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A good month for the Swiss EV market, with 139 units registered, pulling the EV share to 0,40%, just 0,01% less than last year, a number that could be reached if December sales end up strong.
This month the Renault Zoe won another #1, although with an unimpressive result of 38 units sold, barely ahead of #2...
...Which was the Tesla Model S, continuing to impress (37 units) and enabling to climb one position to #3, with hopes that it can still catch Twizy's #2 in December.
At the bottom of the YTD chart, we assist at the surefooted landing of the BMW i3 (21 units, #3 in November), and to a surprising monthly #4 of the Chevy Volt, registering 11 cars and reducing the gap between it and its
Looking at the manufacturers ranking, this is still Renault's turf (#1 with 43% share), but GM has been wiped out of the map (In 2012 it had 26% share, now it only has 11%), and in consequence, we have new competitors on the podium, with Tesla now #2 (15%) and Nissan #3 (14% this year, just 5% the year before).
| Pl | Switzerland | Nov. | YTD | % | '12Pl |
| 1 | Renault Zoe | 38 | 278 | 25 | 11 |
| 2 | Renault Twizy | 10 | 198 | 18 | 1 |
| 3 | Tesla Model S | 37 | 166 | 15 | N/A |
| 4 | Nissan Leaf | 8 | 158 | 14 | 6 |
| 5 | Mitsubishi I-Miev | 6 | 105 | 9 | 5 |
| 6 | Opel Ampera | 4 | 70 | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | Chevrolet Volt | 11 | 58 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | Fisker Karma | 2 | 23 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Citröen C-Zero | 2 | 22 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | BMW i3 | 21 | 21 | 2 | N/A |
| 11 | Peugeot iOn | 9 | 1 | 9 | |
| 12 | Renault Fluence ZE | 7 | 1 | 7 | |
| 13 13 | Tesla Roadster Think City | 3 3 | 0 0 | 10 12 | |
| TOTAL | 139 | 1.121 | 100 |
Source: auto-suisse.ch; Manufacturers
I'm not sure that you can consider 139 unit sold a good month for the Swiss market. Only Tesla and Renault sold ev in "good" numbers. Nissan sold only 8 leafs. The problem may be the non-existing charging infrastructure. Basically you can charge only at home. This is funny if you consider that ABB, the world leader in fast-charging stations is based in Switzerland.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good month if we consider that it was the third best performance of the year, behind September (140 units) and June (169).
ReplyDeleteWith 0,40% share, Switzerland isn't on the forefront of EV's, like Norway or the Netherlands, but it isn't that bad on EV acceptance like, say, Italy (0,10% share), the question is that Swiss people like big, fast cars and until recently there weren't electric cars that could fill those requirements, that's why Tesla has a goldmine here.
As for fast-charging, i saw them in swiss train stations car parks, like in Lausanne, but yes, they are rare if we compare it with other countries, ABB should enforce fast-charging in Switzerland and maybe they will if the Swiss Tesla Supercharger becomes successful.