Austria July 2016 (Updated)

Hot Market Edition

Over 300 new EV's were registered in Austria last month, up 56% YoY, with 2.902 units sold this year, placing the EV Share at 1.41%.

Looking at the models ranking, the Renault Zoe was the Best Seller in July, consolidating its leadership, with 560 units, leaving the last year winner, the Tesla Model S, with the runner-up spot.

Looking at the rest of the competition, the top positions remain the same, while at the bottom, the Tesla Model X registers its first units, surely the first of many.

In the manufacturers ranking, Renault is the leader (22% Share), with the Second Placed Volkswagen (20%, up 1%) becoming increasingly menacing, while Tesla is firm in #3, with 14% share. 

Pl	Austria	July	YTD	%	'15Pl
1	Renault Zoe	54	560	19	3
2 3 4	Tesla Model S Volkswagen e-Golf BMW i3	39 33 25	401 307 252	14 11 9	1 6 2
5	Nissan Leaf	18	244	8	5
6	Kia Soul EV	28	178	6	4
7 8 9 10 11 12	Mercedes B250e Volkswagen Golf GTE e) Audi A3 e-Tron e) Volkswagen Passat GTE e) Volkswagen e-Up! BMW 225xe Act. Tourer e)	13 20 15 20 5	159 132 120 74 55 53	5 5 4 3 2 2	8 16 9 N/A 12 N/A
13 14	Renault Kangoo ZE e) Renault Twizy e)	5 5	45 44	2 2	N/A 7
15 16 16 18 19 20 20 22	Mercedes C350e   e) Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Porsche Cayenne Plug-In e) Peugeot iOn Mitsu. Outlander PHEV BMW i8 Volvo XC90 T8 e) Volvo V60 Plug-In	10 3 5 4 10	40 35 35 28 26 25 25 18	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	N/A 15 17 15 9 20 N/A 9
23 24	Citröen C-Zero Audi Q7 e-Tron e)	4 5	17 9	1 0	19 N/A
25 26	Smart Fortwo ED Porsche Panamera Plug-In	1	8 6	0 0	14 18
27	Volkswagen XL1		2	0	22
27 27	Mitsubishi I-Miev Tesla Model X	2	2 2	0 0	22 N/A
	TOTAL	324	2.902	100

Source: http://myampera.wordpress.com

Colombia June 2016

Twizzies galore in Colombia

Debut Edition

We have a new market on EV Sales, Colombia, with 269 units sold in 2015 and 73 in the first half of this year, the market is regressing, but the numbers are still significant, with the EV share now at 0.05%.

After the first pioneering years having been divided between Mitsubishi (2011 & '12) and BYD (2013 & '14) efforts, the First Year of the Electric Car in Colombia (2015) was much due to the arrival of Renault and in particular of its Twizy city vehicle, which struck a chord in the market and registered 215 units that year, being responsible for 80% of all plug-in sales.

This year the numbers are less impressive, but the tiny Renault still holds 75% of the market, leaving some scrums to its Kangoo ZE relative (#2, with 9 units) and the other plug-in models.

Looking to the upcoming months, the Renault Zoe is expected to arrive soon, with the French brand expecting to succeed at least as much as the Twizy, while BYD has also hinted to bring some novelties here. BYD Qin EV300? It would be a welcome addition, no doubt about it.

Pl	Colombia	June	YTD '16	%	'15Pl
1	Renault Twizy	16	55	75	1
2 3 3	Renault Kangoo ZE BMW i3 Nissan Leaf	1 1	9 4 4	12 5 5	3 2 N/A
5	BYD e6		1	1	N/A
TOTAL		18	73	100

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Slovenia July 2016

"Move over, Zoe, it's my turn!" - Seems to say the orange painted bully

BMW Takes the Lead Edition

A total of 89 units were registered until now, which is a 35% improvement YoY, with the EV Share rising to 0.22%, a 0.04% improvement over the 0.18% of last year, a number that places Slovenia in the same ball park as Denmark (0.24%).

BMW took the lead from Renault this year, with this year Best Seller, the i3, registering 17 units, and its PHEV relatives helping out to consolidate the German brand lead to 37% share.

Renault lost share and now has only 24% of the market, with the Zoe relegated to Second Place, with 12 units.

