Belgium May 2016

Volvo XC90 T8: Belgian EV Favorite.

SUV-Land Edition

May was another great month for plug-ins, with 741 EV's registered, up 119% YoY, with the EV Share steady at 1.54%, being currently one of the fastest growing markets.

SUV's continue to own the market, with all the places in the Podium belonging to that class: The BMW X5 PHEV (130 units) was the Monthly Best-Seller for the first time, followed by the Volvo XC90 T8 (120) and the Porsche Cayenne Plug-In (116 units, best result in 11 months).

Looking at the YTD ranking, the aforementioned high-end SUV's occupy the Podium, with five out of the Top 10 positions belonging to SUV's.

Looking at the changes in the ranking, there was an important shift in the Fourth Position, with the Nissan Leaf becoming the best-selling BEV, switching places with the Tesla Model S, that with only 9 units, it had its worst month in 20(!) months. Are Belgian Tesla-lovers already waiting for the Model X?

In the manufacturers ranking, BMW (26%, up 2%) has finally replaced Volvo (23%) from the leadership. In Third we have Porsche, with 12% (Up 1%)

There were an additional  4 Toyota Mirai registered last month, with the YTD numbers now at 8 units, making Belgium one of the most successful markets for the Terminator-Car.

Pl	Belgium	May	YTD	%	'15Pl
1	Volvo XC90 T8	120	868	22	13
2	BMW X5 40e	130	532	14	15
3 4	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Nissan Leaf	116 47	426 294	11 8	2 8
5	Tesla Model S	9	279	7	1
6	BMW i3 *	34	163	4	3
7	Mercedes C350e	24	160	4	16
8	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	41	139	4	N/A
9	Mercedes GLE500e	26	125	3	27
10	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	22	113	3	6
11	BMW 330e	28	110	3	N/A
12 13 14 15	Renault Zoe Audi A3 e-Tron BMW i8 Volkswagen Golf GTE	28 17 15 4	105 70 61 54	3 2 2 1	18 7 9 5
16 17 18 19	Volkswagen Passat GTE Mercedes B250e Mercedes S500e Porsche Panamera Plug-In	18 11 6 4	53 51 47 42	1 1 1 1	33 11 14 10
20 21 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 32 32 34	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia ** Volvo V60 Plug-In Renault Twizy Renault Kangoo ZE Volkswagen e-Golf Toyota Prius Plug-In Kia Soul EV Citroen C-Zero Volkswagen e-Up! Peugeot iOn Smart Fortwo ED Citroen Berlingo EV Peugeot Partner EV Opel Ampera Mercedes GLC350e	9 3 11 3 5 1 3 2 4	33 32 30 27 26 16 15 13 11 9 5 5 2 2 1	1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	21 4 15 N/A 17 25 23 24 21 20 19 N/A N/A 28 N/A
	TOTAL	741	3.919	100

Source: FEBIAC

* - 20 Bev + 14 Rex

** - 3 Pass + 6 LCV

Plug-Ins Versus Regular Hybrids

Pl	Model	May 2016
1	Toyota Auris Hybrid	193
2	BMW X5 40e	130
3	Toyota Yaris Hybrid	122
4	Volvo XC90 T8	120
5	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	116

If we combine May regular hybrid sales with plug-ins, the Toyota Auris Hybrid was #1, followed by the best selling plug-in BMW X5 PHEV, with 130 units, with the Yaris Hybrid down to Third, with 122 units.