I'm glad you added this Mike,
I'm glad you added this Mike, because it was an oversight on my part not to better highlight this valid reason in the story. I completely agree with those that blame poor EV sales in the past year on the fact that there are better designs on the horizon. That said, the Prius that was for sale in December was designed in 2008. Its all-new replacement is due in February. It really could not be an older design. Yet, sales went up. And oddly, Prius sales went up most strongly in California where the new Volt, new Leaf, and every other EV is for sale.