China All Time Top 5

2013 Chery QQ3 EV

Looking at the chinese EV ranking is like stepping in a parallel universe taken from Fringe TV Series, as they are electric cars like in other markets but with strange names and faces.

Once you get used to it, another thing that hits you are the numbers, as they are unexpectedly big, after all this was the third largest plug-in market in 2012, and also the suspicion that these numbers could be even higher, because it's difficult to get numbers from the chinese EV market, for example both Chery and Zotye numbers could be in reality some 50% higher than the ones that have been posted here.

Pl	Model	Sales (1)
1	Chery QQ3 EV (e)	6.355
2	JAC J3 EV	4.068
3	BYD F3 DM	2.731
4	BYD e6	2.607
5	Zotye TD100 EV (e)	950

(e) - Estimate

(1) - Updated until April 30th, 2013

Best-Selling models by year:
2010 - JAC J3 EV (583)
2011 - JAC J3 EV (+\-1.000)
2012 - Chery QQ3 EV (5.305)
2013(1) - Chery QQ3 EV (+\- 1.050)

Netherlands All Time Top 5

Opel Ampera and the windmills

The first two are far apart from the rest of the pack and should continue like that, at least until certain big boys arrive, like the Volvo V60 and Mitsu Outlander Plug-ins or the Tesla Model S, especially the last one should make an impact, given the success of Fisker here.

Pl	Model	Sales (1)
1	Opel Ampera	3.206
2	Toyota Prius Plug-In	1.706
3	Nissan Leaf	674
4	Chevrolet Volt	433
5	Renault Kangoo ZE	330

(1) - Updated until April 30th, 2013

Best-Selling models by year:
2010 - Think City (49)
2011 - Nissan Leaf (294)
2012 - Opel Ampera (2.696)
2013(1) - Toyota Prius Plug-In (582)

Germany All Time Top 5

A rare sight: Two people in one Twizy

This is one city-driven ranking, with only the Opel Ampera bucking the trend of small city dwellers, with the tiniest of them all in #1, thanks to a great 2012 year, the Renault Twizy holds the top spot, at least until the german electric sales champions don't arrive and take over the whole thing.

Pl	Model	Sales (1)
1	Renault Twizy	2.669
2	Smart Fortwo ED	1.472
3	Opel Ampera	1.169
4	Citröen C-Zero	919
5	Mitsubishi I-Miev	829

(1) - Updated until April 30th, 2013

Best-Selling models by year:
2010 - Smart Fortwo ED (106)
2011 - Mitsubishi I-Miev (683)
2012 - Renault Twizy (2.413)
2013(1) - Smart Fortwo ED (390)

Norway All Time Top 5

2013 Nissan Leaf

The Nissan Leaf is king here and by the looks of it, it won't give up on the best selling title anytime soon, beating sales records almost every month.

Norway has a long history of electric cars, so it's no surprise that two dinosaurs resist in this Top 5: the Think City is #3 and the homegrown Buddy EV is #4.

Pl	Model	Sales (1)
1	Nissan Leaf	3.983
2	Mitsubishi I-Miev	1.879
3	Think City	759
4	Buddy EV	754
5	Citröen C-Zero	749

(1) - Updated until April 30th, 2013

Best-Selling models by year:
2010 - Think City (331)
2011 - Mitsubishi I-Miev (1.050)
2012 - Nissan Leaf (2.298)
2013(1) - Nissan Leaf (1.304)

France All Time Top 5

2013 Renault Kangoo ZE

The Renault Kangoo ZE is sold since 2011 and since then it's selling consistently, earning for itself the best selling title in 2011 and '12, only this year there's a new kid in town, it's called Zoe and in less than a year it's already in #3, it won't be long to reach #2 and this year it might even remove the all time best selling title from the Kangoo ZE.

Pl	Model	Sales (1)
1	Renault Kangoo ZE	5.138
2	Renault Twizy	2.418
3	Renault Zoe	2.395
4	Peugeot iOn	2.169
5	Bolloré Blue Car	2.151

(1) - Updated until April 30th, 2013

Best-Selling models by year:
2010 - Mini E (50)
2011 - Renault Kangoo ZE (768)
2012 - Renault Kangoo ZE (2.869)
2013(1) - Renault Zoe (2.347)

Japan All Time Top 5

Nissan Leaf in Nagawa

The Nissan Leaf is a distant leader thanks to a consistent sales rhythm of 10.000/year since it went on sale and the Prius PHEV is profiting from a good 2012 to remain in second place, but the Mitsu Outlander PHEV is proving to be a serious contestant and if demand remains high (+\- 2.000 units/month), it could reach #2 still in 2013.

Pl	Model	Sales (1)
1	Nissan Leaf	25.373
2	Toyota Prius PHEV	12.600
3	Mitsubishi I-Miev	8.047
4	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	4.304
5	Mitsubishi Minicab Miev	3.953

(1) - Updated until April 30th, 2013

Best-Selling models by year:
2010 - Mitsubishi I-Miev (2.542)
2011 - Nissan Leaf (10.310)
2012 - Toyota Prius PHEV (12.300)
2013(1) - Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (4.304)

USA All Time Top 5

Editor's Note: I'll be offline for a few days, but to keep feeding the EV Sales weblog, i've decided to post a series of All-Time rankings of the seven largest EV Markets, that allows the analysis of long-term trends of each market.

Here's the first of those posts, dedicated to the US market:

NYPD Volt

The Chevrolet Volt rules here thanks to a great 2012, where it sold twice as much as the second place, the Prius Plug-In, also doing well that year.

Tesla's Model S has an eye in the third place and although the distance is still big, it wouldn't be surprising to see it get there this year.

Pl	Model	Sales (1)
1	Chevrolet Volt	37.008
2	Nissan Leaf	24.988
3	Toyota Prius Plug-In	15.702
4	Tesla Model S	9.603
5	Ford C.Max Energi	3.951

(1) - Updated until April 30th, 2013

Best-Selling models by year:
2010 - Tesla Roadster (+\- 600)
2011 - Nissan Leaf (9.674)
2012 - Chevrolet Volt (23.461)
2013(1) - Tesla Model S (7.050)