Looking elsewhere, the Nissan Leaf is Third, with 10 units, while the Tesla Model S is #6 with 7 deliveries, an improvement over last year, but still behind the 2014 performance, when it was Slovenia's Best Selling EV, with 11 deliveries until July. Nevertheless, looking at the broader picture, 7 units are the same sales level as the Mercedes CLS, so despite the small numbers, Tesla is making a dent in regular ICE sales.

Two interesting facts in the lowest places of the ranking:

- The Citröen C-Zero has 3 registrations this year, its best result in four(!) years, which might indicate increased interest from the local importer;

- Most importantly, the Volkswagen Group has finally realised that Slovenia has potential for EV's and registered a couple of units for demonstration purposes, let's see how this comes along, it would be important to have the Best Selling EV manufacturer in Europe to join the bandwagon. 

Pl	Slovenia	July	YTD	%	'14Pl
1 2	BMW i3 Renault Zoe	2 1	17 12	19 13	2 1
3 4 4	Nissan Leaf BMW 330e Renault Kangoo ZE	3 1 1	10 9 9	11 10 10	3 N/A 7
6 7 7	Tesla Model S Smart Fortwo ED Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	1 1	7 5 5	8 6 6	4 N/A N/A
9 10 10 12 13 13 13	BMW i8 Citröen C-Zero BMW X5 40e Kia Soul EV Audi Q7 e-Tron Volkswagen e-Golf Volkswagen e-Up!	1 1 1 1 1	4 3 3 2 1 1 1	4 3 3 2 1 1 1	6 7 N/A 7 N/A N/A N/A
TOTAL		15	89	100

Source: http://www.ads-slo.org/statistika/

New Zealand July 2016

Best. Name Plate. Ever.

Outlander PHEV is New Zealand's Favorite Plug-in

With 37 plug-ins sold last month, sales were up a spectacular 147%, with the EV Share up to 0.3%.

Looking at the models ranking, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is once again the leading force, with July being the 14th consecutive month where the Japanese SUV leads both the monthly and YTD rankings.

Below Mitsubishi's SUV, the BMW i3 is proving to be quite popular, with no real competitors to its Silver medalist status, while the Third Placed Volvo XC90 PHEV is still too close from the rest of the pack to garantee the Bronze medal soon, especially considering the perfect landing of the Mercedes C350e, with 6 units, the best debut month for a plug-in since the Outlander PHEV arrived to these shores.

A telling tale of the growing importance of this market, is that besides Mercedes, Volkswagen has also landed in July, not with the expected Golf GTE, but with the all-electric e-Golf, a surprising move, considering PHEV's own 72% of the market.

Is VW's sporty hatch reserved for later? By the way, the Mercedes SUV's would also be successfull here, so...

Pl	New Zealand	July	YTD '16	%	'15Pl
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	11	102	48	1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	BMW i3 Volvo XC90 T8 Tesla Model S BMW 225xe Active Tourer Audi A3 e-Tron Mercedes C350e BMW X5 40e Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	10 4 2 1 1 6 2	42 14 13 11 10 6 5 4	20 7 6 5 5 3 2 2	2 N/A 5 N/A 4 N/A N/A 6
10 10 12 12	Renault Kangoo ZE Renault Zoe Volkswagen e-Golf BMW 330e	1	2 2 1 1	1 1 0 0	N/A N/A N/A N/A
TOTAL		37	213	100

Source: mia.org.nz

Plug-Ins Versus Regular Hybrids

Pl	Model	2016 YTD
1	Toyota Camry Hybrid	262
2	Toyota Prius C	166
3	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	102
4	Toyota Corolla Hybrid	89
5	Lexus NX300h	62

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

Looking at the half-full cup, plug-ins have a lot of room to grow... 

Finland July 2016

BMW's Cool Kids:The  330e and 225xe Active Tourer

Cool Kids Edition

In July a total of 106 EV's were sold in Finland, up 74% YoY, with the EV Share still north of 1%.

Looking at the models ranking, while the Volvo XC90 T8 is untouchable in the leadership, with 187 units, the Second Place changed positions, with the VW Passat GTE (17 units in July, Best Seller of the Month) displacing the BMW X5 PHEV to Third, while in the Fourth position, we also had a change, with the Tesla Model S recovering the BEV leadership from the Nissan Leaf, which had a blank month, its first this year.

In the remaining positions, the BMW 330e climbed two positions to #6, while at the same time surpassed its Merc C350e nemesis.

