 30, 2025.” Up to $7,500 a vehicle went with it.

What the series records around that date, without any adjustment:

That is a pull-forward into the deadline followed by a drop, which is what a purchase incentive with an end date would be expected to produce. It is worth being careful about the word “caused”: the series shows timing, not motive, and prices, model availability and interest rates all moved in the same window. What can be said from the data alone is that the deadline and the turn are the same month.

Checking that it is not just the season

Plug-in sales have a seasonal shape, so a drop from summer to winter proves nothing on its own. The test that controls for it is to compare each month with the same calendar month a year earlier. Every month since the cut-off, against its own month in the previous year:

Month Change vs the same month a year earlier
October 2025-23.1%
November 2025-53.6%
December 2025-45.5%
January 2026-29.8%
February 2026-36.4%
March 2026-43.6%
April 2026-18.0%
May 2026-6.8%
June 2026-22.6%
July 2026-37.6%

10 of the 10 months are down against their own month a year before, the deepest being November 2025 at -53.6%. Before the cut-off the same comparison was positive in most months. The seasonal explanation does not survive the like-for-like test.

By year

The same series rolled up, so the long shape is visible: a decade of slow growth, a steep run from 2021, and the first sustained fall in the series’ history.

YearPlug-ins soldShare of light-dutyBattery-electric share of plug-ins
2010 (1 mo)3450.03%5.5%
201117,7630.14%56.8%
201253,1710.37%27.4%
201397,1020.62%49.5%
2014118,8820.72%53.4%
2015114,0720.65%62.3%
2016159,6160.91%54.3%
2017195,6751.13%53.4%
2018330,9451.92%62.6%
2019319,6131.89%73.2%
2020307,5892.13%77.6%
2021635,5914.25%72.3%
2022931,3936.77%80.3%
20231,458,2169.41%79.9%
20241,562,1439.85%79.6%
20251,508,9379.30%82.2%
2026 (7 mo)660,3737.12%83.9%

What kind of vehicle, in 2026 so far

Argonne also splits the current year by size class. The plug-in market is not a small-car market and has not been for years:

Size classPlug-ins sold in 2026 so farShare
Small SUV353,40353.5%
Standard SUV108,64616.5%
Midsize99,84515.1%
Minivan31,6804.8%
Pickup23,5593.6%
Large23,3943.5%
Compact11,9631.8%
Small Station Wagons7,8831.2%

Every month, in full

Newest first. The whole series is also a CSV download, which is the version to use if you are charting it yourself.

