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325,000 EVs (both BEV and PHEV) were sold in 2019 in the US according to an estimate from Edmunds released in a Los Angles Times article. This is a decrease of 6.88% from 349,000 units sold in 2018.
InsideEVs, which tracks EV sales through its Sales Scorecard, estimates 329,528 EV units were sold in 2019, roughly 4,500 more than Edmund's estimate and a decrease of 8.88% versus the higher 361,307 InsideEVs estimated for 2018.
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Combined PHEV + BEV sales are worth looking at, but its really BEV (and, if they become significant some day, FCEV) sales that are more interesting.
We'll learn a lot this year, because this is the first year for the Model Y. It remains an open question as to how much Model 3 (or non-Tesla BEV, for that matter) cannibalization may occur. If it is relatively low, that suggests that the EV market may scale commensurately as other new form factors are introduced, including pickup trucks.
In any case, however, I don't expect BEV sales to grow by more than ~1% of the total vehicle market per year in the US for the next five years (at least).