France May 2017

The restyled Golf plug-ins are eager to recover their laurels

Zoe pushes up French market

The French EV passenger car market went back to black in May, with 2.885 registrations last month, up 23% YoY, with YTD the market up 32% regarding the same period in 2016.

The mass delivery of the 40 kWh version of the Renault Zoe returned to positive numbers, with deliveries up to 1.230 units, while in the remaining top positions, nothing was changed regarding April, with the usual Nissan Leaf in Second, with 237 units, followed by the trendy Mercedes GLC350e (178 units, a new record) in Third, the BMW i3 in Fourth, while the VW Golf GTE closes the Top 5, with 105 deliveries, its best result in 7 months.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Renault Zoe	1.230
2	Nissan Leaf	237
3	Mercedes GLC350e	178
4	BMW i3 *	169
5	Volkswagen Golf GTE	105

In a market known for its stability, few significant changes occurred, in this case the main news were the climb to Seventh Place by the BMW 225xe Act. Tourer, thanks to 94 registrations, its best result in over a year, while the 2016 Best Selling PHEV Golf GTE jumped seven positions to #10, and its all-electric cousin, the VW e-Golf, had its best result in three years(!), delivering 26 units of the new 36 kWh version, rising to #26.

Special mention to the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, registering 75 units (Discount campaign?), its best result in 17 months, allowing it to climb to #23, while the first full deliveries month of the Second Generation Toyota Prius PHV witnessed an impressive 95 registrations, the nameplate highest result ever in France and three times the registrations made during the whole of 2016...Should the local importer receive enough units from the Mothership, and we could see it reach a Top 10 position by the end of the year.

In the brands ranking, Renault (50%, up 1%) continues to be the Master In Command, followed at a distance by BMW (9%, up 1%), and Nissan (8%, up 1%). Down in the ranking, Volkswagen is recovering ground, jumping to 4% share, up from 2% in the previous month.

Pl	France	May	2017	%	'16Pl
1	Renault Zoe	1.230	7.360	50	1
2	Nissan Leaf	237	1.168	8	2
3	BMW i3 *	169	709	5	4
4	Mercedes GLC350e	178	631	4	25
5	Peugeot iOn	55	471	3	5
6	Kia Soul EV	42	323	2	7
7	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	94	317	2	18
8	Tesla Model S	63	307	2	9
9 10 10 12 13	Volvo XC90 PHEV Mercedes C350e Volkswagen Golf GTE Volkswagen Passat GTE BMW X5 40e	29 15 105 55 45	268 222 222 216 199	2 2 2 1 1	10 25 6 20 13
14	Porsche Cayenne PHEV	42	175	1	16
15	Audi A3 e-Tron	27	170	1	12
16 17	Tesla Model X Citroen C-Zero	45 22	168 165	1 1	32 11
18	Hyundai Ioniq Electric	48	148	1	31
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35	BMW 330e Audi Q7 e-Tron Toyota Prius PHEV ** Citröen e-Mehari  Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Mercedes E350e Volkswagen e-Up! Volkswagen e-Golf Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Kia Optima PHEV Mercedes GLE500e Mitsubishi I-Miev BMW 740e BMW 530e Mini Countryman PHEV Bolloré Blue Car BMW i8 Others	34 21 95 29 75 14 21 26 7 2 12 4 6 10 13 5 10	129 121 115 110 108 87 82 54 47 44 42 39 33 28 17 14 11 29	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	23 37 37 19 22 41 27 35 15 30 33 34 38 N/A N/A 7 36
	TOTAL	2.885	14.349

Source: Avere France

* - 71 BEV + 98 REX

** - Includes 16 un. Gen 1 

Ireland May 2017

The End of an Era? - Edition

The seasonal Irish EV market is growing steadily, with YTD sales up 29%, to 514 units, with the EV share now at over 0.5%, the first time it happens here.

The local Golden Standard, the Nissan Leaf, had an additional 9 units registered last month, but for the first time in years, it has seen its leadership status threatened by a new contestant, with the Hyundai Ioniq Electric registering 10 units in May and 158 YTD, staying only 21 units behind the Maste in Command. 

