Saturday, March 12, 2016

Switzerland February 2016

BMW i8 is going head-to-head with the best


BMW i8 Shines Edition

The Swiss EV market registered nearly 400 units last month, up 41% YoY, a good sign for the rest of the year, with the EV Share at 1.73%.

Looking at the models ranking, there weren't many changes, the Tesla Model S had a slow month, with only 58 deliveries, its worst result in a year, but still enough to keep leading the EV ranking, with 196 units, and continue to disturb their ICE competitors, outselling the Audi A6 (191 units this year) and  running close to the BMW 5-Series (274 sales) and Mercedes E-Class (237).

The Renault Zoe registered only 20 units, its worst result in 17 months, while the BMW i8 had the same amount of sales of the french hatch, these 20 deliveries was the second best month ever for the german sports car, only beaten by the 23 units of July '15, comparing the i8's 25 units sold this year to its closest rivals (Audi R8 - 1 unit in '16; Jaguar F-Type - 6; Mercedes AMG GT - 36), BMW's car from the future looks pretty well positioned, especially considering that the i8 is actually outselling the whole BMW 6-Series lineup (Coupé, Cabrio and 4-door Grand Coupé), that have 24 units registered YTD, this is another proof that others, other than Tesla, can go head-to-head with the regular ICE-competition.

Now about that pesky Porsche 911 (184 units)...Too much to ask, BMW?

In the manufacturers ranking, Tesla continues to lead, with 23% share, followed by #2 Volkswagen (21%) and #3 Audi (13%).

PlSwitzerlandFeb.YTD%'15Pl
1
2
Tesla Model S
Volkswagen Golf GTE e)
58
75
196
150
23
18
1
3
3
4
Audi A3 e-Tron  e)
Mitsu. Outlander PHEV e)
55
25
110
50
13
6
4
6
5Renault Zoe204965
6BMW i3284552
7Volvo V60 Plug-In e)153047
7
7
Mercedes B-Class ED e)
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In e)
15
15
30
30
4
4
8
10
10
10
12
Kia Soul EV e)
BMW i8
Nissan Leaf
10
20
9
25
25
21
3
3
2
9
14
11
13Volkswagen e-Golf e)1020212
13Mercedes C350e  e)1020221
14Renault Kangoo ZE e)510116
14Volkswagen e-Up! e)510118
16Renault Twizy e)58113
18
19
20
21
18
Mitsubishi I-Miev
Peugeot iOn
Citröen C-Zero
Opel Ampera
Porsche 918
5

3
2

6
5
4
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
20
25
22
19
24

TOTAL390847100



Source: auto-suisse.ch

2 comments:

  1. Why is the BMW X5 Xdrive 40e missing in the list? The car is on the market since autumn 2015. However you show no sales in 2015 and 2016. Thera are definitly cars in on the road and you can find already used cars on the market.

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    1. The qualified estimates that appear on the ranking are based in passed performances, unfortunately i have no recent data and therefore i have no idea on the performance of the most recent vehicles, like the aforementioned BMW X5 or the VW Passat GTE.

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