MonthBEVPHEVPlug-in totalHybridAll light-dutyPlug-in share
July 202673,44319,76993,212205,9491,364,0396.83%
June 202684,62216,815101,437222,2261,367,4357.42%
May 2026101,31218,562119,874255,1571,488,1508.06%
April 202689,11316,791105,904223,3841,386,5317.64%
March 202676,05813,15589,213206,8671,388,6546.42%
February 202658,28410,92769,211163,6371,178,7865.87%
January 202671,32310,19981,522151,6891,104,4187.38%
December 202575,84013,45689,296199,9631,459,7286.12%
November 202554,63412,34666,980175,8141,279,3785.24%
October 202583,29212,44195,733173,4811,281,6157.47%
September 2025140,57920,040160,619150,9881,241,58112.94%
August 2025148,76926,004174,773181,0481,467,25011.91%
July 2025126,35622,998149,354172,2691,389,68510.75%
June 2025111,57719,507131,084156,2461,272,46910.30%
May 2025101,75026,900128,650193,4111,461,0678.81%
April 202596,34832,865129,213190,1691,463,6228.83%
March 2025120,82037,376158,196194,9981,593,0179.93%
February 202586,04022,804108,844148,1621,215,0748.96%
January 202594,03522,160116,195133,4891,106,12010.50%
December 2024133,10330,687163,790170,9351,494,22010.96%
November 2024114,56429,743144,307160,0251,373,49310.51%
October 202498,28926,264124,553150,6831,331,7699.35%
September 2024104,97720,789125,766127,4861,171,66610.73%
August 2024118,96126,413145,374150,6301,412,34510.29%
July 2024113,32723,172136,499134,0731,285,71110.62%
June 2024100,24223,635123,877135,6091,308,9979.46%
May 2024107,42326,777134,200139,0531,431,0819.38%
April 202499,31326,263125,576118,8221,317,4819.53%
March 202496,74332,728129,471123,8701,432,1329.04%
February 202474,14127,167101,308105,9331,228,9968.24%
January 202482,33625,086107,42291,9291,070,52710.03%
December 2023121,64741,143162,790117,0981,458,85311.16%
November 2023102,32324,530126,853108,5491,235,58310.27%
October 202392,47821,778114,256103,6991,198,1629.54%
September 2023113,38328,807142,190109,2281,340,98010.60%
August 202396,09127,497123,588107,3251,318,5889.37%
July 2023101,23423,194124,428103,7571,299,2719.58%
June 2023102,52522,560125,085100,7621,368,7139.14%
May 202395,89825,125121,023103,8321,363,8188.87%
April 202392,88024,165117,045100,5281,357,8448.62%
March 202392,07721,397113,47494,2891,374,9928.25%
February 202381,15817,78998,94766,3201,138,7568.69%
January 202372,94415,59388,53760,0691,046,9198.46%
December 202279,26219,75999,02169,0991,268,8977.80%
November 202269,92416,18386,10757,0861,135,4847.58%
October 202271,73917,60389,34266,6611,181,5407.56%
September 202269,81113,41583,22655,8921,124,2977.40%
August 202259,83613,79773,63358,8691,134,2656.49%
July 202264,31013,93278,24259,2291,126,5236.95%
June 202274,26214,83889,10061,0391,143,8207.79%
May 202252,50215,26367,76568,7371,108,0636.12%
April 202252,53717,87570,41271,8491,236,4325.69%
March 202264,16016,20080,36076,6831,257,8216.39%
February 202246,85912,56359,42258,1751,045,6245.68%
January 202242,78011,98354,76363,093991,5735.52%
December 202149,44116,55365,99469,9831,203,9935.48%
November 202146,68714,17060,85759,3261,014,4116.00%
October 202142,48518,27560,76063,4821,051,0155.78%
September 202142,02012,55454,57460,1021,015,9355.37%
August 202135,49914,06749,56667,9761,092,6614.54%
July 202142,01315,66957,68274,2981,280,8034.50%
June 202145,91316,64862,56165,9601,302,2134.80%
May 202129,79620,80750,60382,5111,570,3133.22%
April 202133,54718,60452,15176,3971,518,4153.43%
March 202140,75512,26153,01678,1231,597,1523.32%
February 202126,2159,04635,26154,0451,193,7762.95%
January 202125,1037,46332,56646,8431,106,2862.94%
December 202028,62010,72139,34163,8461,605,4972.45%
November 202022,2257,36929,59447,7241,199,1372.47%
October 202029,9597,75537,71447,6111,358,9222.78%
September 202028,1016,67034,77143,2931,341,0992.59%
August 202017,2916,47823,76942,1911,318,0701.80%
July 202023,0755,22828,30343,7381,236,6432.29%
June 202016,8094,20621,01541,5901,101,1691.91%
May 20208,6263,91112,53727,7401,119,0891.12%
April 20208,0582,01510,07314,268715,3221.41%
March 202018,2343,48121,71523,591989,9542.19%
February 202011,1516,11117,26232,3091,350,5701.28%
January 202026,3915,10431,49527,1661,136,5602.77%
December 201918,6817,67426,35535,7061,512,2431.74%
November 201911,4217,73319,15432,9621,403,1531.37%
October 201923,0726,38829,46032,4571,333,9952.21%
September 201921,8125,81627,62829,8481,267,1502.18%
August 201918,8648,43327,29742,8301,638,7221.67%
July 201923,5597,19730,75636,3411,396,4602.20%
June 201923,4217,99931,42039,2471,509,6742.08%
May 201918,0127,94925,96144,1621,581,4791.64%
April 201920,1135,90826,02133,0821,326,5551.96%
March 201917,2818,07425,35530,9261,598,8111.59%
February 201910,6446,61017,25422,7301,251,5131.38%
