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Joni Riemann said the perfect job for her and her husband Dell would be to gently rock with babies in a neonatal unit.
This job probably does not exist, so Riemann has combined one of her other passions to care for newborn infants.
She made her first quilt at 9 years old. She has produced and sold baby clothes since she and Dell first got married in 1976. She slowly built up her skill attending a variety of craft shows.
Riemann found her niche even before she had a storefront in Phillipsburg — making clothes for prematurely born babies. Designed for babies weighing from three to five pounds, the clothes require a delicate touch to make sure they fit and look right. She also conducted thorough research to find normal measurements, like diameters for heads and arms, for babies born up to six months premature.
"I feel like I'm doing what I was meant to do," she said.
Riemann does not skimp on any accoutrements. She has bolts of lace to add a frilly layer to girls' clothes. She boasts that she sews each of her buttons on by hand, instead of gluing the buttons in place.
There are precautions to take. On some outfits, she makes sure to make Velcro openings at the top of sleeves to provide easy accesses for IVs. No snaps or zippers can be used for babies still spending time in incubators.
Riemann does not care that the babies will only be able to fit into the outfit a month. She hopes they will grow rapidly to a healthy size.
"They can still have nice clothes," Riemann said.
A growing customer base agrees with her. From mid-July through Christmas, Riemann works 12-hour days at her sewing and embroidery machine at 100 Washington St., Marion, to keep up with the demand. She makes Halloween costumes year-round. They range from a simple three-piece black and orange, pumpkin patterned outfit, to items that are a little more elaborate.
There is the chili pepper costume that has been popular on one of her two websites — http://www.atticangels.com and cradletokindergarten.com. She recently received one of the strangest requests for a preemie costume.
The mother, planning to dress as a can of Diet Coke for Halloween wants her baby dressed as a lime squeeze. Riemann started formulating the idea for the costume, using an infant outfit of a lime wedge she found online. She has a dark green for the rind, a light green for the fruit, and white fabric to create a lining. She is hoping to add some intricate stitching on the inside of fruit to provide a realistic texture.
Riemann predicted that she should complete the lime squeeze oddity in about a week. She said that is her normal turnaround for any outfit. She still receives a variety of custom orders online, even though she works purely online and by shipping since working out of Marion starting in 2003.
The Riemanns moved to Marion because they wanted to be closer to their grandchildren. Their youngest son, Terry, lives with his wife Angela and 18-month-old son Parker in McPherson. Their oldest son, Tim, lives with his wife Kristin and 14-year-old daughter Leah in Osage City. Only middle son, Tom, with wife Shawna and 3-year-old daughter Madison live out-of-state in Wellington, Colo.
"They're on their own," Riemann said.
She added that the couple spoils their grandchildren. If mom and dad say no, grandma and grandpa are likely to say yes. Riemann said that she has not started a shop because she wants the freedom to drive to her grandchildren whenever she wants.
However, her grandchildren are not the inspiration for her business. Madison was born a month early and weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces. Other than a low birth weight, she was completely healthy, unlike many of the babies of which Riemann designs clothes.
Riemann wished she could go into a neonatal unit and observe the premature babies in person. She has yet to make any inquiries at hospitals to do so.
Yet, she knows her work is important. Some of the outfits Riemann produces are meant for bereavement. She saw that normal bereavement gowns are as simple as a T-shirt. She wanted to craft gowns the parents would be proud to dress their baby in for the last and only time.
"It's the only time they're going to dress that baby," she said.
When she lived in Phillipsburg, she had a call from parents that asked her to bring them a bereavement outfit herself. She drove an hour and half into Nebraska to deliver the gown face-to-face with the mother.
When the mother received the gown, she felt the smooth fabric and the lace. Even through the tears in her eyes, Riemann could see the appreciation on her face for the work the tailor put in.

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Nate Wolters Rookie Photo Shoot with the Milwaukee Bucks [PHOTOS]
The school year is about to start up for kids across the country in the next few weeks, and one of the most important days of the year will come along with it - picture day.
Former South Dakota State guard Nate Wolters isn't in school anymore, but he did just have his first NBA picture day with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Wolters ended up with the Bucks on draft night in June after stops in Washington and Philadelphia.
SDSU's all-time leading scorer will be back in South Dakota with the Bucks, October 10th, when they play the Timberwolves in an exhibition game at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.


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Among the dramas set to join ABC at some point during the 2012-2013 season is Mistresses, a female-focused series that follows a group of four women who are each dealing with their own personal issues. Alyssa Milano and Lost's Yunjin Kim are among the cast. More details and the trailer ahead!
Alyssa Milano returns to network TV in this primetime soap, which - as you may have guessed by the title - seems to be female focused, and follows a group of friends whose personal lives are full of drama, which could make for fun television.
Welcome to a provocative and thrilling drama about the scandalous lives of a sexy and sassy group of four girlfriends, each on her own path to self-discovery, as they brave the turbulent journey together.
The jury's still out for me on this one. I don't dislike it, but there isn't really anything about the trailer that hooks me automatically. While I could see myself getting completely drawn in by the allure of scandal and drama, I could also see being indifferent toward it depending on where the story goes. So, I'll reserve judgment until I've seen the pilot.
We might see Mistresses on the schedule during Midseason 2013, ABC president Paul Lee has reportedly said they're aiming to push this one off for summer, which seems like a good plan for a show like this.
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Montoya going back to IndyCar
Juan Pablo Montoya has an added boost of motivation to win races again.
And he's teaming with longtime boss Chip Ganassi's top rival to do it.
Montoya ended his underwhelming NASCAR stint on Monday for a return to IndyCar, where he'll drive for Ganassi rival Roger Penske.
The Colombian has agreed to join Team Penske next season as a teammate to current IndyCar points leader Helio Castroneves and Will Power. He could also drive in some NASCAR races as part of the deal.
"I have had the opportunity to drive for some of the best racing teams in the world and I have always admired Roger Penske and his organization," Montoya said. "I consider it an honor to be offered the opportunity to drive for Team Penske."
He could also consider the move a big piece of gamesmanship in the racing rivalry that spans two series between Ganassi and Penske.
Ganassi decided in August he was not bringing Montoya back to his NASCAR program next season. But he and Penske are fierce rivals in IndyCar, and Ganassi driver Scott Dixon is currently locked in the championship battle with Castroneves.
Montoya won the 1999 CART title, the 2000 Indianapolis 500 and 11 races driving open-wheel for Ganassi. He then moved to Formula One, where he had seven wins and 30 podiums, before reuniting with Ganassi again in 2006 to compete in NASCAR.
Montoya had said he'd consider all opportunities once he learned he was not going to return to Ganassi's Sprint Cup Series car, and he spoke with Michael Andretti about an IndyCar ride. Andretti looked for the sponsorship needed to sign Montoya, but Montoya informed Andretti last week he was no longer interested in a partnership.
Montoya also had an offer in NASCAR to replace Kurt Busch at Furniture Row Racing next season. He visited that team's shop in Colorado, but his first choice was to sign with an organization that could give him cars capable of winning every race.
He lacked that in NASCAR with Ganassi, which has had roller-coaster performance as an organization but is consistently among the best in IndyCar. Ganassi's top rival? Penske, winner of 15 Indianapolis 500s.
"We look forward to building on his successes together and we believe he will be a great addition to Team Penske," Penske said.
Montoya has been with Ganassi since 2006 when he abruptly left Formula One – where he had seven wins and 30 podiums – for NASCAR. It's his second stint with the car owner – the two teamed together to win the 1999 CART championship and 2000 Indianapolis 500 before Montoya moved to F1.
But results in NASCAR have been sporadic. Montoya has just two wins in 244 career starts and his best season finish was eighth in 2009. He's 20th in the standings this season.
The program has been through several rebuilds since Montoya came aboard, and it was a middle-of-the-road organization when he signed on in 2006. It was Ganassi that was the draw for Montoya: The two had won 11 races together in 1999 and 2000 in CART, including the Indy 500.
Their first NASCAR season was decent and gave the organization a boost with a win on the road course at Sonoma, six top-10s and rookie of the year in 2007. But 2008 was the first sign of trouble as Montoya had two crew chief changes in the first 16 races.
Montoya made the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship in 2009 with crew chief Brian Pattie behind a career-best 18 top-10s, and he was third in points with six races to go in the season before fading to eighth in the final standings.
He won on the road course at Watkins Glen in 2010, but Pattie was let go before Indianapolis in 2011 for Montoya's fourth crew chief change. The Ganassi team began another overhaul that winter and Chris Heroy was hired as Montoya's fifth crew chief before 2012. That entire season was spent trying to get the Ganassi cars up to speed.
Montoya is now stuck in the middle of a spat between Penske and Ganassi drivers over in IndyCar.
