New Zealand June 2016 (Updated)

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Outlander PHEV #1 In Reshuffled Ranking

With 176 plug-ins sold in the first half of 2016, the growth registered in NZ has slowed down significantly, up only 10%, with the EV Share slightly up to 0.25% vs 0.22% in 2015.

Looking at the models ranking, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is again the undisputed leader (For the third year in a row), with sales up 36% YoY.

Below the japanese SUV, six of the ten models are all new to New Zealand, with the surviving ones being the BMW i3 (#2 with 32 units), Audi A3 e-Tron (#6 with 9 units, down 60% YoY) and Porsche Cayenne PHEV (#7, with 4 units).

The most notable absence is the Nissan Leaf, NZ's Best Selling EV in 2012 and the second most common plug-in in this market. With Nissan giving up on this market at this point, only time will tell if it was a good business decision... 

Among this year rookies,  the best performers are the Volvo XC90 T8 (#3 with 11 units) and the BMW 225xe Act. Tourer (#5 with 10 units).

This market reshuffle increased the PHEV dominion, with plug-in hybrids now owning 73% of the market, up 6% regarding the 67% share of 2015.

Pl	New Zealand	June	YTD '16	%	'15Pl
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	22	91	52	1
2 3 3 5 6 7 8	BMW i3 Volvo XC90 T8 Tesla Model S BMW 225xe Active Tourer Audi A3 e-Tron Porsche Cayenne Plug-In BMW X5 40e	14 2 1 4 1 1	32 11 11 10 9 4 3	18 6 6 6 5 2 2	2 N/A 5 N/A 4 6 N/A
9 9 11	Renault Kangoo ZE Renault Zoe BMW 330e		2 2 1	1 1 1	N/A N/A N/A
TOTAL		45	176	100

Source: mia.org.nz

Plug-Ins Versus Regular Hybrids

Pl	Model	2016 YTD
1	Toyota Camry Hybrid	195
2	Toyota Prius C	146
3	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	91
4	Toyota Corolla Hybrid	53
5	Lexus NX300h / RX450h	53

  
If we combine regular hybrid sales with plug-ins, only the Outlander PHEV shows decent numbers against Toyota's products, but even so, far from the leader Camry Hybrid.