January 201926,9426,01032,95219,1531,133,1572.91%
December 201828,37413,74442,11829,7531,617,7782.60%
November 201824,08911,58035,66927,4531,382,5532.58%
October 201829,9379,93739,87428,6141,360,2812.93%
September 201824,16310,77734,94031,9851,432,1362.44%
August 201820,22210,13230,35430,1821,482,2152.05%
July 201815,3879,26924,65628,2031,362,9641.81%
June 201812,99710,48523,48231,0381,543,7161.52%
May 201812,23211,40323,63531,6021,586,4931.49%
April 201812,7949,93122,72524,8271,353,5461.68%
March 201811,06011,60122,66128,1651,647,0901.38%
February 20186,6538,78315,43624,6091,293,7631.19%
January 20189,1546,24115,39521,7181,151,0111.34%
December 201714,95910,28925,24832,1871,605,5271.57%
November 20178,4358,40816,84330,0751,399,6401.20%
October 20176,7926,66513,45729,4511,356,7890.99%
September 201713,4217,71921,14037,3191,525,5221.39%
August 20178,8507,66816,51834,8501,484,8261.11%
July 20177,8027,40715,20929,0501,416,7431.07%
June 20178,8147,78716,60130,0731,474,9701.13%
May 20178,0388,64516,68333,7291,519,7931.10%
April 20175,9617,30013,26130,9491,426,8830.93%
March 201710,1717,38417,55532,0121,554,9981.13%
February 20175,8466,24712,09328,3551,333,1280.91%
January 20175,3985,66911,06722,6301,142,5680.97%
December 201613,07710,21123,28834,5071,688,3681.38%
November 20166,2667,85814,12428,4971,378,6351.02%
October 20165,4085,94311,35126,4841,370,7210.83%
September 201610,0326,03716,06931,2861,434,4831.12%
August 20168,6016,37214,97332,2061,511,4050.99%
July 20167,7626,52514,28732,6331,521,2450.94%
June 20167,6786,11313,79127,6811,512,9960.91%
May 20166,5265,61912,14530,5731,535,6700.79%
April 20166,2665,84212,10828,9881,506,4310.80%
March 20167,1155,31912,43428,7561,595,0650.78%
February 20164,4243,9098,33324,3711,343,9220.62%
January 20163,5763,1376,71320,9671,148,0870.58%
December 20157,9545,48313,43732,3871,641,9130.82%
November 20156,1034,27510,37825,1531,318,2100.79%
October 20155,7404,0819,82130,4851,455,1530.67%
September 20156,7043,0389,74232,1061,442,1130.68%
August 20155,2243,7869,01037,6331,577,1790.57%
July 20155,1433,8368,97935,6661,510,9410.59%
June 20156,9753,40910,38432,3301,476,4720.70%
May 20157,0574,41611,47340,2571,634,9520.70%
April 20156,0372,9628,99932,3791,455,2420.62%
March 20155,7153,0208,73533,6541,545,7100.57%
February 20154,4352,5897,02427,0381,258,5700.56%
January 20153,9772,1136,09025,3121,152,4800.53%
December 20147,4193,86711,28633,3021,507,9280.75%
November 20146,1763,6099,78531,1091,302,6550.75%
October 20145,9273,7359,66230,8921,281,1320.75%
September 20145,9833,3579,34031,3851,245,7860.75%
August 20146,4835,92012,40348,2081,586,3740.78%
July 20145,6935,74011,43344,4881,435,8050.80%
June 20144,9826,51111,49339,2251,421,9630.81%
May 20145,8026,65112,45352,2271,609,6780.77%
April 20144,1874,7188,90539,4301,391,3030.64%
March 20144,5784,5949,17243,7901,537,2700.60%
February 20143,3243,7217,04530,5611,192,4670.59%
January 20142,9712,9345,90527,5551,011,1870.58%
December 20134,7705,0209,79036,1551,358,7340.72%
November 20133,9304,9038,83336,0851,243,8520.71%
October 20133,7336,36710,10033,5701,206,1820.84%
September 20133,6504,4778,12733,5761,137,2060.71%
August 20134,9566,40711,36353,0201,501,2940.76%
July 20133,9433,4997,44245,4941,313,8440.57%
June 20134,5734,1698,74244,9241,403,1210.62%
May 20134,5453,2097,75448,7961,443,3110.54%
April 20134,4032,7357,13842,8041,285,4460.56%
March 20134,5533,0797,63246,3271,453,0380.53%
February 20132,6662,7895,45540,1731,192,2990.46%
January 20132,3722,3544,72634,6111,043,2380.45%
December 20122,7044,9657,66943,6901,356,0700.57%
November 20122,6144,5447,15835,0021,143,9160.63%
October 20122,2404,9947,23433,2901,092,2940.66%
September 20121,3064,5035,80934,8361,188,8990.49%
August 20128663,8784,74438,3691,285,2920.37%
July 20124792,5373,01631,6111,153,7590.26%
June 20128632,4553,31834,5581,285,4990.26%
May 20126122,7663,37837,1841,334,6420.25%
April 20124793,1163,59539,9011,184,5670.30%
March 20129613,2004,16148,2061,404,6230.30%
February 20126391,0231,66236,2221,149,4320.14%
January 20128246031,42721,779913,2840.16%
December 20111,2121,5292,74131,1001,243,7840.22%
November 20117731,1391,91226,110994,7860.19%
October 20118661,1081,97420,0571,021,1850.19%
September 20111,0317231,75417,6251,053,7610.17%
August 20111,3633021,66521,1811,072,3790.16%
July 20119321251,05719,6211,059,7300.10%
June 20111,7085612,26912,6551,053,4140.22%
May 20111,1504811,63117,4191,061,8410.15%
April 20115734931,06625,6021,157,9280.09%
March 201129860890634,5331,246,6680.07%
February 20118328136423,306993,5350.04%
January 201110332142419,540819,9380.05%
December 20101932634528,5921,144,8400.03%

