Japan March 2015

Mitsu Minicab Miev Truck: Best Selling Electric Pick-Up Truck. In the World. Respect.

Back to 2012

Despite a positive March (Up 32 units regarding the same month last year), YTD the Japanese EV Market is down 23%, far not only from the 10k units registered in the same period last year, but also in the first quarter of 2013, you have to go back three years to see such low numbers in this market.

Looking at the YTD models ranking, the positions don't change much, with the Leaf once more in #1, recording more or less the same number of units of March '14, while the #2 Mitsu Outlander PHEV in Japan is suffering from Mitsubishi's production constraints.

Looking at the brands ranking, Nissan (50% Share) is winning valuable advantage over Mitsubishi (35%), looking to revalidate the manufacturers ranking

Pl	Japan	Mar.	2015	%	Pl '14
1	Nissan Leaf	1.231	3.842	50	1
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	796	2.229	29	2
3	Toyota Prius Plug-In	180	640	8	3
4	BMW i3 e)	100	300	4	6
5	Mitsubishi I-Miev	60	226	3	4
6 7 8 9 9	Tesla Model S e) Mitsubishi Minicab Miev Mit. Minicab Miev Truck Honda Accord Plug-In e) BMW i8 e)	100 44 22 5 5	200 180 67 15 15	3 2 1 0 0	7 5 8 9 10
	TOTAL	2.563	7.734	100

e) Estimate

Source:http://evn.blog.eonet.jp; http://samochodyelektryczne.org/kategorie/display_rotator,page,1.htm