Will this be a model to stand up  until the end to the five times (2011/12/14/15/16) winner Nissan Leaf? 

With the local Hyundai importer keen to deliver their BEVs (Something other importers across Europe don't seen to bother), this could be the closest race in the Emerald Island in since the Renault Fluence ZE(!) lost the 2012 title to the Nissan hatchback by three units...

Once a BEV stronghold, in 2013 it was still a 100% BEV market, PHEV's have grown last year to 37% share, but this year they have receided to just 29%, in line with the BEV recovery that has been happening all over Europe..

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Nissan is in the leadership, with 35% share, but Hyundai (31%) is growing, while BMW is Third, with 19% share.

Pl	Ireland	May	YTD	%	'15Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	9	179	35	1
2 3 4	Hyundai Ioniq Electric BMW 330e Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV	10 2	158 77 27	31 15 5	16 2 3
5 6 7	Mitsu. Outlander PHEV Renault Zoe BMW i3	2 8 2	17 15 11	3 3 3	5 8 4
8 9 9	Volkswagen Golf GTE BMW X5 40e PHEV Audi A3 e-Tron	2	8 4 4	2 1 1	6 7 14
11	BMW 225xe Active Tourer		2	0	11
11	Mercedes S500e		2	0	15
11 11 15 15 15 15 15 15	Volkswagen Passat GTE Volkswagen e-Golf Tesla Model S Porsche Panamera Plug-In Mercedes GLE500e BMW i8 BMW 740e BMW 530e	1 1	2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	17 N/A 13 20 N/A 10 N/A N/A
	TOTAL	38	514	100

Canada April 2017 & May Preview

"Canadians like me!...Weeee!...."

Chevrolet Bolt jumps to Second Place

Canada's plug-in market continues on fire, 1.221 new registrations were made in April, up 60% YoY, keeping the EV Share at a record 0.7%. 

With the Volt comfortably seated on the Best Seller seat, Chevrolet is now focused in delivering its new baby, the Bolt, in selected provinces. With 187 deliveries last month, Chevy's BEV model was for the second month in a row the Second Best Selling model (187 units), ahead of the evergreen Nissan Leaf (142 units).

With the (slow) ramp up of the Bolt deliveries, the model reached Second Place in the YTD chart, with 520 units, ahead of the Tesla Model S (482 units), now displaced to Third place. 

Looking at the remaining models, the big news were the good results of the Chrysler Pacifica PHEV, with 53 deliveries in its full sales month, jumping to #11 and now looking for a Top 10 seat. The Audi A3 e-Tron and BMW 330e have beaten their previous personal bests, with 52 and 11 units respectively, possibly due to added stock availability.

In the manufacturers ranking, Chevrolet has its leadership secured for a long time, with 41% share, followed by Tesla (21%) and Nissan (11%). 

Looking into May preliminar results, the Volt continues unharmed by the Bolt arrival, having registered its best result in 8 months, with 404 units, while the Bolt had a somewhat underwelming performance, with 177 units. Is Chevrolet not ramping up its  production fast enough?

The other significant model with available numbers is the Nissan Leaf, with 122 units, up one unit regarding May 2016.  

Pl	Canada	April	YTD	%
1	Chevrolet Volt	348	1.247	29
2	Chevrolet Bolt	187	520	12
3	Tesla Model S	85	482	11
4	Nissan Leaf	142	464	11
5 6 7 8 9	Tesla Model X Audi A3 e-Tron Kia Soul EV Volvo XC90 PHEV BMW X5 40e	75 52 49 64 21	447 188 185 164 102	10 4 4 4 2
10 11 11	BMW i3 Por. Cayenne PHEV Chr. Pacifica PHEV	21 27 53	82 75 75	2 2 2
13	Ford Focus Electric	26	57	1
14	Ford Fusion Ener. e)	10	37	1
15 16 17 18 19 19 21 22 23 24 25 25 27	BMW i8 Ford C-Max Ener. e) BMW 330e Mitsubishi I-Miev Mercedes GLE550e Mercedes S550e BMW 740e Hyun. Ioniq Electric Hyun. Sonata PHEV P. Panamera Plug-In Chevrolet Spark EV Cadillac ELR Smart Fortwo ED	10 11 11 4 10 8 4 2 1	32 29 24 23 16 11 10 9 8 3 2 2 1	1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
	TOTAL	1.221	4.295	100

Spain May 2017

The i3 is running away from the competition

BMW i3 new Leader

The EV market in Spain registered 456 sales last month, up 27% YoY, an impressive feat considering that the 2017 incentives are still far in the horizon.