Series: Argonne National Laboratory, Light Duty Electric Drive Vehicles Monthly Sales Updates, the Total Sales file, read 12 September 2026 and parsed to CSV. Argonne is a US Department of Energy laboratory. The cut-off date and its wording come from the IRS page linked in the section above. Every figure on this page is computed from that series at build time, not typed.

Using this page

The numbers are free to reuse with a link back to this page. If you are replacing a dead link to somebody else’s monthly EV sales scorecard, this is the closest live equivalent: same cadence, same source data, and the underlying file is a public one you can check for yourself.

If a figure here looks wrong, say so and it gets fixed or removed — the corrections address is on our press and data page, along with the other datasets we keep.

Common questions

What people ask about this

Where does this data come from?

Argonne National Laboratory, a US Department of Energy lab, which publishes monthly light-duty sales of plug-in and hybrid vehicles. We parse their Total Sales file and compute the shares. The CSV on this page is the whole series.

What is the difference between BEV, PHEV and hybrid?

A BEV is battery-electric with no engine. A PHEV plugs in and also has an engine. Those two are the plug-in total. An ordinary hybrid never plugs in and is counted separately here.

Is the federal EV tax credit gone?

For new vehicles acquired after 30 September 2025, yes. The IRS says on its own page: "The New Clean Vehicle Credit is not available for vehicles acquired after Sept. 30, 2025." Some states still run their own rebates, and those are a separate question.

How much did EV sales actually fall?

The most recent month in the series, July 2026, is 46.7% below the volume peak of August 2025. Measured like-for-like against the same month a year earlier, 10 of the last 10 months are down.

Could the fall just be seasonal?

That is why every month is compared with the same calendar month a year earlier rather than with the month before it. The year-on-year comparison removes the season, and the decline is still there.

Does this include used EV sales?

No. It is new light-duty sales only, which is what the source series measures.

Can I reuse the numbers?

Yes, with a link back. There is a CSV on the page and a corrections contact on our press page.

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