Solely 6 Auto Manufacturers Had EV Gross sales Progress In USA In 1st Quarter 2026

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As I used to be making ready the first quarter 2026 US EV gross sales report, another factor jumped out at me that I needed to focus on earlier than engaged on our regular quarterly articles. Out of greater than a pair dozen auto manufacturers, solely six had EV gross sales development within the 1st quarter in comparison with the first quarter of 2025.

I’m going to briefly spotlight the stats for every of those, going so as of highest quantity development to lowest quantity development.

Toyota

Toyota, as we’ve already mentioned, had big, stunning gross sales development of its one and solely EV, the bZ. Oh, wait, the model does have another EV mannequin now — an electrical CH-R. It had 13 deliveries within the first quarter….

Anyway, although, listed here are the important thing stats from Toyota:

• 4,432 extra EV gross sales, going from 5,610 to 10,042
• 79.0% gross sales development (the second finest outcome when it comes to proportion gross sales development)

Lexus

Toyota’s luxurious model was proper behind Toyota for EV gross sales development. As I mentioned earlier as we speak once I found and was perplexed by the Lexus RZ’s gross sales surge, one thing is occurring at Toyota Motor Company that fully bucks the US EV gross sales development and may be very exhausting to know or clarify. However yay!

• 3,002 extra EV gross sales, going from 1,454 to 4,456
• 206.7% gross sales development

Rivian

Whereas Rivian didn’t have as many gross sales because it needed, it did beat Wall Avenue expectations. It was additionally one of many few manufacturers to attain vital gross sales development.

• 1,812 extra EV gross sales, going from 8,553 to 10,365
• 21.2% gross sales development (additionally third when it comes to proportion gross sales development)

Cadillac

Cadillac continues to be the legacy auto model with the very best proportion of its gross sales coming from EVs, with 30.7% of its complete gross sales coming from EVs within the first quarter of the 12 months.

• 1,579 extra EV gross sales, going from 7,972 to 9,551
• 19.8% gross sales development

Ram

Ram? Ram….

Effectively, Ram didn’t knock it out of the park within the 1st quarter — not within the least. It didn’t have many EV gross sales in any respect. Nevertheless, it didn’t have any gross sales final 12 months, so there was no approach its new (and first) EV wouldn’t convey gross sales development!

• 223 extra EV gross sales, going from 0 to 223

Lucid

Final however … oh, sure, least … we have now Lucid. Let’s simply keep in mind it was one of many solely manufacturers that had EV gross sales development to begin this 12 months, so it was a winner in that regard. Its gross sales development was simply minimal.

• 87 extra EV gross sales, going from 2,464 to 2,551
• 3.5% gross sales development

So, these are the auto manufacturers doing higher to date this 12 months. Let’s see what number of extra manufacturers be part of the checklist within the second quarter. The checklist has to develop, particularly with the US–Israel warfare on Iran jacking up fuel costs considerably week after week. As I simply wrote, electrical vehicles (particularly solar-powered electrical vehicles) may be big cash savers for folks the world over proper now, even Individuals. Despite the fact that the $7,500 US EV tax credit score was accessible final 12 months till the 4th quarter and is not incentivizing gross sales, folks can see that there are monetary advantages to purchasing an electrical automobile.