Switzerland February 2016

BMW i8 is going head-to-head with the best

BMW i8 Shines Edition

The Swiss EV market registered nearly 400 units last month, up 41% YoY, a good sign for the rest of the year, with the EV Share at 1.73%.

Looking at the models ranking, there weren't many changes, the Tesla Model S had a slow month, with only 58 deliveries, its worst result in a year, but still enough to keep leading the EV ranking, with 196 units, and continue to disturb their ICE competitors, outselling the Audi A6 (191 units this year) and  running close to the BMW 5-Series (274 sales) and Mercedes E-Class (237).

The Renault Zoe registered only 20 units, its worst result in 17 months, while the BMW i8 had the same amount of sales of the french hatch, these 20 deliveries was the second best month ever for the german sports car, only beaten by the 23 units of July '15, comparing the i8's 25 units sold this year to its closest rivals (Audi R8 - 1 unit in '16; Jaguar F-Type - 6; Mercedes AMG GT - 36), BMW's car from the future looks pretty well positioned, especially considering that the i8 is actually outselling the whole BMW 6-Series lineup (Coupé, Cabrio and 4-door Grand Coupé), that have 24 units registered YTD, this is another proof that others, other than Tesla, can go head-to-head with the regular ICE-competition.

Now about that pesky Porsche 911 (184 units)...Too much to ask, BMW?

In the manufacturers ranking, Tesla continues to lead, with 23% share, followed by #2 Volkswagen (21%) and #3 Audi (13%).

Pl	Switzerland	Feb.	YTD	%	'15Pl
1 2	Tesla Model S Volkswagen Golf GTE e)	58 75	196 150	23 18	1 3
3 4	Audi A3 e-Tron  e) Mitsu. Outlander PHEV e)	55 25	110 50	13 6	4 6
5	Renault Zoe	20	49	6	5
6	BMW i3	28	45	5	2
7	Volvo V60 Plug-In e)	15	30	4	7
7 7	Mercedes B-Class ED e) Porsche Cayenne Plug-In e)	15 15	30 30	4 4	8 10
10 10 12	Kia Soul EV e) BMW i8 Nissan Leaf	10 20 9	25 25 21	3 3 2	9 14 11
13	Volkswagen e-Golf e)	10	20	2	12
13	Mercedes C350e  e)	10	20	2	21
14	Renault Kangoo ZE e)	5	10	1	16
14	Volkswagen e-Up! e)	5	10	1	18
16	Renault Twizy e)	5	8	1	13
18 19 20 21 18	Mitsubishi I-Miev Peugeot iOn Citröen C-Zero Opel Ampera Porsche 918	5 3 2	6 5 4 2 1	1 1 0 0 0	20 25 22 19 24
	TOTAL	390	847	100

Source: auto-suisse.ch