Ganassi driver Scott Dixon was penalized in Sonoma when his car made contact with a crew member for Power, Castroneves' teammate, on the final pit stop. IndyCar race director Beaux Barfield said Dixon had driven into the Penske Racing work space, but Dixon alleged the crew member walked into his car.
The penalty cost Dixon a chance to race for the win, and opinion was split through the paddock as to who was at fault and if race control perhaps should not have penalized anyone.


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Celebrating its 20th anniversary, The Republic of Tea, Novato, Calif., launches five varieties of Be Active Teas. Each tea in the collection is blended with organic green rooibos, which retains more of its antioxidant value due to a flash fermentation process.
The teas are sourced from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms, such as Zeekoevlei Gardens in South Africa. It is the perfect base to this active line of teas for people with active lifestyles. Each blend is designed with specific results in mind from energy and flexibility to metabolism, hydration, and a speedy recovery from a vigorous workout. Each tea is all-natural, naturally caffeine-free and gluten-free.
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After a Rough Year, Steels Still Brings Good Cheer
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On Jan. 9, 2009, Anthony Steels will turn 50.
While so many others countdown to celebrate such an important milestone, Steels will spend that Friday night with 40 to 60 people who are trying to climb out of their hideous addiction to cocaine.
They will all gather in the basement of a church at 13th & F Sts. in Lincoln – the home of Cocaine Anonymous, an organization Steels launched two years ago with another addict who is no longer around. Steels, though, is there every Friday and Sunday night, so he can teach other addicts the 12-step program that has kept him clean and drug free for four years now.
A former Nebraska wingback starter in the early 1980s, Steels is willing to bring his dark secret into the light now, especially since Nebraska will play Clemson in the Gator Bowl on New Year's Day in Jacksonville, Fla.
The last time those two teams met, Clemson beat Nebraska, 22-15, in the Orange Bowl to claim the 1981 college football national championship. Steels scored the game's first touchdown on a 25-yard pass reception from I-back Mike Rozier.
It was a trick play that caught the Tiger defense off guard. One of the most popular athletes on the Nebraska campus, Steels never dreamed that a dangerous drug could trick him so repulsively that it would ruin his eight-year marriage, destroy close friendships, put him behind bars and threaten his life more than once.
Amazing something like that could happen to someone who didn't even drink alcohol in his first three years of college. "I was the designated driver," explained Steels, who became addicted to cocaine when he had time, money and an ego so far out of whack that it ended his four-year professional football career that included one year in Buffalo and another in San Diego.
Instead of Donating a Kidney, He Learned of Prostate Cancer
Meet Anthony Steels today, and you would never imagine the drug and alcohol demons he's had to chase away, let alone the prostate cancer that surfaced last July just a few days before he was to donate a kidney to his father, Willie J. Steels, in a Riverside, Calif., transplant center. That diagnosis led to surgery, and Steels is now cancer free, just like he's drug and alcohol free.
"The year 2008 has been a rough year, but a great year," said Steels, in his third year as a licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor. "I work in a structure that helps me understand the obsession of my mind and the allergy of my body.
"Every day, I retrain my mind and my behavior," Steels said, adding that he's made two important discoveries on his way to recovery. "First, you can't think your way into acting – you have to act your way into thinking. And second, the only way you can change your thinking is to change your spiritual mind and be in contact with a higher source. My spiritual mission is how I serve God and other people. I'm busy almost every single day, helping people who need it. I counsel children and inmates professionally and help everyone else I can personally."
Steels works every day on his physical, mental and spiritual fitness. Last week, in an interview for HuskersNside, a premium video subscriber offering on Huskers.com, he decided to put a tough year behind him and focus on Good Cheer for a New Year. The one-time professional entertainer put his own spin on a holiday favorite, and it's definitely worth checking out.
"Anthony was the only football player we've ever had here who was asked to sing the National Anthem at Memorial Stadium on the same day he was playing," Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne pointed out. "He was a good singer and a very fine player – a good blocker, receiver and ball carrier. He had a great career here, and has really battled his way through some substance abuse problems since he left."
Steels Walked On All the Way from Zaragosa, Spain
Steels came to Lincoln as one of those famous early-Osborne era walk-ons. "My dad was in the military, so I played my last year of high school football at a military base in Saragosa, Spain," he explained. "My high school coach was from Bellevue, Nebraska, so he contacted Coach Osborne and several other coaches around the country, explaining how he thought I was scholarship material. Coach Osborne was the only one who got back to me. He told me Nebraska didn't have any scholarships available, but if I decided to walk on, he'd give me a fair shot."
Osborne often was the only meaningful contact in Steels' shattered life. "One of the biggest reasons I never gave up on myself is because Coach Osborne never gave up on me," he said. "He's been well aware of my struggles and provided great support. He was a major influence in my life in college, and he's been more a friend than a coach since. When I was in treatment, he was the only person who ever came to visit me. I can't thank him enough for his understanding and support."
Osborne shrugs off his role in helping Steels to bounce back. "We've stayed in touch over the years, and from time to time, I worried about him and how things might end up," Osborne said. "But he seems to be doing quite well, and I'm really proud of where he is today."
Societal judgment too often is instant judgment. "We tend to think that we're okay and this guy over here is beyond repair, so we pre-judge him when really, the difference between the most respected citizen in society and one who may be in prison, down-and-out or homeless is just one decision that was very bad and probably made on impulse," Osborne said. "It could be a random chance event, so I've come to understand that good people do have trouble, and it doesn't mean they're bad people. By putting time and effort into others, you'll find that they will come full circle, and I think Anthony has done that."
Randy Gobel, Nebraska's assistant director of athletic facilities, roomed with Steels in college. "I was a strength coach back then, and we'd work out together," Gobel recalled. "Whenever he saw us, Mike Rozier always called us Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo. Anthony was a great guy, a great roommate, a great athlete and a great singer. He sang 'The Lord's Prayer' at our wedding, and people still say it's the greatest version they've ever heard.
"Unfortunately, Anthony came from an addictive family, and he fell into the trap of that pro football mentality," Gobel said. "It was sad to watch. We had to distance ourselves from him when he couldn't shake the habit. He had to hit rock bottom before he could turn it around. Now that he's been straight for four years, we're starting to get back together. I'm eager for my family to get to know the Anthony I knew."
Now He's Doing What He Always Wanted – Helping People
Interestingly, Steels is using some of his pro football training in his recovery. "The last four years have been like training camp every day," he said. "I had to retrain my entire thinking and get into the regimen of some serious life skills training – then do it over and over and over again. I knew I needed a long-term recovery, so I established work hours, curfews, hard-and-fast rules. I came down from that self-centered ego and decided to come back to earth, so I could do what I've always loved to do – help other people."
Anthony Steels talked to Nebraska's football team last year about his addictions, and he talks to schools, prisons and any other groups willing to listen.
"As long as I stay away from substances, I'm fine," he said. "I'm just getting started on the most wonderful journey of my life. A lot of doors are beginning to open up for me. People are starting to refer me because I respond well to and with children. I never forget those few times in the '90s that I spent in jail. That keeps me grounded and motivated. Every day, I focus on honesty, wisdom, humility, courage, perseverance, faith and hope. I'm in transit. My life is manageable. I destroyed a lot of relationships, but I still have my foundation, thanks to people like Coach Osborne, Irving Fryar, Turner Gill, Mike Rozier, Mark Mauer, Jeff Quinn, Derrie Nelson . . . they've all supported me and inspired me."
Now that you know how well Steels performs, you might want to hear him sing the National Anthem when the Nebraska women's basketball team hosts Arizona State Dec. 28 and the Husker men's basketball team hosts Texas on Feb. 7.
"The University of Nebraska is still home to me – it's the place I feel most comfortable," Steels said. "It's been an incredible blessing to me since I first came here and remains so now. I have a new lease on life. I'll be 50, but I feel like I'm 25. I'm in good shape because I work out and exercise. Just like I had a playbook in football, I have a playbook in life. It's the blueprint that God put there for me – a set of guidelines to live by."
Every morning, Steels meditates before he prays. Then he's on the phone, talking and texting to all those people he wants to "bring back to life." He knows and understands the journey they're on, and he's thrilled to help get them out of the darkness and back into the light again. "I share my message and give them hope," he said. "I tell them it's all about accountability, and that accountability begins every day with the person in the mirror."


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Prison Planet.com » VIDEO: Vaccines Didn't Cure Polio After All?:
Where has all the polio gone?
Once upon a time I went to a presentation about AIDS, and the questions from people in the audience turned to the vaccines and the dictatorial policies that go with them.
One lady told her experience with her baby that the same evening after her doctor had given her baby a shot, the baby began crying in crescendo until he was screaming at more volume than she thought possible, screeching with fits of pain, until she finally called her pediatrician and he said bring him in.
The doctor treated him but then said he had other patients that called him with similar reactions to the vaccine, and that he was going to call the pharmaceutical company to inform them that they had shipped out a bad batch.
