Japan February 2013

Some nice alloys for the Outlander PHEV

With a month delay, i can report on the japanese EV market, the second largest in the world and in a upwards trend, in February there were a record 5.428 plug in sales, translating in an also record 1,59% market share, only second to the champion Norway in EV popularity.

The news this month was the rise to #1 of the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV in its only second month in the market, staying just 7 units behind the Nissan Leaf on the YTD count.

In third comes the Prius Plug-in, followed at a distance by the Mitsubishi I-Miev and the Minicab Miev.

By brands, Mitsubishi benefits from the Outlander to top the ranking possibly for the first time since...2010!

Pl.	Japan	Feb	YTD	%
1	Nissan Leaf	1.455	2.592	31
2	Mitsu. Outlander Plug-In	2.079	2.585	31
3	Toyota Prius Plug-In e)	1.200	2.300	28
4	Mitsubishi I-Miev	377	456	5
5	Mitsubishi Minicab Miev	317	375	5
	TOTALS	5.428	8.308	100

e) - Estimate

Source: Manufacturers, evn.blog.eonet.jp