But it wasn't the only BMW to climb in the ranking, the 225xe Act. Tourer jumped three positions to #10, making it four Bimmers in the Top 10.

With all these cool new PHEV models (Passat GTE, 330e, 225xe AT...) climbing in the ranking, the BEV/PHEV balance is becoming increasingly less...Balanced. While last year plug-in hybrids had 63% of the market, now they own 84%.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Volvo is First, with 25% share (Down 1%), followed by the increasingly menacing BMW (20%, up 4%), with Volkswagen (14%, up 1%) in Third but Mercedes (12%) is still in the race for the Bronze medal.

Pl	Finland	July	YTD '16	%	Pl '15
1 2 3	Volvo XC90 T8 Volkswagen Passat GTE BMW X5 40e	16 17 6	187 74 67	24 9 9	12 N/A 18
4	Tesla Model S	10	59	7	1
5 6 7	Nissan Leaf BMW 330e Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	16 3	54 51 47	7 6 6	5 N/A 2
8	Mercedes C350e	2	43	5	7
9 10	Mercedes GLE500e  BMW 225xe Active Tourer	4 12	33 32	4 4	N/A N/A
11 11	Volkswagen Golf GTE Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	2 3	31 31	4 4	4 3
13 14 14 16 17 18 19 20 20 20 23 23	Audi A3 e-Tron Mercedes S500e Volvo V60 Plug-In Audi Q7 e-Tron Mercedes GLC350e BMW i8 Volkswagen e-Golf Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia BMW i3 Toyota Prius Plug-In Volkswagen e-Up! Tesla Model X	3 4 4 1 1 1 1 1	24 10 10 8 7 5 4 3 3 3 1 1	3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0	6 10 8 N/A N/A 17 9 14 N/A 11 15 N/A
	TOTAL	106	788	100

Source: trafi.fi

Romania July 2016

SUV-Land

Last July was the month best ever for plug-ins in Romania, with 13 units, with YTD sales at 60, this market is growing 50% YoY. True, the starting base was small, but growth is always good, right?

With the EV Share now at 0.14%, the needle is starting to move in the Romanian market.

An interesting trend in this market is the plug-in hybrid SUV rule, being responsible for two thirds of sales, after two years of Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV dominion (2014 & '15), SUV's have diversified in the Luxury end, with the BMW X5 PHEV now leading the ranking.

The best cars are only #4, with both the Mercedes C350e and BMW i3 collecting 5 units.

Another existing trend is the Premium brands prevalence, with only Mitsubishi and Renault representing the lower priced segments. Nissan is strangely absent.

Pl	Romania	July	2016	%	Pl '15
1	BMW X5 40e	2	14	23	1
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV		10	17	3
3	Mercedes GLE500e	4	9	15	6
4	Mercedes C350e	4	5	8	8
4	BMW i3		5	8	4
4 7 7 9 10 10	Volvo XC90 T8 Renault Twizy BMW i8 Renault Zoe Tesla Model S Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	1 1	5 4 4 2 1 1	8 7 7 3 2 2	2 8 6 5 N/A 8
	TOTAL	13	60	100

Source: http://www.drpciv.ro/

Turkey July 2016

Antalya, Sun and a BMW i8. Could imagine worse vacations...

BMW i8 Best Seller

Finally we have enough information to make a (small) ranking of EV Sales in Turkey.

Basically, this is a story written only by BMW and Renault, with their plug-ins making the complete ranking.

An interesting fact is the success of the BMW i8 in Turkey, leading with 28 units registered this year, it might not sound much, especially in such a large market, but it's enough to lead not only the EV ranking, but also its sports car class, beating the 6-Series (All 3 bodies included) brethren and, most importantly, the Porsche 911, being one of the few markets where the Sports-car-golden-standard is outsold by the i8. 

Interestingly, the German Sports car was also the 2015 Best Selling EV, with the much cheaper competition playing as also rans.

This year the Renault Zoe seems poised to take the BMW i3 from the runner-up position, so it will be interesting how the race between these two ends up.

Closing the ranking, we have the Renault Twizy, slowly making its way in the tourist-friendly cities. 

Pl	Turkey	July	2016	%	Pl '15
1	BMW i8	4	28	39	1
2	Renault Zoe	16	18	25	3
3	BMW i3		17	24	2
4	Renault Twizy		9	13	4
	TOTAL	20	72	100

Source: http://www.odd.org.tr/