He said the day after he called, federal marshals came to his office, shut down his office, shackled his doors, and told him he was under investigation!
Now that was one lady's testimony, but as irate as she was it should not be hard to find others who have gone through similar ordeals:
A memorial web site for victims of vaccines:
Add one to them from me: I met a man once who had been hit by polio from a vaccine his mother took, and had to use wheelchairs his whole life.
Of course I think nowadays they tell doctors and mothers to avoid vaccinating pregnant women, but this was from the 1950s or 1960s.
These are just two incidents that I know of personally. Then there are those who talk about Gulf War Syndrome. Anthrax scares.
If the vaccines were so great, then why are they saying that those who go without them are a danger to those who do have such "protection"?
One more note. I had chicken pox and measles growing up, and I think whooping cough, and it wasn't so bad. We should consider the possibility that shooting up billions of people with cultures grown in monkey blood, according to so many people who have been victims of vaccinations, just might be a bigger risk to public health.
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- Govt to launch anti-polio drive on March 12 (nation.com.pk)
- Polio (education.com)
- FAQs About Childhood Vaccines (everydayhealth.com)
- Terrorism also hits polio vaccination (nation.com.pk)


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Make a Sandcastle You Can Keep!
With the weather warming and summer just around the corner, trips to the beach are slowly becoming a part of the routine again. But sometimes making it to the beach as often as we would like to isn't always feasible. Here's a great craft that will bring you and your child right back to those lazy, sand-filled days at the beach, and tide you over until your next trip. With some sand and some cornstarch, your child can create her very own sand castle at home that won't wash away.
What You Need:
- Sand (about 4 cups)
- Cornstarch (about 2 cups)
- Water (about 2 cups)
- Old pot
- Stir stick
- Shells (for decorating)
- Piece of square flat cardboard
- Bowl of water
What You Do:
- Mix the sand and cornstarch in an old pot. Make sure it's one that you won't use anymore to cook your family's meals, because the sand and cornstarch can really scratch up a good pot. (And you don't want your next chicken dish to taste like the beach!)
- Pour the 2 cups of water into the sand and cornstarch mixture and heat on the stove over low heat. (This step may be best for grown-ups only.)
- Keep stirring until the sand is close to the consistency of very thick mud.
- Cool the mixture in another bowl. Lay some newspaper down in an area outside where your child will work with the sand. Keep the piece of cardboard handy for when she is ready to build her castle.
- Once the mixture has cooled, dump it onto the newspaper outside. Make sure the mixture is completely cooled before letting your child dig in.
- Explain to your child that she should knead the mixture in her hands until it feels like Play-doh. If the sand starts to dry out, wet her hands and let her continue to work with the mixture. (Keep a bowl of water handy for this purpose.)
- And now the real fun begins: have your child free-form a castle onto her piece of cardboard. Talk to her about creating different forms – a square castle perhaps, or a tall and pointy one. Encourage her to use her imagination when building. And don't be afraid to make your own sand castle along with her!
- Before the sand dries, apply shells around the castle to give it an extra, beachy touch.


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Madonna 'MDNA' Tour Set List Revealed
Madonna will set sail on the 'MDNA' world tour in May 29 in Israel. With a deep catalog of songs to choose from, Madge-a-holics are chomping at the bit, wondering what songs the Material Girl will cherry pick for this particular set list. Well, fan site Madonnarama has leaked some of the songs that are being rehearsed. Remember, these songs are just from rehearsals, and many of these tunes might not make the cut and land on the final set list.
New sultry scorcher 'Girl Gone Wild' from 'MDNA' will open the show. 'Revolver' also appears early on in the set, featuring Lil Wayne in a background video. So Weezy will be there, but not really. Another newbie, 'Gang Bang,' also comes early and is followed by an edited edition of 'Papa Don't Preach.' Sing it with us: "I've made up my mind / And I'm keeping my baby."
'I Don't Give A' is also plunked down in the early portion of the set. 'Express Yourself' is said to have some surprises during the live version, while the Just Blaze remix of 'Give Me All Your Luvin" is dropped into the running order. 'Turn Up the Radio' looks to be next.
A reinvented version of the '80s classic 'Open Your Heart' will be followed by the neophyte 'Falling Free.'
'Justify My Love' hits the second half of the set, in William Orbit remix form.
Based on this information, the set list is heavy on 'MDNA' tunes, rightfully so, since she has a new album to promote.
What songs do you want to see Madge add to the set, PopCrush readers? We'd love to see her yank out 'Causin' a Commotion' or 'Who's That Girl.' Remember those?


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Researchers have found that Oregon wolves from different packs are breeding, signaling that necessary genetic interchange is taking place.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife discovered this week that a wolf born into the Imnaha pack is the breeding male in the Wenaha pack, while the most recently collared wolf _ OR-16 _ has joined the Walla Walla pack, The East Oregonian reported Wednesday ( http://is.gd/YUYo32).
State wolf coordinator Russ Morgan said while the discovery of a wolf born into one pack successfully reproducing in another is not groundbreaking, it does show that packs are dynamic and change over time.
"New individuals come in and individuals go," Morgan said. "This is the first time we've been able to genetically show it. This is a confirmation of the necessary genetic interchange among packs, and that is a good thing."
There are now six packs in eight different areas of the state, with wolves in some areas not in a big enough group to yet be considered a pack.
The discovery was made through analyzing scat from Wenaha pups. Each time a wolf is caught and collared by the state agency, a genetic sample is taken, Morgan said. The department confirmed with a genetic sample that OR-12 is the progeny of OR-2 and OR-4 of the Imnaha pack.
When OR-16 was collared, Morgan said the male yearling was a total mystery.
"We didn't know who he was," Morgan said.
The 85-pound wolf was caught accidentally by U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service personnel Nov. 1. The animal was fitted with a GPS collar, providing department biologists more detailed information regarding the wolf's location, which paid off.
Satellite downloads show OR-16 traveling with OR-10, a female yearling in the Walla Walla pack.


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News that reflects "Our Story"
NASA's mission: NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) space shuttle Enterprise
[Fly at a relatively low altitude over various parts of the New York City metropolitan area, near a variety of landmarks, including the Statue of Liberty and Intrepid. After the flyover is complete, the SCA will land at JFK] Source: NASA
Co-Creating the story with truly original content and emotional connections…
NASA asked #NYC to look up and #SpottheShuttle snap a picture and then share their stories/photos with @cnnireports and Flickr.
#SpottheShuttle is a great example of curating original content…
Instagram, yFrog and Twitpic also have thousands of images and emotions being shared.
Related articles
- Enterprise to buzz NYC landmarks (cnn.com)


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September 2017 Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Report Card
Let the good times roll!
After years of build up, September marks the start of "something big" for plug-in vehicle sales in the US. And sure, this past month also marks a full 2 years/24 months* worth of consecutive gains (an impressive accomplishment for sure), but we haven't seen anything yet.
During the month, a new year high was set, as an estimated 21,325 plug-ins were sold, up 24% from the ~17,225 moved a year ago.
All-time, September of 2017 was the 2nd best result, trailing only last December's tally (24,785).
Once again, strong results were put up by the familiar faces, as Tesla once again did its 'end of the quarter' US delivery explosion (after virtually taking July and August off) leading the gains, while at the same time cementing the Model S as the 2017 sales champion, selling an estimated near 5,000 copies in September – a 2017 high.
Unfortunately, while Tesla notched record Q3 sales overall (full details), production of the new Model 3 didn't go so well, with the company only managing to build 260 copies (about 1,400 light of Q3 guidance), and deliver 220.
Previously in August an estimated ~16,639 overall plug-in sales were made (details).
Taking the "Tesla surge" out of the picture, the Chevrolet Bolt EV outshone all others, logging more than 2,600 sales, a new all-time high for the model; unfortunately the bright light on the Bolt cast a shadow on GM's Volt, as the 53 mile extended range EV failed to meet year-over-year numbers for the 4th month in a row.
After 9 months, more than 140,000 plug-ins have been sold, and the 200,000 mark will easily fall before the year closes as we still anticipate big numbers for the Tesla Model 3 in the last month or two of the year, as well as much deeper inventory for the Toyota Prius Prime…and maybe even a handful of new, longer range 2018 Nissan LEAF sales.
