Monday, August 25, 2014

Belgium July 2014

At least for now, Belgium is Tesla territory
BMW Shines Edition

In a general off month for EV's in Belgium, BMW won on their direct competitors, recovering a bit to Tesla (23 units sold) and substantially to Porsche (Only 10 Panamera Plug-ins sold, worst performance of the year), the bavarian automaker is now more comfortably placed in #2 both in the manufacturers and models ranking.

The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV continues to impress, it was again #4 in July, with 14 units sold, but it's still #6 YTD, behind the Nissan Leaf and Volvo V60 Plug-In, both racing neck to neck for the #4 position.

Two newcomers deserve a mention, the chinese brand BYD registered 19 e6's (Let me guess: Taxi fleet deal?) and VW registered its first 5 e-Golf's, this could be one of the markets where the german best-seller should be most successful, even the leadership could be in its sights...


PlBelgiumJulyYTD%'13Pl
1Tesla Model S23307252
2BMW i3 *29218187
3Porsche Panamera Plug-In101821512
4Nissan Leaf1311593
5Volvo V60 Plug-In1011391
6Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV14103819
7Renault Twizy e)54744
8Renault Zoe
3435
8Volkswagen e-Up!234314
10Smart Fortwo ED13136
11BYD e619190N/A
12Opel Ampera
508
12Volkswagen e-Golf550N/A
14
14
16
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
Mitsubishi I-Miev
BMW i8
Peugeot iOn
Fisker Karma
Citröen C-Zero
Toyota Prius Plug-In
McLaren P1
Renault Fluence ZE
Porsche 918
Mia Electric
2
2





1
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
N/A
14
9
N/A
14
N/A
11
N/A
13

TOTAL1341.228100

Source: febiac.be

* - 14 Bev + 15 Rex

6 comments:

  1. Damn right it is! I was in Belgium the other day, saw 3 Teslas (1 on which was in a Tesla store), mainly in Brussles. By god did I freak out! LEAFs were no where to be found but there were a number of Smart EDs and i-MiEVs.

    Maastricht is a lot different, an Outlander, Ampera and Volt every few minutes on the road, with no pure EV in sight. But I think I didn't try to look hard enough, I spent more of my time there looking at the college girls cycling and playing chicken with no one crossing the road by not getting to grips of how the pedestrian always has priority. Very weird concept to an Irishman!

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    1. Akiharu MuraseSeptember 12, 2014

      Compare Antwerp and Liege?

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  2. Teslas are indeed the EVs you see on the road most in Belgium, Zwizy and Ampera are more or less tied for second, the i3 comes after that, but I've seen a couple of Leafs as well.
    I never count the ones on dealer lots, that doesn't count :)

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  3. Tesla's brand awareness (And enthusiasm) in Belgium is widespread, my guess is that the american brand will keep on growing there for a long, long time.

    Offib: Cyclist and pedestrian priorities there are indeed a bit confusing for people not used to the local rules, the first time i drove there, i almost ran over a biker...

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  4. Akiharu MuraseSeptember 20, 2014

    Please update August sales in Belgium.

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  5. Akiharu MuraseOctober 25, 2014

    Please update September sales in Belgium.

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