World Top 10 September 2015 (Updated)

Models - Record Edition

Thanks mostly to another outstanding performance of the chinese market, more than 47.000 plug-ins were sold last month, which not only represents a 13% increase over the last record (42k last June), but also a significant 52% increase regarding the same month last year, pulling the YTD sales to 334k units, meaning a 54% increase over the same period in 2014, if sales keep up this pace, we should see sales reach some 500.000 units. Yep, half a million EV's in one year, this year.

And to think sales in 2012 were at around 150.000...

Thanks to the UK and its domestic market, the Outlander PHEV (4.829 units) managed to get its second Monthly Best Seller Month in three months, on the other hand, the once dominant Nissan Leaf hasn't reached the highest place in podium since May.

This brilliant performance from the Mitsu Outlander PHEV allowed it to recover the #3 from the BYD Qin, which has seen its sales dive to just 2.115 units, its worst performance since February, that drop has more to do with BYD preferring to make the higher margin Tang SUV (3.044 units, already #6 in the September ranking), than to lower Qin demand. 

Speaking of models with outstanding performances outside the YTD Top 10, better even than the Tang performance was the sales surge of the Kandi Panda EV, shooting to #5 in September, thanks to a record 3.301 units registered.

Looking at the rest of the YTD ranking, the other notable change is the Golf GTE dropping another position to #10 (It was #8 in July), changing positions with the BAIC E-Series EV.

A final word on the BEV / PHEV breakdown, currently pure electrics are winning 60% / 40%, with plug-in hybrids recovering 2% share regarding last year.

Pl	WORLD	Sep.	YTD	%	'14Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	4.257	35.948	11	1
2	Tesla Model S	4.654	32.995	10	3
3	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	4.829	28.791	9	2
4 5 6	BYD Qin BMW i3 Renault Zoe	2.115 3.361 1.665	26.156 18.040 11.782	8 5 4	7 6 9
7	Volkswagen e-Golf	1.103	11.220	3	21
8	Chevrolet Volt (1)	1.111	10.612	3	4
9	BAIC E-Series EV	2.100	10.344	3	16
10	Volkswagen Golf GTE	1.197	10.231	3	33
	TOTAL	47.598	334.500

Manufacturers -  Hot Race for Third Spot

This was the fifth consecutive month that BYD won the Best Selling Manufacturer title, again with a new personal record (6.013 units), the chinese carmaker is closing in to the leader Nissan, having recovered 1.433 units in September, there are now only 1.916 units separating them, so if all continues without major changes, BYD should surpass Nissan and become new Best Selling Manufacturer in November. 

In the race for #3, Tesla is still ahead, but with only 500 units separating it from Mitsubishi, a lot can still happen until the end of the year.

In the low end of the manufacturers ranking, things are pretty leveled, with only 96 sales separating the 12.924 units of the #9 Kandi (Back to the Top 10 after a nine months absence), from the 12.828 units of Chevrolet (#10) and 149 units ahead of the #11 Zotye (12.775), with the #12 BAIC also not that far off (10.533).

Pl	WORLD	Sep.	YTD	%	'14Pl
1	Nissan	4.580	38.888	12	1
2	BYD	6.013	36.972	11	7
3	Tesla	4.660	33.001	10	3
4	Mitsubishi	5.322	32.501	10	2
5 6 7	Volkswagen BMW Renault	2.596 3.843 2.428	23.932 22.263 17.568	7 7 5	11 9 8
8	Ford	1.799	15.338	5	5
9	Kandi	4.051	12.924	4	10
10	Chevrolet	1.273	12.828	4	6

(1) - Includes Holden Volt, Opel and Vauxhall Ampera;