Italy October 2015

Best Seller in Italy?

Golf GTE Edition

Unlike other markets where sales are booming, the italian EV market is still far from its potential, having registered only 150 units last month, dropping 37% YoY, with the EV Share down to 0,15%.

Looking at the models ranking, the Nissan Leaf is in the same position of October'14, meaning in Numero Uno, followed by two Renault (Zoe in #2 and Twizy in #3), and the BMW i3.

The Volkswagen Golf GTE secured its second Best Seller of the Month trophy, tied with the Zoe, selling 28 units in October and climbing another position in the ranking to #5, making it the Rookie Of The Year in Italy.

As for the rest of the competition, only the Tesla Model S had significant sales, with 14 units sold last month.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, the chronic leader Renault is ahead, this time with 25% Share, the lowest share since 2011, followed by Nissan (18%) and BMW (13%).

Pl	Italy	Oct.	YTD	%	'14Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	25	352	17	1
2 3	Renault Zoe Renault Twizy e)	28 15	266 249	13 12	5 2
4	BMW i3 *	16	234	11	4
5	Volkswagen Golf GTE	28	156	8	N/A
6	Citröen C-Zero	1	137	7	14
7 8 9 10	Mitsu Outlander PHEV Smart Fortwo ED Tesla Model S Mercedes B-Class ED	6 6 14 8	129 110 96 72	6 5 5 4	6 3 8 N/A
11 12	Volkswagen e-Up! Volvo V60 Plug-In e)	1	45 36	2 2	9 7
13	BMW i8		35	2	N/A
14	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In		32	2	N/A
15 16 17 18 18 20 20 22 23 24	Audi A3 e-Tron Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Kia Soul EV Fiat 500e Volkswagen e-Golf Peugeot iOn Mercedes S500e Porsche Panamera Plug-In Mitsubishi I-Miev Ford Focus Electric	5 1 1	23 20 16 10 10 5 5 4 2 1	1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	N/A N/A N/A 16 15 11 N/A N/A 18 N/A
	TOTAL	150	2.045	100

Source: greenstart.it

* - 5 Bev + 11 Rex