GRA
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Had a bit of time yesterday afternoon, a nice day, so parked myself in a folding chair at the junction of two main afternoon commute arterials (plus one counterflow) that join up and counted the number of Plug-ins I saw between 4:58 and 6:32. The Bay Area is more ideologically green than most metro areas, and also has some concentrations of high income tech people that can afford Teslas. OTOH, we also have one of the higher average daily driving distances of any metro area, and rank #1 among metro areas for Mega commuters (1.5 hour and 50 miles or more one way commute), with 2.5%.
PHEVs
Volt 20*
PiP 14
FuE 4 (3)
CME 3 (4)
Total 41
BEVs
LEAF 14*
ModS 7#
500e 4
FFE 1
Total 26
*Usually I see more LEAFs than Volts, with a ratio between 3:2 and 5:4. I also saw two more LEAFs later in the evening.
#Unusually large number of Model S, and I saw two more later on. I'd expect maybe 4 or so during the commute.
So, 41 PHEVs versus 26 BEvs, and 7 of those are Model S. Removing those, it's 41:19, or a bit over 2:1. The PiP is really coming on strong. I expect that's due to a large population who've owned Prii in the past (really, they're like rabbits around here) and upgraded, plus the fact that it's about the cheapest PHEV you can buy and get a green sticker, and it has the best mileage on gas of all the current PHEVs.
Edit: Inadvertently swapped the Fusion and C-Max Energi numbers. Correct numbers are in parentheses.
PHEVs
Volt 20*
PiP 14
FuE 4 (3)
CME 3 (4)
Total 41
BEVs
LEAF 14*
ModS 7#
500e 4
FFE 1
Total 26
*Usually I see more LEAFs than Volts, with a ratio between 3:2 and 5:4. I also saw two more LEAFs later in the evening.
#Unusually large number of Model S, and I saw two more later on. I'd expect maybe 4 or so during the commute.
So, 41 PHEVs versus 26 BEvs, and 7 of those are Model S. Removing those, it's 41:19, or a bit over 2:1. The PiP is really coming on strong. I expect that's due to a large population who've owned Prii in the past (really, they're like rabbits around here) and upgraded, plus the fact that it's about the cheapest PHEV you can buy and get a green sticker, and it has the best mileage on gas of all the current PHEVs.
Edit: Inadvertently swapped the Fusion and C-Max Energi numbers. Correct numbers are in parentheses.