World Top 20 December 2013 (Special Edition)

Models - Leaf has met his opponent

With a massive 28.000 plug-ins sold in December, the global market for electric cars continues to grow at a healthy rate, ending the year with more than 210.0000 units, with record sales from several models, like the Leaf (4.960 units), Outlander PHEV (6.887 units!), Volvo V60 Plug-In (2.004) or the Tesla Model S (2.803).

Looking at the full year ranking, the first position was for the Nissan Leaf with a record 47.549 units, followed by the Chevy Volt (28.252).

In #3 the Prius Plug-In finally won over Tesla's Model S, with a difference of just 989 units between them. 

Behind them we see the #5 Outlander PHEV, running at warp speed and being the only model to give Nissan a run for its money on the monthly ranking. This particular fight will go on in 2014, making the race for the Best Selling EV just a bit more interesting.

In Seventh YTD, the Volvo V60 Plug-In achieved yet another record in December, being with the Outlander the two biggest surprises of the year.

Because this is a full year edition, the ranking includes cars from #11 to #20, where we can see some interesting facts, like the Smart Fortwo ED in #13 and looking for a Top 10 position in '14, just like the #20 BMW i3, that has been slowly increasing sales. The e-Up! will surely feature in the Top 10, with strong initial sales (#8 in December) and still expanding to new markets.

Pl	WORLD	Dec.	2013	%	'12Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	4.960	47.484	23	3
2	Chevrolet Volt (1)	3.259	28.252	13	1
3	Toyota Prius Plug-In	1.806	23.075	11	2
4	Tesla Model S	2.803	22.186	11	7
5	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	6.887	18.444	8	N/A
6	Renault Zoe	721	8.869	4	28
7	Volvo V60 Plug-In	2.004	7.437	4	29
8	Ford C-Max Energi	862	7.353	3	9
9	Ford Fusion Energi	806	6.206	3	N/A
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Renault Kangoo ZE Chery QQ3 EV e) Mitsubishi I-Miev (2) Smart Fortwo ED Renault Twizy (3) JAC J3 EV e) Ford Focus Electric BYD e6 Misubishi Minicab Miev Volkswagen e-Up! BMW i3	467 400 239 653 162 200 169 357 59 842 527	5.886 5.007 4.769 4.130 3.062 2.500 1.894 1.684 1.464 1.465 1.318	3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	6 8 5 19 4 11 17 12 14 N/A N/A
	TOTAL	27.078	210.817

Manufacturers - Mitsubishi #3

In the Manufacturers ranking, Mitsubishi is going from strength to strength, selling a record 7.042 units, climbing again and ending the year in #3.


Above it we've got Nissan in #1 with 23% share, followed from a far by #2 Chevrolet with 14% share. 

Tesla ended in #5 with 11% share, surpassed by Mitsubishi in December, but comfortably ahead of a troubled #6 Renault and a steady #7 Ford.

Looking below the #10 Smart, we assist two rising powers: VW in #13 and BMW in #14, both of them with Top 10 ambitions in 2014.

Pl	WORLD	Dec.	2013	%	'12Pl
1	Nissan	5.025	47.577	23	3
2	Chevrolet	3.335	28.796	14	1
3	Mitsubishi	7.042	25.270	12	5
4	Toyota	1.834	24.236	11	2
5	Tesla	2.803	22.199	11	9
6	Renault	1.370	18.739	9	4
7	Ford	1.837	15.453	7	7
8	Volvo	2.023	7.524	4	16
9	Chery e)	400	5.007	2	6
10 11 12 13 14 15	Smart BYD JAC e) Volkswagen BMW Honda	653 499 200 842 527 89	4.130 2.831 2.500 1.466 1.353 1.095	2 1 1 1 1 1	15 8 11 21 12 19

(1) - Includes Holden Volt, Opel and Vauxhall Ampera;
(2) - Includes Peugeot iOn and Citröen C-Zero
(3) - Includes Nissan NMC

(e) - Estimate