Belgium July 2016

Off to Knokke?

Off to Knokke-Heist 

July is usually a slow selling month in Belgium, as the locals migrate massively to Oostende, Knokke -Heist and other summer resorts, but despite this, sales were up 130% to 545 EV's registered, with the EV Share steady at 1.5%.

As usual, AWD vehicles continue to top the ranking, with all podium places in July belonging to such vehicles: The Volvo XC90 T8 (91 units) was once again the Monthly Best-Seller, followed by the BMW X5 PHEV (101) and the BMW 225xe Act. Tourer (39). Interestingly, the fourth place went also to BMW, as the 330e (38 units) accentuates the strong lineup that BMW has made.

Speaking of BMW, it's i3 rose one position to #7, as the first 33kWh units were delivered. Will we see three BMW's in the Top 6 soon? I wouldn't bet against it.

Underlining the never-ending appetite of this market for SUV's, the two models with highest rises in the ranking are two recent additions to that class: The Audi Q7 e-Tron jumps to #27, while the Mercedes GLC350e does even better, climbing to #23.

In the manufacturers ranking, leader BMW (28%, up 1%) continues to increase share, while Volvo (21%, down 1%) is losing steam. In Third we have Porsche, with 11%, followed closely by Mercedes, with 10%. Fun fact, Mercedes sold 52 PHEV SUV's and only 31 plug-in cars in July...

Pl	Belgium	July	YTD	%	'15Pl
1	Volvo XC90 T8	91	1.106	21	13
2	BMW X5 40e	101	751	14	15
3 4	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Tesla Model S	21 20	534 401	10 7	2 1
5	Nissan Leaf	24	351	7	8
6	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	39	268	5	N/A
7	BMW i3 *	26	215	4	3
8	Mercedes C350e	17	208	4	16
9	BMW 330e	38	199	4	N/A
10	Mercedes GLE500e	30	179	3	27
11	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	15	143	3	6
12 13 14 15	Renault Zoe Volkswagen Passat GTE Audi A3 e-Tron BMW i8	6 26 7 5	136 111 96 73	3 2 2 1	18 33 7 9
16 17 17 19	Volkswagen Golf GTE Mercedes B250e Mercedes S500e Porsche Panamera Plug-In	4 8 6 3	69 64 62 52	1 1 1 1	5 11 14 10
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 32 34 34	Volvo V60 Plug-In Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Renault Twizy e) Mercedes GLC350e Volkswagen e-Golf Renault Kangoo ZE Toyota Prius Plug-In Audi Q7 e-Tron Kia Soul EV Citroen C-Zero Volkswagen e-Up! Peugeot iOn Smart Fortwo ED Citroen Berlingo EV Peugeot Partner EV Citröen e-Mehari Others	5 3 6 22 2 15 1 2 3	50 49 46 39 31 30 29 20 19 13 12 9 5 5 4 4 2	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	4 21 15 N/A 17 N/A 25 N/A 23 24 21 20 19 N/A N/A N/A
	TOTAL	545	5.387	100

Source: FEBIAC

* - 12 Bev + 14 Rex