Questions entering September (with answers in brackets as they come in):
- Can the Chevrolet Volt, seemingly under sales pressure from stablemate Bolt EV, snap a 5 month sales losing skid? (No, and once again – it wasn't close)
- The Chevy Bolt EV is on a 6 month sales growth streak, can GM make it 7 in a row in September as the car finds itself in more states (more deeply) this month? (Big time yes)
- Will this be the month that the Toyota Prius Prime shakes its inventory woes in the US and breaks the "2k barrier" for the first time? (Close, but no cigar)
- The next generation Nissan LEAF debuted at a special event earlier in September (details/watch here). Will the news the updated/long ranger LEAF hitting the ears of mainstream buyers slow current generation sales, and stop the (somewhat inexplicable) streak of 7 consecutive months of sales in the 4 digit range? (Surprisingly, it did not)
- In the continuing battle of "new 2018 offerings that aren't stocked so well", who will manage to sell more – the Hyundai Ioniq Electric, Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid, Honda Clarity Electric, Volvo SC60 PHEV or the new Mini Countryman Plug-In? (The new Volvo takes home the crown in September, with just under 100 sales)
Also of note: Toyota sold 184 Mirais, good for 1,044 in 2017 (vs 710 a year ago), while 14 Clarity FCV sales were noted.
Last update: Wednesday, October 4th, 7:25 PM
*On year of monthly sales improvements: We know someone is going to look at the chart and say, "hey, only ~11,467 sales were made in May of 2016, when 11,540 were logged in 2015! What gives InsideEVs?" What gives is – through an odd scheduling quirk, only 24 selling days were reported in May 2016 (versus 26 in 2015)
Below Chart: A individual run-down of each vehicle's monthly result and some analysis behind the numbers. (Previous year's monthly results can be found on our fixed Scorecard page here)
Individual Plug-In Model Sales Recap For Major Models:
(limited to vehicles with ~500 sales/or potential for 500 sales in a given month)
Chevrolet Volt:
When the Chevrolet Bolt EV first arrived on the scene, many wondered if its electrified cousin, the original GM plug-in Chevy Volt would be affected adversely.
The early returns were in the negative, as the Volt continued to sell decently enough, perhaps the two would augment each other?
However, as the Summer as arrived, and the Bolt inventory deepened and stretched out over the country, it appears that assumption was incorrect.
For the fourth consecutive month, Volt year-over-year sales have fallen, as 1,453 cars were sold in September, off 28.5% from the 2,031 sold a year ago.
Which trend will ultimately prove correct? Only time will tell.
With the slightly lower than expected sales, inventory levels of the Volt have also come down somewhat. After cresting ~6,000 units as Summer began, the plug-in Chevy has settled at a more reasonable ~5,000 unit level heading into the Fall.
The 2018 MY Volt (now at dealers) is mostly unchanged from the 2017 edition (details).
Chevrolet Bolt EV:
The Chevrolet Bolt EV was finally available nationwide in August (well, technically anyway – many states still have little-to-no inventory).
And after selling 2,107 copies in August, the all-electric Chevy set the bar even higher in September, selling a record 2,632 cars in September!
September's result put the Bolt EV within striking distance (1,046 units) of its stablemate Chevy Volt on the 2017 sales leaderboard – a result which now seems inevitable.
Also to note, the 238 mile EV has seen increasing sales month-over-month for the past 7 months.
Thanks to stronger sales, and an extended shutdown this Summer of the Bolt EV's production facility in Orion, Michigan (mostly due to plummeting Sonic sales), inventory of the Bolt has leveled off/decreased somewhat at 5,000 units in August and actually dropped by a few hundred units in September, which is a little odd as the 238 mile EV is expected to be a hot seller into the 2017 year-end.
With national distribution widening more evenly over the next few months (and the end of the 2017 tax season – for claiming the $7,500 EV fed credit), we expect to ultimately see the Bolt EV hit the ~3,000 level before the year's end.
Nissan LEAF:
The Nissan LEAF entered September as the oldest offering on the US market – going on 82 months now.
And as everyone knows by now, it will be replaced in about 3 months time, as the updated 2018 Nissan LEAF debuted earlier this month (full details here).
Is the new LEAF better? Yes, in every way…including ~43 more miles range (up to 150 miles from 107) for $700 less. Not enough? A ~225 mile, higher performance trim level arrives later in 2018 (as a 2019 MY car).
Despite the buying public long knowing the new (and better) LEAF was coming (we had been pounding the table that both a 40 kWh and a 60 kWh offering was to arrive going on two years), the 'old LEAF' has continued to sell well, thanks primarily to deep discounting. In fact, LEAF sales had notched year-over-year gains in all 8 months of 2017.
However, that is all over now, as the 2017 MY production taps are shutdown, and Nissan has near-perfectly managed inventory levels; moving from 2,000 units on average in stock in July, to 1,300 in August, to just over 600 units in September.
For last month Nissan did still manage to keep one streak active, as the company crossed into "4 digit land" for the 8th consecutive month with 1,055 deliveries, an impressive result (all things considered).
For the year (through August), 10,740 LEAFs have been sold, a gain of 16% over 2016 when 9,238 were moved over the same time in 2016.
Production of the new LEAF is underway now, with the first few copies of the 2018 LEAF reported to arrive in the US regionally in late December, with the first wave of depth arriving in January.
Toyota Prius Prime:
After 18 months of waiting for the first generation Prius plug-in to be replaced, the Toyota Prius Prime (details) arrived on US dealers lots on November 8th, and sales have not disappointed.
After setting a new high of 1,618 sales in March, Prius Prime sales has defied very low inventory levels for almost the whole year – selling a peak 1,908 in May!
Unfortunately, the Summer brought 'really low' inventory from Japan and sales dropped into the 1,600 range. However that situation started to change in August, as dealer stock moved from under a 1,000 units to more than 2,000 exiting September.
The result was that 1,899 Prius Primes were moved in September – a whisker off the 2017 high, and based on this deeper inventory that seems to be arriving now, we look for the Prius Prime to note year-highs throughout the Fall/Q4 selling season.
The Toyota not only features its own unique look, but 25 miles of all-electric range.
How high could sales go? It really is hard to say, we speculated before the model's arrive last year we felt it could touch 4,000 or 5,000 units…and given that estimate was just eclipsed in May (5,369 sales) in the Toyota's home market in Japan, (and followed by more than 4,000 in June) it seems like a realistic number, now more than ever.
When will enough inventory arrive to fill the demand void? It's still hard to say – for sure ~2,000 units is not near enough, but perhaps by year's end – after the 2018 model year production is well underway in Japan this Fall.
Why the high acceptance? The plug-in Toyota is priced right – from $27,950, which after the $4,500 federal credit is applied gives the Prime an effective price of $23,450, a price-point that is actually more than $1,000 cheaper than the base hybrid version…which should eventually translate into very strong sales once the EV is well stocked, as the standard version of the car can sell upwards of 10,000 units in a month.
BMW i3:
The BMW i3 entered the US market with a bang in 2014, but it is too bad that the initial fireworks display of sales back then was the peak – we just didn't know it at the time.
For 2017, things started rough, with just 182 sales logged in January, and 318 in February. The tune changed drastically in March (which given the i3's track record is not all that surprising), with 703 sales made, a 118% gain over March of 201 – but that was the lone bright spot. Since then sales have languished in the ~500 range.
For September specifically, sales continued to be depressed, with 538 deliveries during the month, roughly the same as the month prior.
For the year, 4,635 i3s have been sold, off 20% from last year when 5,763 had been sold through the first 9 months.
Quite frankly, the i3 as it stands today is likely too expensive for plug-in vehicle buyers, so if BMW wants to sell the EV in volumes like it did in the past, it is going to have to sharpen its pencil…and by a lot.
In late August, BMW underlined they still really didn't understand the issue behind lackluster sales or the i3 itself, by releasing a new, slightly sportier trim level – the i3s (full details here). The car gets some new styling details, some wider tires and some extra performance (+10 kW), but what the public really wants is a price cut (the new i3s is ~10% more in most markets), and a longer range option.
Tesla Model S: Tesla does not give out exact monthly sales (apparently because the public can't handle the concept of regional allocations and delivery lead times)… so we never know for sure what the monthly numbers total up to until Tesla's quarterly (or annual) updates add more clarity, but we do our best to keep our finger on the pulse of what is happening.
To come to an estimated monthly, number, we don't simply take the quarterly estimate given by Tesla and divide it by 3 and hope it all works out…it just doesn't work like that in the real world. We simply report from the data we accumulate ourselves, the first hand accounts available from the factory and from the community itself when available – and the number is what it is (see below)
Revisions/disclaimer to accuracy of prior estimates: The 2016 Model S chart has been adjusted (via US Q3 data leaked directly from Tesla) by 469 units in Q3, and 525 units in Q4. The 2015 chart was adjusted (one time) by 498 units to compensate for confirmed full year numbers. The 2014 sales chart was adjusted (one time – again after the end of the full year of estimates) 611 units to compensate for full year numbers. While past success is no guarantee of future results, InsideEVs is quite proud of its sales tracking for the Model S over the years.
That being said, we only estimate this number because Tesla does not, and to not put a number on Model S sales would be to paint an even more inaccurate overall picture of EV sales. Despite our fairly accurate track record, we are not analysts, portfolio managers and we do not own any positions in Tesla the company.
