Austria March 2014

"Just an ordinary guy going Shopping"

Springtime Records - Chapter Five

Great plug-in month in Austria, with 163 units registered, a new record, pulling the EV share to 0,40%, also a new record.

The race for Number One was won by the bavarian  i3 in March (39 units), but the french Zoe is still #1 YTD (79 units), with the VW e-Up! (35 units in March) just a few units behind, the next months should be entertaining to follow.

The other model to sell in significant numbers was the Tesla Model S, registering 25 new cars, allowing it to distance itself from the rest of the competition.

Pl	Austria	March	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Renault Zoe	36	79	24	1
2	BMW i3	39	68	21	8
3	Volkswagen e-Up!	35	59	18	11
4	Tesla Model S	25	38	12	5
5 6	Nissan Leaf Volvo V60 Plug-In	12 9	35 14	11 4	3 7
6	Smart Fortwo ED	2	14	4	4
8	Opel Ampera	4	12	4	6
9	Mitsubishi I-Miev	1	2	1	9
9	Renault Twizy		2	1	2
9	Ford Focus Electric		2	1	15
12	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV		1	0	N/A
	TOTAL	163	326	100

Source: http://myampera.wordpress.com

Switzerland March 2014

105 shots like this one were registered this March

Tesla Hits the Accelerator Edition

A great month for the Swiss EV market, 203 units represents the second best-selling month ever (Last December saw 247 registrations), pulling the EV share to 0,54%, 0,10% above last year.

This month Tesla sold a record 105 units of its Model S, earning the third monthly #1 title (The previous were August and September '13), and the YTD title, with 133 units, now the question is: Can Tesla continue to grow and reach the E-Class best-selling models? That means some 200 units/month, ladies and gentleman, please take your bets...

Looking at the rest of the pack, in #2 we are starting to witness a fight between the Renault Zoe and the BMW i3, with two wins for Renault (January and March) and a tie (February), with just 21 units separating them in the YTD chart, this will be an interesting race to look at.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Tesla is also ahead, with 36% share, followed by Renault (25%) and BMW (15%).

Pl	Switzerland	March	2014	%	'13Pl
1	Tesla Model S	105	133	36	2
2	Renault Zoe	34	77	21	1
3	BMW i3	29	56	15	6
4	Nissan Leaf	13	23	6	4
5	Opel Ampera	5	21	6	7
6	Mitsubishi I-Miev	4	17	5	5
7	Chevrolet Volt	4	15	4	7
8	Renault Twizy e)	5	14	4	3
9	Fisker Karma		6	2	9
10	Peugeot iOn	3	4	1	11
11	Citröen C-Zero	1	3	1	10
12	McLaren P1		2	1	N/A
	TOTAL	203	371	100

Source: auto-suisse.ch; Manufacturers

Germany March 2014

BMW i3 is the 2014 EV King in Germany. Until the e-Golf arrives, of course...

Springtime Records - Fourth Chapter

With 941 plug-ins sold in March, the German EV market has beaten by a small margin its EV Sales record, a sign of things to come? We just have to wait and see, but for now the EV Share is at 0,32%, a significant departure from the 0,22% of last year.

The BMW i3 (229 units sold) was #1 in March, increasing the lead in the YTD chart, with the second spot going for the Model S, with 143 units...That's right, the american full-size-sporty-sedan-thingy finally breaks into the three digit area, being the best foreign car here and now it must be eyeing on two main goals: 

1 - Reach the i3 numbers to win the Best Selling EV title;

2- Reach the 300-400 units/month of the other full-size-sporty-sedan-thingy (Think Audi A7, Porsche Panamera, etc.) and become the best selling car of that particular segment. Sign of the times, Tesla is now going after ICE best-sellers...

In #2 YTD we have the e-Up! (119 units), defending VW colors and waiting for the e-Golf to arrive, followed at a close distance by the Smart Fortwo ED (108 units), defending itself from the most recent competition, while further down the ranking Volvo had a great sales month, with the V60 Plug-In beating its own personal best score and selling 54 units, and even the now jurassic C30 Electric has sold 7 units, also a personal best performance.

Pl	Germany	March	YTD'14	%	'13 Pl
1	BMW i3	229	637	28	5
2	Volkswagen e-Up!	119	329	15	9
3	Smart Fortwo ED	108	298	13	1
4	Tesla Model S	143	239	11	8
5	Nissan Leaf	131	226	10	3
6	Renault Zoe	95	205	9	2
7	Volvo V60 Plug-In	54	116	5	11
8	Renault Twizy e)	15	56	2	4
9	Toyota Prius Plug-In	19	34	2	N/A
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 18	Opel Ampera Porsche Panamera Plug-In Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Ford Focus Electric Chevrolet Volt Citröen C-Zero Volvo C30 Electric Mitsubishi I-Miev Peugeot iOn	3 8 4 2 3 7 1	22 18 17 12 11 9 7 7 6	1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0	6 16 N/A 14 15 7 N/A 10 13
	TOTAL	941	2.249	100

e) estimate

Source: kba.de; Manufacturers

Japan February 2014

Duel in the (Rising) Sun Edition 

Just a little bit late, i can now report the February numbers in Japan, which is one of the the best selling months and this year continued the trend, with 4.085 units registered, 10% behind last year, but still the second best selling month ever for plug-ins, leaving the EV Share at 1,28%. 

