Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Portugal August 2016

Image result for Mercedes C350e Portugal
Expensive (51k  €) and with a small electric range (31 kms NEDC), this Merc is one of the least
interesting PHEV's on the market, but fleet owners  in Portugal love them. for the wrong reasons

Mercedes C350e #1 

EV Sales continue on a healthy pace, despite August being a slow selling month (Locals flock to the Algarve beaches), sales were up, to 108 units, keeping the EV Share above 0.7%.

With four five leadership changes this year and three different models passing by the leadership, this is turning out to be one of the most entertaining rankings to look at, with August being no exception, due to a sales slump from the Nissan Leaf (8 units, worst result of the year), the fleet-favorite Mercedes C350e (18 units) rose to #1, with the Bronze medalist Outlander PHEV also off to vacations (9 units, worst result in 2016), the Merc won a precious advantage over its two direct competitors. 

Besides Mercedes, there was another German automaker with reasons to be happy, the BMW i3 tied with the Merc C350e in the August Best Seller trophy, with 18 units, while the BMW 330e has beaten its personal best, registering 12 units and climbing to #7 in the YTD ranking. Were not the Bavarian sedan production constrained and it would probably outsell its Mercedes arch rival...

In the manufacturers ranking, there's also a close race, with Mercedes (18%) rising to the leadership, but Nissan (18%, down 1%) is still dangerously close, while the Third placed Mitsubishi (14%, down 2%) has BMW (13%) closing in.

Pl
Portugal
August
2016
%
Pl '15
1
2
Mercedes C350e
Nissan Leaf
18
8
195
187
17
16
5
2
3Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV916514
1
4BMW i3 *
18
125
11
3
5
5
7
8
9
10
11
11
13
13
15
16
17
18
18
20
21
22
22
24
Volvo V60 Plug-In
Renault Zoe
BMW 330e
Volkswagen Golf GTE
Renault Twizy
Volvo XC90 T8
Renault Kangoo ZE
BMW 225xe Active Tourer
Kia Soul EV 
Volkswagen Passat GTE
Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia
Volkswagen e-Golf
Tesla Model S
BMW i8
Mercedes B250e
BMW X5 40e
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In
Mercedes S500e
Toyota Prius Plug-In
Volkswagen e-Up!
11
5
12
5
4
2

2
2
3

5

1
1

1


1
102
102
35
30
25
20
16
16
15
15
14
13
11
10
10
9
8
5
5
4
9
9
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
9
4
N/A
11
6
28
12
N/A
16
N/A
10
18
16
20
15
25
N/A
20
8
14
24
26
27
27
27
27
Peugeot iOn
Audi A3 e-Tron
Citröen Berlingo EV
Smart Fortwo ED
Mitsubishi I-Miev
Mercedes GLE500e




4
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
18
30
22

N/A

TOTAL1081.148100

Source: ACAP

* - 14 BEV + 4 REX



Plug-Ins Versus Regular Hybrids


PlModel   Aug. 2016 
1Toyota Yaris Hybrid61
2Toyota Auris Hybrid51
3Mercedes C350e18
4BMW i318
5BMW 330e12
  
If we combine regular hybrid sales with plug-ins, the usual two (Auris & Yaris) are in front, followed by the plug-in hybrid version of the Mercedes C-Class (C350e), tied with the BMW i3, while another PHEV shows up in #5, with the BMW 330e appearing for the first time in this ranking


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