They can't in Canada the number is going backwards as they cancel all the orders that were placed (specifically base models) and forcing buyers into the 2019 models or cancelling their orders. Even if the sales people sold the car, Honda has only shipped like 500 into Canada, and now dealerships are scrambling after selling upwards of 10 when the only got allocated 2. It's a total cluster@&$). Truly don't get it (not one EV has been able to keep up with demand in Canada, but manufacturers keep shorting the delivery of units. (just look at egolf boards, leaf boards, etc etc. There is WAY more demand in Canada than the numbers show (and yes i realize these are US only numbers). They could easily sell another 500/1000 if they actually shipped the damn car to Canada. (yes, i'm bitter, Honda cancelled my order without so much as a sorry, just said take a 2019, no idea on delivery date or takenyour deposit back.) I'm not sure how many cars fit on transport, but i think Canada only received 1 or 2 deliveries nation wide. Crazy, but damn they want everyone to buy a civic since they shipped thousands of those. Can't miss the deals they are offering on Civics. (I know they don't make money on the Clarity's but I'm sure they don't make much with the civic's either with the deep discounts. It's a strange strange EV world. Sent from my iPhone using Inside EVs
EXACTLY, I have been to 3 different dealers, none of the 3 had charged the things! Sent from my iPhone using Inside EVs
This is really weird - especially the "take a 2019" approach. Surely they haven't run out production already. Maybe the cold affecting EV mileage has scared them out of the Canadian market?
Someone upthread claimed that Honda has switched the assembly line over to producing RHD models for the Japanese launch and there will be no more 2018s exported to North America, but I haven't been able to find anything from Honda corroborating that—there's not even any mention of the PHEV on Honda's Japanese site that I can find, which seems odd if they're launching the car there in the next 3 months.
No specific PHEV numbers for June yet, but they are down given that the combined total of all three power plants reported by Honda is below the PHEV's May number. http://hondanews.com/releases/american-honda-sets-new-june-sales-records-on-strength-of-light-trucks
I added up the total sales of all Tesla models in the charts and they came to about 193,000 vehicles sold. The June 2018 numbers were not in the chart. This matches what I have read elsewhere. Tesla claims to have manufactured a lot of cars in the last week of June. Tesla will exceed the 200,000 cars sold (owners take delivery). Assuming that Tesla delayed delivery of the 200,000 car until July 1, the $7,500 Federal tax credit will phase to $3,750 beginning January 1, 2019. It will then go to $1,875 on July 1, 2019 and disappear entirely, for Tesla buyers, January 1, 2020. A brother in law of mine kept talking about how he was going to get a Tesla 3 base model. Less than a month after I explained to him that he would not be getting the $7,500 Federal tax break, he bought a Chevy Bolt. I believe that the Clarity and other alternatives to the Tesla 3 will get a substantial sales boost next year as the Tesla tax incentive phases out.
