Automotive
| The Minicab Miev isn't the most trendy car around, but nevertheless it made into this Top10 |
With around 40.000 sales in this Q1, a steady 32% increase over '12 Q1, many changes happened in the global Top 10, if 2012 was the year that the Chevrolet Volt took command and other Plug-In Hybrids made their mark, reaching a 50/50 share, by the end of '13 Q1 pure electrics are bouncing back, with the Nissan Leaf back to #1 (even without the japanese sales taken in account) and Tesla's Model S #2 in March and breathing on Volt's neck for #2 YTD, this translates in a rise of 8% of BEV's share to 58%.
In March the Top 10 welcomes the Mitsubishi Minicab Miev in #10 and Year-to-Date there are three new models, besides the aforementioned Minicab Miev, its stablemate Outlander PHEV is storming all the way up to #4 and the Renault Zoe has also climbed a respectable #7.
| Sensible alloys for the practical Ford C-Max |
Last years runner-up, the Prius PHEV is down three positions to #5 and the C-Max is in a discreet #9, far from the Top 5 positions it had in the last months of 2012.
Finally, the Renault Twizy is out of the Top10, with the summer on the northern hemisphere is on its way, there is still hope for the seasonal french BEV to climb again on the chart.
By brands, Mitsubishi is up three positions, now in #2 with 19% share (a rise of 12%) and three models in the Top 10, just behind Nissan (20%) and above Chevrolet (14%), Tesla (13%) and Toyota (12%).
Pl. World Top 10 March '13 YTD % Pl.'12
1 Nissan Leaf 2.912 7.785 20 3
2 Chevrolet Volt (a) 1.776 5.182 14 1
3 Tesla Model S 2.150 4.762 13 7
4 Mit. Outlander PHEV 1.719 4.304 11 N/A
5 Toyota Prius PHEV 1.364 4.151 11 2
6 Mitsubishi I-Miev (b) 535 2.174 6 5
7 Renault Zoe 1.206 1.717 5 28
8 Renault Kangoo ZE 463 1.588 4 6
9 Ford C-Max Energi 494 1.166 3 9
10 Mit. Minicab Miev 344 719 2 14
(a) - Includes Holden Volt, Opel and Vauxhall Ampera;
(b) - Includes Citröen C-Zero, Peugeot iOn.
