Canada February & March Preview

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Chevy Bolt pushes up

Canada's EV market continues on fire in February, with sales (884 units) doubling regarding the same month last year, keeping the EV Share at a record 0.7%, with the Chevrolet Volt reigning supreme.

The American car was up 161% YoY to 266 registrations, followed by the Tesla Model S (128 units) and the evergreen Nissan Leaf (113 units, up 122% YoY!).

Despite this unexpected good result from the Japanese hatchback, in the YTD ranking the Tesla Model X remained in Third.

Looking at the remaining models, the big news was the good result of the Chevrolet Bolt in its full sales month (86 units), jumping to #5, with its eyes now on a podium seat.

In the manufacturers ranking, Chevrolet is in the lead, with 36% share (up 3%), followed by Tesla (25%) and Nissan (11%). 

Looking into March preliminar results, the Volt had its best result in 6 months, with 377 units, but Chevrolet big news was the Bolt performance, with 241 units, faring far better than south of the border.

The other significant model with available numbers is the Nissan Leaf, with 144 units, up 47% YoY.  

Pl	Canada	Feb.	YTD	%
1	Chevrolet Volt	266	522	31
2	Tesla Model S	128	228	14
3	Tesla Model X	72	186	11
4	Nissan Leaf	113	178	11
5 6 7 8 9	Chevrolet Bolt Kia Soul EV Audi A3 e-Tron Volvo XC90 PHEVBMW X5 40e	86 38 35 37 25	92 85 84 65 56	5 5 5 4 3
10 11 12	Por. Cayenne PHEVBMW i3 Ford C-Max Ene.  e)	15 17 14	32 29 28	2 2 2
13	Ford Fusion Ener. e)	11	22	1
14	Chr. Pacifica PHEV	4	17	1
15 16 17 18 19 19 21 22 22 22	BMW i8 Mitsubishi I-Miev BMW 330e Mercedes GLE550e BMW 740e Hyun. Sonata PHEV Ford Focus ElectricP. Panamera Plug-In Mercedes S550e Chevrolet Spark EV	6 3 7 3 2 1 1	14 9 8 6 4 4 2 1 1 1	1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
	TOTAL	884	1.674	100

Tesla Model S & Others

Pl	Model	Feb. Sales
1	Mercedes E & CLS	168
2	Tesla Model S	128
3	BMW 5 Series	123
4	Audi A6	86
5	Mercedes S-Class	66

Looking at the full-size vehicles class, the surprise is the Tesla Model S standing in between the usual best sellers from Mercedes and BMW, by reaching Second Place in an off-peak month.

Will we see it reach the leadership in March? I wouldn't bet against it.