Over the past two month, we noted the almost complete lack of focus on domestic Model production by Tesla, which truthfully isn't all that uncommon, but this quarter had been especially dry after July and August, as Tesla seemed to be focused on selling down older/discontinued models and blowing out built inventory.
In fact, those suspicions were confirmed eary in October, as Tesla reported more deliveries overall in Q3 than vehicles produced – something that hasn't happened in years.
By late August however, we noted that all that had changed, and the Fremont production facility was churning out record numbers of Model S sedans, almost all headed to US customers…and that didn't stop in September.
We estimate that a 2017 high 4,860 copies were sold.
Further to those numbers, with the first real US production volume in months, we got our first real look at the model trim level distribution with just the 75 kWh and 100 kWh batteries being offered.
With Tesla "anti-selling" the Model 3, and promoting a Model S purchase 'you can get today' over the less expensive new model, sales of the entry level 75 kWh car well outpaced the 100 kWh offering. From the data we could collect, the 75 kWh Model S outsold the 100 kWh version by a rate of more than 5-to-1 in September.
Is this the new norm with US customer? Or just an obscure one-off given the high level of attention given to the Model 3's arrival (in very limited/controlled numbers) in late July, and the realization of some of the ~450,000+ reservists that there is still a long wait ahead? We tend to believe the latter, and expect the balance to equalize some in the coming months.
Tesla Model X: Like the Model S, Tesla does not itself report Model X sales, so we do our best – with all the data at our disposal to estimate monthly results for North America as best we can (For more info on that, check out our disclaimer for the Model S)
Historical accuracy/Sales Update (Oct 11th):
Tesla recently leaked US sales data for Q3 2016 put US deliveries at 5,428. Our own Q3 estimate was 5,800 for North America, which includes Canada (which ended Q3 with 389 registrations for the quarter), meaning 5,787 were actually sold – and not to brag…but that means we were only off by 13 units in Q3.
Previously in Q2 2016, Tesla reported 4,625 Model X deliveries…our estimated scorecard got within about ~55 units of the actual number (accounting for just a handful of international Model X deliveries). In Q1 we where within ~200 units.
As with the Tesla Model S, we noted very little customer orders for the Model X were actually delivered during July and August.
What we did see was a fair shake of discounted inventory and demo SUVs finding new homes in the US, and trend which continued somewhat in September, as Model X custom-built orders appeared to get off to a bit slower start to end the quarter than the S.
While the Model S production and delivery for the US went into hyper-drive by late August, the Model X appeared to diverge somewhat from the sedan in September – after a year of posting very similar results.
However to be fair, the Model S was squarely in focus late in Q3, as we suspect a fair number of the ~450,000+ reservists for the Model 3 considered a S purchase, once they received their personalized "estimated delivery" dates for the less expensive Tesla – some of which indicated over a year's worth of wait for certain trims and regions.
With that said, we still estimate a very robust 3,120 Model X utility vehicles were delivered, a 2017 high.
Tesla Model 3: It has arrived!
Just ~16 months after orders opened, and ~10 years since it was first announced (then known as the "Bluestar"), the first Model 3s were delivered on July 28th, 2017! One can check out the full delivery ceremony, and all the newly released specs (220-310 miles range, 0-60 mph in 5.1-5.6 seconds) on our full recap here.
As with Model S & X sales, Tesla is not planning to release monthly Model 3 sales in the US at this point time. Until then we do our best – with all the data at our disposal to estimate monthly results for North America as best we can (For more info on that, check out our disclaimer for the Model S).
Thankfully, in these early days (Q3 2017), pegging Model 3 sales in the US is a pretty easy task, as the complete delivery volume for July took place live at the July 28th delivery event in Fremont, California, as the first 30 cars were delivered to Tesla employees/stakeholders in the US, and one could almost count the individual cars as they left Tesla's Fremont factory in August.
Unfortunately, these early Model 3s are a virtual captured fleet as deliveries are only going to the Musk "family of company" employees and 'friends' of Tesla. And as part of the deal, no external, mass-media has been granted extended access to the car as of yet.
As for deliveries and production of the Model 3 in Q3 we had this directive from Musk to go by from July:
"Handover party for first 30 customer Model 3's on the 28th! Production grows exponentially, so Aug should be 100 cars and Sept above 1500."
Again, no sleuthing is necessary on our part to get September's results, as the company discloses overall sales numbers at the end of each quarter. With all the Model 3 sales going to the US, and knowing that just over ~105 cars were delivered in July and August…it is simple math.
Unfortunately, Tesla whiffed on its production estimates for the Model 3 in Q3 (details), and managed to build just 260 copies, selling 220 over the three months. Meaning that ~115 deliveries were made during September – a disappointing result for sure.
The company said it was aware of the issue and it was not going to impede its progress with the Model 3.
"Model 3 production was less than anticipated due to production bottlenecks. Although the vast majority of manufacturing subsystems at both our California car plant and our Nevada Gigafactory are able to operate at high rate, a handful have taken longer to activate than expected.
It is important to emphasize that there are no fundamental issues with the Model 3 production or supply chain. We understand what needs to be fixed and we are confident of addressing the manufacturing bottleneck issues in the near-term."
Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid:
The much anticipated plug-in extended range passenger van arrived in January, albeit in stealth, stuttered… and very limited in fashion.
Due to some odd quirks with production timing and plant scheduling we have had a on/off/on/off/quasi-on start for the Pacifica Hybrid as it relates to deliveries. Then there was QC holds, then launch delays. Finally, the Pacifica Hybrid officially arrived on "Earth Day" April 22nd, 2017, and customers enjoyed a good 3-4 weeks of arriving inventory…until the wheels fell off (not literally).
By June 10th a nationwide recall was announced, and all 1,677 Pacificas sold in the US and Canada had to head back to Chrysler to get a faulty diode replaced that could cause lost of power when in operation. We won't get into all the details from there (check out our June sales report for more info).
Thankfully by mid-August, salable vans began to re-appear at on Chrysler dealer lots – at least of the 2017 MY variety, and deliveries were back underway.
With that said, inventory has yet to get "super deep" and sales are still very much constrained, as model year 2018 production, despite having first gotten underway a couple months ago, have been held in a QC hold for the recalls repairs to be implemented (or waiting on 2017s to get sold first perhaps), leaving only the 'fixed' 2017 Pacifica Hybrids to make up the bulk of September's sales.
For September, we estimate that 475 Pacifica Hybrids were delivered – all of them 2017 editions.
We should note that those 2018 Pacifica Hybrids were given the 'green light' on September 25th, so we expect to see today's inventory level of about ~400 vans explode late in October, along with much higher sales to end out the year.
Also to note, Chrysler's Windsor plant, where the Pacifica Hybrid is built, is undergoing a 4 week shutdown for Grand Caravan/US regulatory tooling issues that began on October 2nd (through October 30th) – it remains to be seen how this will effect dealer inventory later in Q4, but new customer orders this month will likely take a solid ~8 weeks to get delivered.
BMW 330e:
Arriving on the US market about a year ago was the BMW 330e, which is the plug-in hybrid version of the company's high selling 3 series offering.
And while the 330e (from $44,695 including DST), physically arrived in April 2016 in a token amount, and it took BMW 9 months to begin to stock the vehicle even marginally. A process which has finally started to take hold in mid-2017.
By May 2017 some decent inventory arrived, and sales followed, as the 330 sold 475, then 499 in June.
Unfortunately, the 330e fell back this Summer and notched a 4-month low in September with just 329 sales – which was still good enough to keep it moving up the sales charts into 12th, passing a couple porrly stocked offerings from the VW Group – the VW e-Golf in July and the Audi A3 e-tron in August.
On the inventory side, the 330e peaked at around 750 cars in July, before falling back to almost 400 units – thankfully the 2018s are arriving now, and inventory is back about 700 units heading into October -hopefully on their way much, much higher – because BMW could certainly show even better results with this offering.
As for the specs, the final EPA 'real world' range rating of just 14 all-electric miles (via a 7.6 Kwh battery – 5.7 usable) was a disappointment for some hoping for a number closer to 20, but with a 75 mph top speed in "Max eDrive", it is a capable offering (featuring a 2 liter turbo inline 4) and should satisfy the traditional BMW crowd and be a strong seller.
The electric motor develops 87 hp with maximum peak torque of 184 lb-ft, when combined with the petrol engine, the total output jumps to 248 hp, with a peak torque of 310 lb-ft, allowing a sprint from 0 to 60 mph in 5.9 seconds and a top speed of 140 mph.
Audi A3 Sportback e-tron:
After selling between about ~400 copies a month in Q1 (387, 400 and 414), Audi slipped in Q2, and now into Q3.
For May Audi moved 294 A3 e-trons, before increasing to 324 copies in June.
