Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Belgium December 2015


Sprint finish: The Model S finished just ahead of the Porsche.

Tesla Model S #1

Some 350 EV's were sold in Belgium in the last month of the year, up 30% regarding the same month last year, placing the 2015 EV Share at 0.78%

The YTD sales ended below the 4.000 units, at 3.899 units, but still represented a 85% increase over 2014, so 2015 was a positive for this market.

The long race between the Tesla Model S and Porsche Cayenne Plug-In ended with all-electric model taking the upper hand, delivering 76 units versus 45 for the Porsche, thus winning the Best Seller title with a 32 units lead. It was a hard race, but the american sports-sedan managed to revalidate the 2014 title...

In the rest of the ranking, Volvo had a positive year end, with the V60 Plug-In up one position to #4, while the XC90 PHEV jumped to #13, promising a bright career for the swedish SUV in 2016.

Good result also for the #15 BMW X5 PHEV, with 34 units sold, looking that 2016 will see several Luxury SUV's in the top positions.

In the manufacturers ranking, Porsche won the 2015 title (23%), followed closely by last year winner, Tesla (21%), and with BMW in Third, with 15%.

2016 seems to be the Year of the Luxury SUV, with the Cayenne Plug-In, Volvo XC90 PHEV and BMW X5 PHEV, all looking as serious candidates to dethrone the Tesla Model S, which will have some insider competition later in the year, as the Model X starts to cross The Pond and arrive at Belgian roads. As for sales predictions, considering new incentives for purchase on the Flanders region, the growth trend will increase, so would say some 8.000 units will be sold during 2016.

PlBelgiumDec.YTD%'14Pl
1Tesla Model S76820211
2Porsche Cayenne Plug-In457882014
3
4
BMW i3 *
Volvo V60 Plug-In
23
35
386
265
10
7
2
6
5VW Golf GTE3236623
6Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV719155
7Audi A3 e-Tron10189515
8Nissan Leaf416244
9BMW i8714949
10Porsche Panamera Plug-In39623
11Mercedes B-Class ED4742N/A
12Renault Twizy187228
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Volvo XC90 T8 Plug-In
Mercedes S500e
BMW X5 40e PHEV
Mercedes C350e
VW e-Golf
Renault Zoe
Smart Fortwo ED       
59
5
34
4
2
2
1
70
69
68
49
35
33
29
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
10
7
10
20
21
21
23
24
25
25
27
28
28
30
30
30
33
Peugeot iOn
VW e-Up!
Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia
Kia Soul EV
Citröen C-Zero
Porsche 918
Toyota Prius Plug-In
Mercedes GLE500e
Ford Focus Electric
Opel Ampera
Mitsubishi I-Miev
Volkswagen XL1
McLaren P1
Volkswagen Passat GTE
2

1

7

4
2

1




23
19
19
16
8
7
7
6
3
3
2
 2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
17
12
18
18
23
21
23
N/A
N/A
16
18
N/A
23
N/A

TOTAL3513.899100

Source: febiac.be

* - 8 Bev + 15 Rex


Plug-Ins Versus Regular Hybrids


PlModel    2015
1Toyota Auris Hybrid2.686
2Toyota Yaris Hybrid1.687
3Tesla Model S820
4Porsche Cayenne Plug-In788
5Lexus NX300h622
  
If we combine regular hybrid sales with plug-ins, it is easy to see that only the Auris Hybrid and Yaris Hybrid, both from Toyota, are out of reach, as both have achieved something that plug-ins have yet to do: Reach mainstream audience. Which EV model will be the first to do so? And when? Will we have to wait for 2017 to see it?

1 comment:

  1. The ZOE was the best selling EV in Europe in 2015. And only 33 where sold in Belgium. What's up with that pathetic number? Somebody somewhere in charge isn't doing his/her job well.

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