Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Portugal September 2017

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Renault Zoe #1

EV Sales continue on the rise in Portugal, with sales in 2017 up 101% YoY to 2.654 units, with the PEV share at a record 1.5%, there's good reasons to be optimistic and see registrations reach 4.000 units this year.

After years of underwelming performances, the Renault Zoe is finally living up to expectations, leading the market with 524 registrations, with its stock numbers (903 units) only 100 units below the most common EV in Portugal, the Nissan Leaf.

With a new Leaf landing in a few months, it will be interesting to see if the Japanese hatchback outsells its French cousin in this market.

Another popular brand is BMW, with the BMW 330e in Third Place overall, while also being the best selling PHEV, while the i3 is #4 and the BMW 530e is #8, being the highest standing Rookie

This is one of the few markets where the Mercedes C350e still outsells its GLC350e SUV-relative. Blame it on company-car deals, which is also the same reason why the BMW 330e is so well placed.

Further down the ranking, two novelties are tied in #16, the Mini Countryman PHEV has registered a record 14 units last month, with the Mini plug-in confirming to be a success story, while the VW e-Golf had 11 deliveries, a new personal best, let's hope the larger battery coincides with a renewed effort from the local importer to promote the car and place it in a Top 10 place. Considering the several months waiting list, demand won't be a problem...

In the manufacturers ranking, thanks to a strong lineup, BMW is in the lead, with 29% share (Up 1%), followed by Renault (19%) and Mercedes (16%, up 2%).

Pl
Portugal
Sept.
2017
%
Pl '16
1
2
Renault Zoe
Nissan Leaf
42
15
524
268
19
10
6
1
3BMW 330e 102339
7
4BMW i3
20
189
8
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
11
13
14
15
16
16
17
19
20
21
22
23
24
24
24
27
27
Mercedes C350e
Mitsu. Outlander PHEV
Mercedes GLC350e
BMW 530e
BMW 225xe Active Tourer
Volkswagen Passat GTE
Volvo V60 Plug-In
Mercedes E350e
Toyota Prius PHEV
Kia Soul EV
Volkswagen Golf GTE
Mini Countryman PHEV
Volkswagen e-Golf
BMW X5 40e
Hyundai Ioniq Electric
Tesla Model S   e)
BMW 740e
Tesla Model X   e)
Volvo XC90 PHEV
Audi Q7 e-Tron
Porsche Panamera PHEV
Audi A3 e-Tron
BMW i8
Porsche Cayenne PHEV
22
18
25
40
4
11
4
15
1
9
7
14
11
1
3
5
1
3


5
2
2
2
179
162
157
146
132
99
73
73
52
51
39
34
34
24
22
18
17
16
13
12
12
12
9
9
7
6
6
5
5
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
22
N/A
13
10
5
N/A
27
11
8
N/A
18
10
N/A
15
23
26
28
31
N/A
28
21
20
29

Mercedes B250e
Others
2
13
5
38
0
1
19


TOTAL3052.654100

Source: ACAP


Plug-ins and Regular Hybrids


Pl
Model
Sep. Sales  
1
Toyota Yaris Hybrid
120
2
Toyota Auris Hybrid
107
3
Toyota C-HR Hybrid
80
4
Renault Zoe
42
5
BMW 530e
40

As plug-ins reach new heights, it starts to be interesting to compare them with regular hybrids, a class completely owned by Toyota, placing three models in the podium.

Nevertheless, the Third Place seems attainable, so in the near future the Toyota domination is likely to be dented, bit by bit. 

No wonder Toyota is now heavily promoting the Hybrid lineup, the plug-in fever is on their way to overcome them....

4 comments:

  1. Congrats !
    Even better:
    2.0% plug-in market share in September.
    2.4% in August.
    2.1% in July

    Jose, sorry if I mention it a second time (the first time was many months ago): it would be so nice if, on top of the many hours you spend to give us all this so enjoyable information, you could spend a few more minutes to report the monthly market share.
    It's typically higher than the YTD market share in almost all (if not all) countries, and in many cases so much higher that it would be an extra joy to read about it.

    For me, I'm looking it up myself, but it's not the same thing...

    Some exciting examples (I know you report it for Norway):

    - Norway, September: 37.0% YTD, 48.4% for the month
    - Iceland, August: 10.9% YTD, 26.9% for the month
    - Sweden, September: 4.7% YTD, 6.1% for the month
    - Sweden, August: 4.6% YTD, 6.3% for the month
    - Netherlands, September: 1.9% YTD, 3.1% for the month
    - China, September: about 1.9% YTD, 2.4% for the month
    - China, September, Commercial: >5.0% for the month
    - China, August: about 1.8% YTD, 2.8% for the month
    - Austria, September: 2.0% YTD, 2.3% for the month
    - France, September: 1.7% YTD, 2.2% for the month
    - UK, August: 1.7% YTD, 2.2% for the month

    I hope others enjoy it as I do !

    Thanks again, Jose! Anyway.
    I promise I'll not mention it anymore !
    :-)
    Ciao

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    1. Hi Alok,

      Thanks for the input, i would like to add more times these kind of stats, but sometimes either i forget or do not have the time, i promise to have this in mind in future articles.

      Auguri,

      José

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    2. +1, montly market share is really one of the most interesting data!

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    3. Agree - the industry is expanding so quickly monthly is very interesting. Annual is still useful in case there are any monthly outliers though.

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