Unfortunately, that May-to-June gain was pulled back in July and August, as just 218 and 129 plug-in Audis were sold (respectively). For September, just 85 were moved – the worst result for the car since in was introduced in 2015.
To be fair, all of this drop can be attributed to some poor planning/thin end of year inventory of the Sportback; currently only about 50-odd 2017s are left in stock. Hey Audi, make with the 2018s already!
In 2016, 4,280 copies were sold…a not insignificant contribution to the US plug-in vehicle sales scene. That said, Audi is still certainly not in the "big boys" category for EV sales, but also is definitely not in the "also rans" either.
Quirky fact not really related to EV sales, but certainly aided with the arrival of the A3 e-tron, the Audi brand has now set 80 consecutive months of record year-over-year sales in the US.
The A3 e-tron has a low price inside Audi's lineup. $38,900 gets you the Audi badge, 8.8 kWh of battery – good for 17-odd miles of real world driving…and federal credit of $4,158, which is significant because this brings the e-tron package down to within $3,500 of the base MSRP of the A3.
Also a reason for decent sales numbers on the A3 e-tron…you can't get the "sportback" version of the Audi in any other trim level in the US. Check out our own early/pre-delivery review on the Audi A3 e-tron here.
Ford Fusion Energi:
The refreshed 2017 Ford Fusion Energi (details) was a fairly big hit in 2016, showing marked improvements throughout the year.
Heading into 2017, the Fusion Energi crossed back into "4 digit land" in March, as 1,002 Energis were moved in March…joining a club of just 5 other at that level. A level which the company returned to in May…but could not maintain, as just 707 copies were sold in June, and an near equal amount in July and August at 703 and 762 deliveries respectively.
In September, Ford completed the "boringest" sales report of all time, as all three of their plug-in offerings reported near identical result, with the Fusion Energi notching 763 sales…up an impressive 1 unit.
Looking at the inventory in the past, it was easy to see why (and how) so many of the new Fusion plug-ins were sold; the Fusion Energi often won the crown for the "most stocked" EV in the US … before Chevy got crazy with the Volt and Bolt EV.
With that said, Ford had been struggling to keep production on pace with demand (or they are managing inventory lower)…after having almost 3,000 in stock in mid-June, by the start of September that number fallen below 2,00 units, as the industry-wide Summer shutdown/changeover to MY 2018 was underway.
Thankfully, the 2018s began to arrive late in August, and inventory has started to deepen (around 700 2018s were in stock starting October – and growing), so we hope for higher/better results soon.
Volkswagen e-Golf:
Congratulations Volkswagen, you win our "jackass of the year" award…and 2017 isn't close to be over yet.
After a rocky start with continued dieselgate fallout, the longer range 2017 e-Golf was promised to the US after production started in Germany in late 2016.
Well, guess what? For the next nine months all VW did have the "old & busted" 2016s clogging up dealer lots – refusing to clear them out to make way for the new hotness.
Finally the 2016s are gone, and like a magical unicorn, the new/longer range 2017 edition has appeared! And yes, you heard that right, VW was so slow with the upgraded model that they are just now introducing a "2017" model as everyone else has switched to the 2018s.
Despite the lack of these 2017 e -Golfs for the bulk of the year, the older model sold decently enough (relatively speaking to historical sales), moving about ~300 copies a month on average this year until this past month.
With the 2016s exhausted, and only just over 100 copies of the "new" 2017s on hand, VW moved 187 e-Golfs in Septemeber – a 2017 low.
The 2017 plug-in VW will now feature a 35.8 kWh battery, increasing range to ~124 miles and debuted at the LA Auto Show in November (details – launch gallery/video).
Ford C-Max Energi:
If it wasn't for the impressive results of the Ford Fusion Energi every month, we probably would look at C-Max Energi results a lot differently. And in June AND July…we finally did.
Last year…for just one month, the plug-in C-Max manged to step out of the Fusion's shadow for the first time, and sold an all-time best 1,289 copies – 17% more than the Fusion Energi.
But in June and July, that trick was repeated back-to-back, as the C-Max Energi sold an impressive 936 copies, 33% more than the Fusion Energi (707) in June, then again 844 to 703 in July (+20%).
August however fell short, as the smaller Ford plug-in couldn't make it three consecutive wins in a row, but it was still close, as the C-Max plug-in moved 705 copies (just 57 behind the Fusion). In September, a similar 683 cars were sold.
Will the C-Max Energi ever get its due as a top-selling plug-in model for the US? Probably not. Especially as we just spotted the new Ford Escape Energi plug-in out testing in the US in June…a model which, along with a Focus Energi (a trademark application for which we recently uncovered), basically signifies the end of the C-Max Energi.
Fiat 500e:
When it comes to reporting plug-in sales, we have another Tesla on our hands here (as in they don't report sales).
Chrysler/Fiat has been giving us a bit of the stonewall treatment when it comes to reporting 500e sales.
UPDATE: After initially have some issues getting data on the plug-in Fiat, more registration and rebate data is now available. That being said, the number is estimated. Historically, the average margin of error per month has been about ~40 units in those moments when some confirmed data leaks out (usually from a recall). For 2016, the yearly estimated total was adjusted upwards (once) by approximately 500 units over the full 12 months.
For most of 2016, the Fiat 500e was a consistently solid performer, but 2017 results have really result move even higher (amazing what ~$100 lease deals can do!)
It is interesting to note that sales this year peaked in January (of all months) at an estimated ~752 sales, but the sales have stayed strong for most of the year.
And by most of the year, we mean up until Summer, as for some reason the 500e seems to sell less in the Summer – we aren;t quite sure why, but it might have something to do with FCA's production timing, which seems to always 'short the distance' it needs to bridge the gap between the previous model year and the next. Currently, about 300 2017s are in stock in California and Oregon, a year-low according to our calculations.
For September we estimate that 375 500es were sold.
BMW X5 xDrive40e:
The BMW X5 plug-in had an unexpectedly strong debut in the US in 2016…and only get stronger over the year.
In fact the electrified BMW SUV has seen sales as high as 876 units in 2016 (August 2016).
However, 2017 has been a bit of a disappointment for the X5 plug-in, as inventories have stayed frustratingly low (insert this complaint for almost all BMW plug-ins found in America), and sales are sure to show a year-over-year loss at this point…barring a Christmas miracle.
After a lackluster August (317 sales), September was pretty much more of the same, as 333 copies moved during the month.
And while inventory is still oppressively low (sub 300 units), we are happy to be able to report that 2018s are now arriving late in the month, representing about half the current stock. Hopefully enough plug-in SUVs will arrive that BMW can once again make a push to try and break into the 4-digit mark!
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If I've been following IEV's sales figures correctly, this puts Tesla's U.S. sales at 146,565 toward the tax credit (Apologies if my numbers are off here). If they continue to grow S/X sales at a 30% year over year rate they'll hit 177,000 in March 2018 without factoring additional M3 sales. So if they churn out 23,000 M3s between now and March 2018, they'll hit 200,000 in Q1. I think many reservation holders will be upgrading to the Long Range M3 or S75D. And some may even cross to the dark side and get a Chevy Bolt.
Awesome number again. Will we see 20k this month?
Yup, easily.
From ~21k this month, Model S+X will drop 4k due to first-month-of-quarter syndrome. Leaf will drop 500 due to lack of inventory. Model 3 should rise 500-1000 but that's about it on teh plus side.
18k would be a strong October. December will be the barn-burner.
Real story is that with over 2/3 of the card still unfilled, we're already with 400 units of the August numbers!
Fugly as it is, the Pri Prime just keeps chugging away…..lol
Perhaps not everyone shares your opinion.
Perhaps. I share his opinion on the Prius Prime having aesthetic issues. Ugly? No. Belongs in a Voltron cartoon? Definitely. Toyota did not care much for my sarcasm when I was out in Torrance this February. "wow, is that all six Miura's ever made, parked next to each other?" "Why don't you have EV charging at your headquarters?"
Really disappointing these Prius Prime Advanced buyers aren't jumping to an i3 REX lease instead. A far better car in all categories. Especially, with the revolution in safety systems going on today, you don't want to be stuck with 2017 safety systems with the soon to be available autonomous driving safety systems that should be perfected in about 3 years.
Then again, you've got to find a BMW dealer that wants to own the EV revolution. Many of the BMW dealers act like Chevy dealers, and hide the i3 like Chevy hides the Volt.
It's a better car in some categories. It's not a better car if you do a significant amount of driving on gas, as the gas performance is hindered. Even compared to the slow Prius Prime.
I'm not sure why you're talking up driver aids. Toyota is the one who is putting such systems standard on all their cars. BMW has a reduced set and makes them optional. Maybe the i3 will have more capabilities than Toyota later but I can't see why anyone would let that affect what car they bought/leased in September 2017.