YTD sales are also in great shape (+51%), with the EV Share at 0.33%, so expect record sales levels once incentives do come back.

This time we have a new Best Seller to celebrate, both in May as in the YTD ranking, with the BMW i3 now in the lead, thanks to 75 registrations in May, which comes after a record performance in April, with 79 units.

Great performance in May for the VW Golf GTE, scoring 47 units, a new record for the German hot hatch, allowing it to jump to #8, in what can only be considered a great month for VW, as the Passat GTE delivered 21 units, its best result in 14 months, while the all-electric e-Golf delivered nine units, its best result to date.

It seems the official arrival to Spain is doing wonders to Tesla, with the Model X delivering a record 13 units, allowing it to climb to #14.

On the manufacturers ranking, there were significant changes regarding the last post, as Second Placed Renault (15%, down 6%) lost more ground to the leader BMW (27%, up 4%), while in Third Place Nissan (12%, down 2%) is seeing Mitsubishi (10%) and Volkswagen (9%) come closer.

Pl	Spain	May	YTD'17	%	'16Pl
1	BMW i3 *	75	276	15	5
2	Renault Zoe	33	271	15	4
3 4 5	Nissan LeafMitsu. Outlander PHEV BMW 225xe Active Tourer	48 45 22	210 187 98	12 10 5	2 1 15
6 7	Mercedes GLC350e Tesla Model S	18 13	78 71	4 4	22 21
8	Volkswagen Golf GTE	47	64	4	11
9	BMW 330e	11	49	3	17
10	Citroen C-Zero	1	48	3	3
10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 22 23 23 23 26 26 28 29 30 30 32 32	Volkswagen Passat GTE Volvo XC90 PHEV Kia Soul EV Tesla Model X BMW X5 40e Porsche Cayenne Plug-in Kia Optima PHEV Volkswagen e-Golf Peugeot iOn BMW 530e Mercedes GLE500e Mercedes E350e Audi A3 e-Tron Volkswagen e-Up! Hyundai Ioniq Electric BMW 740e Mercedes C350e Audi Q7 e-Tron Citroen e-Mehari Mercedes S500e Mini Countryman PHEV Mercedes B250e BMW i8 Others	21 11 9 13 8 10 2 9 1 8 4 1 4 2 4 5 5 5 4 1 6 1 4 5	48 45 40 34 33 30 24 18 17 16 16 15 14 14 14 12 12 11 8 6 6 5 5 5	3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0	13 9 14 33 10 17 N/A 27 29 N/A 16 N/A 23 34 N/A 31 26 27 29 34 N/A 30 23
	TOTAL	456	1.800	100

Source: forococheselectricos.com

* - 56 BEV+19 REX

Guest Post: Win a Free Tesla while helping the Environment!

Tesla for a Cause: Carbon Pricing Awareness Raffle

Abigail Benjamin

When I was growing up, summer was the crisp chill of air conditioner hitting me as I stumbled in from the muggy backyard. During the summer, we plan cookouts, international flights, and road trips. We try to forget that engaging in these summer luxuries packs our air, water, and soil with carbon emissions that intensify all future summers to come.

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That's why businesses, legislators, and citizens around the world are calling for our governments to put a price on carbon pollution. By pricing carbon, we ensure that the societal and environmental costs of goods and services are considered in their production and consumption, incentivizing the transition to clean energy. Putting a price on carbon rebalances the way we think about and use emissions-producing goods, preventing us from unwillingly destroying our natural resources and polluting our shared land, air, and water.

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