Near the top of the hybrid class, the Prius c has found a consistent level of over 3,000 sales per month, while Prius v has been down the last two months, presumably due to the availability of the Ford C-Max Hybrid. The Prius Liftback has also been down somewhat the last two months, presumably due to lower gas prices.

In the electric category, the new Ford C-Max Energi sold 1,259 last month in only its second month of availability, suggesting it will be a strong player in this segment. The Volt declined this month, and Chevrolet said this was due to some availability issues and therefore lower incentives. Incentives on the Nissan Leaf have led to higher volumes, which should continue as local production launches and pricing on the vehicle drops, due to better availability, a new lower-priced model, and a likely increase in incentives. The Tesla Model S is estimated, but greater availability is leading to higher sales.

Among other hybridized cars, the Malibu Hybrid is stumbling as the entire model line is not performing well. Both the Fusion and Camry hybrid are finding their footing, with their share of their respective model increasing, to 12 percent for the Fusion and 14 percent for the Camry.

Hybrid market share was the highest it has been since March and April of this year when gas prices were at high levels. Plug-in share dropped modestly from last month, but the past two months are at all-time highs.

The total share of the market for alternative vehicles is 4.65 percent, slightly below last month’s 4.74 percent and the third-highest overall (slightly exceeded by the April 2012 result).

Diesels saw a slight decline of 1.5 percent vs. October, but are up 14.8 percent year-over-year.

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