Prime standard safety features:
– Dynamic Radar Cruise
– Pre-Collision Braking
– Lane-Departure Detect with Assist
– Automatic High-Beams
The shear odds of a Toyota owner switching to BMW is laughable. Toyota is all about long term quality and value for your buck. BMW is one of the least reliable brands long term there is. Someone at CarandDriver said once 'the only thing less reliable long term than a Mini might be a BMW' of course now being the same manufacturer. In that same vein Toyota purchasers are way less likely to lease and more likely to have long term ownership. It's just a different customer altogether in my opinion.
Used to be called the PiP, now it's just the PP 😉
PiP = Plug in Prius
PP = Prius Prime
I guess you didn't get the joke? P is the stuff that should be kept out of pools, so PP is…
Maybe because it looks better than the regular Prius…
HOV lane access. Big reason people buy them – and never plug them in.
Does anyone actually have evidence of this? It's something that keeps getting tossed around, but other than a few anecdotes it doesn't seem to have much basis.
Prime is cannibalizing Prius Sedan sales. Prius (Sedan + Plug-in) sales are still significantly down compared to last year.
I think that Prime could be higher, but it's inventory-constrained as Toyota's selling more per month in Japan.
(Note September sales: RAV4 Hybrid 5759, Prius HEV Sedan 5722. Very good sign for the Outlander PHEV.)
The Bolt is turning into a legitimate hit. I'll bet it leads all plug-in sales in October and November.
I'll give you those months, but not December. My prediction is that Tesla dominates with a 1-2-3 sweep for December.
I think our local Tesla service center is getting multiple trucks a week for new deliveries. The Model III showed up in a special truck, though! We have the best Tesla-related stalkers in Minnesota.
I'm honestly not convinced that Model 3 production is even going to have ramped up by December.
Not totally sure. National roll-out should help, but it's hard to separate overall trend and roll-out at the moment.
Didn't sales start of the 2018 leaf? Do you think we are going to hear anything about that?
It's tough to figure out numbers when the OEMs don't release specific sales figures, but how exactly are you estimating the Pacifica Hybrid figures? I've read that specific section multiple times and don't get it.
Thank you.
I always come here for my morning cup of kool-aid. 🙂
Here in central Virginia I have seen one other Bolt so far. Maybe twice a week I see a Leaf. I see Tesla's and Volts almost daily. Most days, I ride my electric assist bicycle past a house with THREE monster trucks, and one regular pickup (the grocery getter?). Sitting at the Tastee Freez, I see 50 pickups, and 10 full dress cruiser bikes, in the time it takes to get my order. Over half the Bolts that were available within 75 miles of here, are still available two and a half months on.
Marketplace had it a bit more in perspective.
Minor typo, but it caught my eye because it's funny: the Volt summary mentions the month of "Speteeber".
Thank you for putting this together.
That's a lot of Model Ses. Kudos.
I'm sorry to hear about the Volt, it seems obvious to me the Bolt is taking its sales away in the areas where it has been selling well. Those areas by now have good infrastructure and people can convince themselves to try a Bolt.
GM needs to market the Volt to new areas of the country which haven't had large adoption of EVs yet. It's a big country, find some new Volt buyers.
I also wonder if it is partially due to the form factor of the two cars – the Volt would be fine if you only carried small children or just as commuting, but wouldn't work at all for my lifestyle. We needed a hatch, so when I was comparing in 2014 in Canada, Leaf and Volt were only option. Went with Leaf because of form factor. Today I would go with a Bolt for the same reason.
The Volt technically is a hatchback, it's just more sedan-like than crossover-like. The Volt's shape is good for efficiency, but the Bolt's shape is definitely better for convenience and visibility.
Volt needs a price cut and Chevy needs to get quality back up to first gen Volt standards.
Is anyone else getting the website rendering strangely?
It like the old Unix style text output and formatting like old Netscape Navigator 2.1……lol
I had that issue sometimes on Sunday and Monday, but so far not today.
Running XP and Firefox here. (Okay, no "dinosaur" jokes. 🙂 ) Oddly enough, if I hit any "Reply" button, the formatting fixes itself.
Jay did address the issue in a comment or two. Something about a security upgrade to the website. Anyway, it's not just you, and InsideEVs staff is aware of the problem.
I'm glad that you finally decided to upgrade from Windows 95 and ditch your Netscape browser. Welcome to the 21st century!
Did you upgrade to a 56.6k modem yet? You could be surfing the web at blazing speeds on your dialup AOL connection. It's like dialup Ludicrous Mode!
Sometimes I'm tempted to go back to Windows 3.11. It didn't have nearly as many problems that all versions since then have had.
But actually, the most user-friendly computer I've ever used, and the only one I really have nostalgia for, is the Apple ][. Probably not gonna be easy to run a Firefox browser on the Apple ][, though, and the 64k + 64k of RAM memory is a bit sub-optimal to run modern programs. 😉
Dang Model S! Nice month!
Another good month for Bolt EV too.
Surprised that Volt still hasn't caught back up, but considering the drop off of Chevys other small sedans, the long range of the Bolt, and competition from the Prime, the sales numbers are not surprising I suppose.
Gotta think that a variety of reasons were found for Model 3 reservations to turn to a lower priced Model S 75 or 75D, especially if offered from inventory.
It is a good month overall for EVs.
The woes of Volt is mostly due to affordable BEVs with long range. Volt was always a transitional car (the best ever). But now that 200 miles+ cars are available and affordable, there is less incentives to buy the Volt.
Those who absolutely have to have the gas range are gravitating to larger PHEV or more efficient gas mode PHEVs. Plus, Prius got a huge base to draw from. So, it still sells.
But great news overall.
Model S sales push are mostly due to delay in Model 3 and underselling which pushes some of the buyer into Model S and huge inventory cars build up from last quarter.
Hi Jay,
Could you please do and update to the race to 200,000 sold/manufacturer / $7,500 phase-out calendar soon?
IIRC, GM expected to sell 30k Bolts annually. If that happens in 2017, these next 3 months will have to average more than 5200/month.
Not quite… LG stated that GM would produce over 30k Bolt EVs /Ampera-es this year. Globally, not just in the US. And the 2018 hasn't been announced yet so expect there to be remaining inventory up until the end of the year.
So I expect them to sell in the mid-to-high 20s worldwide. ~24k in the US. ~3k worldwide.
Would be happy if they sold more of course!
I just don't understand why the Fiat e500 outsells the Ford Focus Electric month after month. The FFE beats the e500 in every category including price. My only explanation is that Fiat does a better job at marketing the e500 than Ford does at marketing the FFE.
It's the lease deals. Trust me, I've only seen one Fiat 500e in Minnesota, yet a FFE is usually plugged in at the airport every week, and there's always at least one at the local EV gatherings.
Yes, for leasers it's half the price.
I may be looking at needing to buy a second car in the next six months – right now I work from home and we use a C-Max Energi for "family" driving but my WFH deal my change – and I'm not sure what used EV to get.
500e, Spark EV, and FFE are all options in my mind, though the used FFEs are currently $2k more from what I see. There is a fairly local dealer that will service 500es here in southeastern PA. FFE would be most useful otherwise since we have 3 kids – couldn't fit everybody in the 500e or Spark EV.
If you're not concerned about space I'd probably consider the Spark EV. GM EV tech is solid. Fiat 500e…bleh, maybe if it's dirt cheap.
Also if you want a 500e, I'd suggest looking at new lease deals. You can get them cheap and be rid of it in a few years when better options are available (used Bolt for example).
New 500es are not sold in Pennsylvania, but dealers do sell off-lease ines as CPO.
Trying find out about FFE from Ford dealer is next to impossible. Frankly, I am amazed Ford sold as many as it did.
Also, 500e is better than 500gasser while FFE is not so much compared to comparably priced Focus ST. I can see people going into Fiat dealer to get 500gasser and getting swayed to 500e, but I can't imagine people going for Focus ST getting swayed to FFE, especially when they can't even find out if it exists through the dealer.
Finally, see ev-vin blog about 500e lease pricing. They are the lowest cost lease EV available today.
In the area I'm in it's easy to get a 500e and hard to get a FFE. There just aren't many to be had.
And the area I'm in buys (including leases) something like 40% of all the EVs in the entire country.
So these experiences do show through in the final numbers.
My guess is that since Ford is still outsourcing the entire drivetrain, they are probably not profitable vehicles. So they simply do not stock them at the dealers. However, I believe Ford does make their PHEVs in house so they are probably actually profitable on those. I have never seen a Focus Electric on Ford dealer's new-car lot.
And Model-S had a year's high at 4,860. Champion in its class.
Good to see the Bolt hitting new highs.
Benz S-Class took a 27% hit in sales. It clocked only 1058.
Audi A8 took a 17% hit in sales. It clocked only 276.