Looking at the models ranking, the Nissan Leaf is fighting a hard race with the Outlander PHEV for the Best Selling EV title in Japan, with one monthly win for each (January for the Mitsu SUV, February for the Nissan Hatch) this year, and just 216 units separating them on the YTD chart.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Mitsubishi (49%) benefits from the Miev family to win those extra sales and stay ahead of Nissan (42%).

Pl	Japan	Feb.	2014	%	Pl '13
	Nissan Leaf	1.903	3.144	45	1
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	1.630	2.928	42	2
3	Toyota Prius Plug-In e)	200	400	6	3
4	Mitsubishi I-Miev	238	293	4	4
5	Mitsubishi Minicab Miev	98	140	2	5
6	Mitsub. Minicab Miev Truck	9	33	1	6
	TOTAL	4.085	6.938	100

e) Estimate

Source:http://evn.blog.eonet.jp; Manufacturers; http://www.samochodyelektryczne.org/

Denmark March 2014

Tesla is giving a hard time to the Leaf

Springtime Records - Third Chapter

Another market shattering records, the Danish EV Market registered 142 units in March improving the two months old record of 108 sales by 37%! 

The almost 1% EV share in March allowed the YTD figure to rise to 0,62%, more than doubling last year result (0,29%), might this be the time that plug-ins really take off in Denmark?

Looking at the models ranking, the Tesla Model S is showing an ever improving performance, having registered 79 units, a record for this market, being this the third month (After December and September) where it was the Best Selling EV in Denmark. 

Another indicator of the Model S success, the californian was the second best-selling E-Segment car, just four units behind the stalwart Merc E-Class, will this be another title for Tesla?

The Nissan Leaf, which has sold 27 cars, was second and was passed by Tesla in the YTD chart, while the fight for #3 is heating up between the Renault Zoe (Third in March) and the VW e-Up!, third YTD.

The rest of the competition have symbolic numbers, at best.

Pl	Denmark	March	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Tesla Model S	79	111	38	2
2	Nissan Leaf	27	106	36	1
3	Volkswagen e-Up!	15	40	14	5
4	Renault Zoe	19	30	10	3
5	Opel Ampera	1	3	1	8
6	BMW i3		2	1	11
7	Renault Twizy		1	2	6
7	Smart Fortwo ED		1	1	9
7	Renault Kangoo ZE	1	1	1	10
	TOTAL	142	295	100

Source: www.bilimp.dk

France March 2014

"Zero Noise, Zero Emissions". How about "Zero battery rent"?

Relief Edition

After several months selling bellow expectations, the french EV market sold 1.130 units, making it best month of the year, with some bright spots, like the slow recovery of the Zoe (279 units, best month since November), the surprise result of the Bolloré Blue Car (194 units, best result since last October), shooting to #3 this month, and another good score of the Nissan Leaf (146 units), also best result in 2014.

A final comment for the Opel Ampera, it's not everyday that we can see its sales go through the roof, but this March the Opel plug-in allegedly sold 104 units, its best performance in the Hexagon since...Ever!

Pl	France	March	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Renault Zoe	279	591	23	1
2	Renault Kangoo ZE	195	463	18	2
3	Nissan Leaf	146	361	14	3
4	Bolloré Blue Car	194	275	11	4
5	Opel Ampera	104	114	5	16
6	Goupil G3	26	105	4	6
7	Smart Fortwo ED	23	98	4	7
8	BMW i3	44	92	4	13
9	Peugeot iOn	13	59	2	11
10	Tesla Model S	25	58	2	18
11	Volvo V60 Plug-In e)	10	52	2	9
11	Renault Twizy e)	10	52	2	5
13	Citröen C-Zero	6	37	1	12
14 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22	Porsche Panamera Plug-In Volkswagen e-Up! Citröen Berlingo EV e) Toyota Prius Plug-In Mia Electric Peugeot Partner EV e) Ford Focus Electric Renault Fluence ZE Fisker Karma	5 16 10 5 5 2 2	33 33 30 27 11 10 5 2 1	1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0	14 15 N/A 8 10 N/A 22 19 21
	TOTAL	1.130	2.531	100

e) Estimate

Source: Manufacturers, Avere France, Automobile Propre

Italy March 2014

Is it just me or the i3 will suit really well in the italian streets?

Market Wakes Up Edition

After two below-par months, in March the Italian EV market doubled last year result to 162 units, with the Nissan Leaf (54 units) presenting the best sales result of the year and making it rise to the YTD leadership.

The rest of the YTD podium is made by two Renault, with the Twizy in Second and the Zoe (#2 in March) in Third.

The surprise of the month was the BMW i3, winning the last place in the podium, with 26 units sold, beating the Renault Twizy and the Model S(!) from Tesla, the american star had a good month, selling 11 cars and rising to #6.

Final mention for the arrival of the VW e-Up!, registering its first 4 units. 

Pl	Italy	March	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	54	77	25	2
2	Renault Twizy e)	15	61	19	1
3	Renault Zoe	42	57	18	3
4	Smart Fortwo ED	7	40	13	4
5	BMW i3	26	37	12	7
6	Tesla Model S	11	20	6	11
7	Volvo V60 Plug-In		10	3	5
8	Peugeot iOn	3	6	2	10
9	Volkswagen e-Up!	4	4	1	N/A
10	Mia Electric		1	0	14
	TOTAL	162	313	100

e) Estimate

Source: greenstart.it; BSCB.