UK December 2013 (Draft Edition)

Nissan Leaf feeling at home in the UK

Leaf #1 Edition

After many solicitations asking for this post, i've decided to publish a draft with the current data.
3.739 plug-ins were sold in the United Kingdom, a 26% over last year with the #1 Nissan Leaf carrying the bulk of the sales, with 1.812 units sold, almost three times more(!) than it did last year, you can say that the "Sunderland" factor did its magic here.

The rest of the podium is the same as last year, with #2 for the Prius Plug-In, followed by the Vauxhall Ampera, that keeps its third spot but it's threatened by the Renault Zoe, in #4, and the Volvo V60 Plug-In, in#5 .

Many newcomers at the second half of the ranking, with the BMW i3 being the one to watch for in 2014, probably going for the podium in the in end of '14.

Speaking of the future, Volvo, with the V60 Plug-In, and Mitsubishi, with the Outlander PHEV, are strong candidates at the podium,  just like the aforementioned BMW i3, pressuring both Renault and Toyota, while Nissan will keep on growing without caring on what goes behind it.

All this must push sales to some 5.000 units/year.

Pl	UK	2013	%	2012	%	Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	1.812	48	699	29	1
2	Toyota Prius Plug-In e)	524	14	470	16	2
3	Vauxhall Ampera e)	295	8	455	16	3
4 5	Renault Zoe Volvo V60 Plug-In e)	252 230	7 6	1 N/A	0 N/A	13 N/A
6	Renault Kangoo ZE	192	5	279	8	6
7	Renault Twizy	125	3	292	10	4
8	Citröen C-Zero e)	75	2	110	4	8
9	Peugeot iOn e)	56	1	251	9	5
10	Chevrolet Volt e)	53	1	67	2	10
11	BYD e50	50	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
12 13 14	BMW i3 e) Nissan e-NV200 Renault Fluence ZE	36 28 7	1 1 0	N/A N/A 67	N/A N/A 2	N/A N/A 10
15	Smart Fortwo ED e)	3	0	13	0	12
16	Mitsubishi I-Miev e)	1	0	107	4	9
	TOTAL	3.739	100	2.971

e) - Estimate

Source: http://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/; Manufacturers