Acura-RLX:94 units, Infiniti-Q70:550 units, Lexus-LS:432 units, BMW-935 units, Cadillac-CTS:985 units, Cadillac-XTS:1300 units, Lincoln Continental:816 units. And the total of the rest of luxury automakers comes to 6446. Model-S alone has 2/3 this #.
Meanwhile Model-3 sales of 115 in Sep is more than the 84 units of Honda Clarity sold in 2017-Q3. Seems Clarity EV is just another compliance car and customers have rejected it because of it's sub 100 mile range.
Volt for MY-2018 has gone on sale without any price reduction despite reduction in battery cost and increase in competition.
What happened to eGolf MY-2017, its sales dipped below 200 for the first time.
I'm not surprised Volt sale weren't so hot. If it's anything like my area near Syracuse, New York a search of three local Chevrolet dealers found only 5 Volts for sale. You can't sell them if the dealers don't have any.
Rick Kop
You are correct. In 100 miles radius of Chicago, there are 120 Volts and 3,200+ Malibus. Even full size SUVs like Suburban has 460+,
No wonder, Volt sales are so low.
And GM will say that customers are not there.
Tesla has over 8K in Sept, when the total is around 18K.
That is around 45% of the entire US market.
Assuming that Tesla is finally scaling up on model 3, then for the rest of the year, Tesla should account for 50-66% of all American PHEVs.
And GM nor the rest will even come close.
Yes its the home field advantage. Thus is nothing new, keep going back 5 years. The 11K tesla sold in china in All of 2016 joke of a market share is a major problem. When Model S & X has hit Peak everywhere and Waiting List = 0, the question and whar shoild be major determinant of stock price in when Model 3 Waiting List = 0 in California.
Good month for a few models. Not so good for most.
Interesting that the Mirai seems to be selling quite well, but is there any news about the Honda Clarity FCX?
Only 220 Model 3's in 3 months? Didn't the Bolt sell over 1000 in its first month?
What the next generation battery for EV needs to be:
High density
light weight
Quick charging less than 10 minutes/ 5 minutes
Long lasting more than 10000 cycles with no degradation
Solid State
Toshiba came up with a good fast charging battery recently but lacks details rare earth metals used, how much could it cost kwh, we already have cheaper technologies come out lately which haven't made it to production
Never been this long to see the final numbers 🙂
Tesla Model S deliveries in the US so far in 2017: 19,630.
It doesn't seem very likely that there will be more than 10,000 new Tesla Model S deliveries in the US in the remaining three months of 2017, so that the total number of Tesla Model S deliveries in the US in 2017 will reach the 30,000 number.
Though, in Q4 we will see some peak numbers.
That would be a very nice surprise if it would happen.
2018 End of year ranking:
#1 Tesla Model 3
#2 Nissan Leaf
#3 Chevrolet Bolt EV
#4 Toyota Prius Prime
#5 Tesla Model S
#6 Tesla Model X
#7 Chevrolet Volt
Push the LEAF down to number 6 and I believe you have it right.
My biggest deception in the recent years is that even if we maybe in a S-curve growth on the agglomerate results, there are not really any S-curve among individual models.
This year, the growth come exclusively from the new models (mainly Bolt, Prime and the bunch of new PHEV). The only models growing steadily are also new models like the Bolt and the BMW 530e. The Kia Soul EV and and Volvo XC90 have seen recent uptrend, but on really small volumes.
I would have expected that year over year, main models would have greater growth. Maybe we will see that happening in 2018 and beyond with the new LEAF, the model 3.
Jay Cole
Earlier news in insideevs.com mentioned that close to 103,000 plugins were sold worldwide in Aug, but the current dashboard says its 105,801. If the current dashboard is true, then Aug has overtaken last year december. Is that correct?
Wow – 21,325 plug-ins sold is a big #.
From December on wards, 20,000+ should become the norm.
Plugin sales are coming close to 60% of the hybrid sales and BEV sales alone are exceeding the Diesel vehicle sales.
At a price of $30,480 (incl dest charges), Honda is able to move 2200+ units of their Accord-Hybrid. For just another $4,000, we can get a Volt which has a wonderful 53 mile AER and decent 42 MPG although its smaller by 10 cu. ft.
But Volt could not sell even 2,000 units. Either GM is not providing enough supplies or dealers are not selling. Otherwise Volt should be one of the best selling cars.
Oh I forgot to mention that after Fed rebate, Volt will cost only $26,500 which is nearly 4K less than Accord-Hybrid.
Among the Honda Clarity siblings, sister BEV sold 52 while brother FEV sold 14.
Mom and dad are going to scold the foolish brother.
In a few months, mom will deliver baby sister PEV (Plugin) which is much smarter as she can run on both electricity and gasoline. Let's see what she can do.
I will make a bold prediction the the Bolt will be #1 by the end of December.
As Bolt looks like it can increase by 500 vehicles per month, that would put its Oct-Nov-Dec sales at 3100, 3600, & 4100 cars respectively. Presuming Model S flattens a bit to sell 1200, 1200, and 2500 cars respectively would put the Bolt in the #1 position.
Yep… I know… Bold!
According to other sources, Honda sold 31 of their fuel cell vehicles, not the 14 reported here.
I have no idea which figure is correct, but the trend recently seems to favour 31.


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Prep: 5 mins Cook: 25 mins
Choose a glossy, plump aubergine to make this warming vegetarian main course
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- fat17g
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- sugars6g
- fibre4g
- protein9g
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Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Drizzle the oil over the aubergine and bake in the oven for 25 mins until softened. Meanwhile, slice the tomatoes and mozzarella, then arrange on top of the aubergine. Return to oven for another 5 mins or until the cheese has melted. Scatter over some basil leaves. Serve with couscous and green salad.
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made this for a dinner party. What a mistake! Not only did it take 45 minutes to get the aubergine soft (instead of 25!), which meant that I was running late, it tasted horrible: really bland and the aubergine was almost bitter. A yucky mess that didn't get not even one positive comment from hungry guests. I do not recommend this dish and I certainly won't be making it again.


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STOCKTON - Word that Bear Creek High School Principal Shirley McNichols and Vice Principal Tim Swartz have been asked to resign buzzed through the Bear Creek High campus Thursday, leaving some students and staff members asking "why?"
STOCKTON - Word that Bear Creek High School Principal Shirley McNichols and Vice Principal Tim Swartz have been asked to resign buzzed through the Bear Creek High campus Thursday, leaving some students and staff members asking "why?"
Lodi Unified officials - Superintendent Cathy Nichols-Washer, Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education Dawn Vetica and Personnel Director Mike McKilligan - did not return multiple messages regarding the matter Thursday. But the request for the resignations of McNichols and Swartz had become public knowledge.
"It has gone viral," said English teacher Kristen Graham.
McNichols, who is in her second year as the school's principal, told The Record "no comment" in an email Thursday. Swartz, also did not return multiple messages to The Record.
Swartz has been talking to Bear Creek staff members, however.
"We were informed by the vice principal that he was released effective June 30 and he alluded that the principal had been also," said Bear Creek campus security supervisor Don Tirapelle. "We don't know why. They haven't told him."
Tirapelle said, from his perspective, both McNichols and Swartz have been dedicated to Bear Creek students.
McNichols was put in the spotlight in early February after she confiscated 1,700 copies of The Bruin Voice newspaper. She said she was worried a front-page story about campus safety would incite panic for some students.
The district office told her to release the paper, but not before a story printed in The Record about the situation had been picked up by the national media.
Bruin Voice adviser Kathi Duffel said the newspaper controversy might have been the "icing on the cake" for McNichols' release, but that she didn't think it was the main reason why the district would request her resignation.
Teachers union President Jeff Johnston said he was unaware of any grievances filed against McNichols. As far as he knew, she had a good rapport with his union members.
Swartz is known on campus by students as "Mr. T," and was lauded Thursday for his work to help spearhead the school's new Future Farmers of America program. The school has started a new agricultural science program and built an on-campus greenhouse under his watch as well.
"I've heard. I feel like it's not the smartest move because (Swartz) has done so much for the school," said sophomore Connor Revay, 15, who is a member of the FFA program.
Graham said the FFA club would not be thriving without Swartz.
"He was instrumental. We wouldn't have FFA without him. I can tell you, we will be at the March 5 board meeting to support him," she said.
Trustee Joe Nava said the Board of Trustees must approve any resignations or firings. He would not confirm that either administrator was being let go.
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Trustee Bonnie Cassel would not comment on the situation, and Trustee President Ralph Womack did not return a phone call seeking comment.
If McNichols and Swartz do indeed resign, there will be a third Bear Creek High principal hired in a three-year period. Principal Daryl Camp resigned in 2011 after he had his own run-in with The Bruin Voice. Camp had lost multiple master keys at the high school, costing the district significant money for locksmiths to re-key the campus. He sought prior review of the newspaper when he learned they would be reporting about the lost keys.
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