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The HybridCars.com monthly sales Dashboard is a collaboration between HybridCars.com and Baum & Associates, a Michigan-based market research firm focusing on automotive issues including the hybrid and electric vehicle market.

Overall sales for June were down from May, but up from last June. GM reported its quarterly sales (April-June), but only on a quarterly basis (as opposed to providing each of the last three months), so we have calculated June sales based upon the difference between quarterly totals and our estimated sales from April and May. All categories of alternative vehicles were up from a year ago, although down from May in line with the drop in overall sales from May to June.

Sales for full electric vehicles were up from June of last year based upon sales of the Model 3. However, this is a very unusual month with respect to Tesla. Weekly production reportedly reached 5,000 in the last seven days of June, but just barely and with an “extra” production line added early in June. But US sales have been moderated to avoid having total Tesla sales in the US to date exceed 200,000 before the end of June. This is because federal tax incentives begin to decline when that total is reached. The specifics of the law are such that hitting this milestone after June 30 is important in allowing these incentives to continue for an additional quarter. We would expect that production might decline early in July (as a result of all the “stops that were pulled” to reach the 5,000 weekly rate in late June. Further, we would expect that sales in July will be quite strong given the number of vehicles that were produced but not sold in June (vehicles were stored in a number of locations), so as not to exceed the 200,000 mark in June. Some Model 3 sales were diverted to Canada (which do not count against the 200,000 total), while Model S and X sales were presumably diverted to outside the US for the same reason.

The LEAF and Bolt both had relatively modest months. Note that there are strong plans for the Bolt going forward for GM’s autonomous and ride sharing endeavors, but we have clearly not seen the impact of those plans on sales to this point. In fact, the sales of the Bolt to date have been rather modest.

Plug in hybrids had a good month as compared to last year as the Prius Prime had a good month. Products launched in the last few months are also critical in this segment and include the Honda Clarity, Mitsubishi Outlander, Kia Niro, Volvo XC60, Hyundai Ioniq, Mercedes GLC, and Volvo S90. The Chevy Volt is down almost 30 percent year-to-date and down almost 10% from last June. The Honda Clarity is doing well and is part of the “family” of hybrid, plug in and full electric.

Hybrids are up from year-ago but down year-to-date as the segment leaders continue to struggle. The Prius Liftback is at the top of the chart, but just barely above the Ford Fusion. Both of these models are down by about 20 percent year-to-date, which is clearly a significant drop. Conversely, the RAV4 hybrid is up from last June and year-to-date. Sales of the Kia Niro, Honda Accord, and Toyota Camry all improved over last June, but the Accord Hybrid is down year-to-date. That should change as production has been shifted back to the US (from Japan) and therefore availability will increase and volumes should be up going forward.

In the diesel category, the Ford Transit and Ram Pickup (volumes are estimated for both) lead the category. However, volumes of the Ram Pickup are down this month and will be for several months as volumes of the “old” version are down as the focus shifts to increasing availability of the new model. The new model will have a diesel version, but not until next year. Thus, for the remainder of this year, volumes will be declining as existing inventories are sold.

Fuel cell vehicles are only offered by Honda, Toyota, and Hyundai and only available in California. This is because the necessary fueling infrastructure is only available there. Sales this month were very modest, with Hyundai temporarily out of the market (until a new model launches late this year) and Clarity sales coming in at only four units. The Toyota Mirai paced the category selling just over 100 units.