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| The first 23 units of the BMW i3 landed this July |
Leaf Fights Back Edition
After the 228 units sold by the Renault Zoe in June, in July the Nissan Leaf responded with a new personal sales record, scoring 230 sales, a second monthly #1, and also closing in to its french cousin on the YTD chart.
Unlike other markets, this one kept on improving sales in July, registering 633 units sold, a year best, thanks to the Zoe/Leaf sales competition and the landing of the homeboy BMW i3, which will surely join the previous two on the monthly fight for #1. A side effect of this sales growth is the EV Share rising to 0,195%, now just 0,003% behind last years score of 0,198%.
On a market predominantly BEV, the only Plug-In Hybrid to score significant sales is the Opel Ampera, this year down to #6 and 7% share, when in 2012 it was #2 and had 14% share.
Finally, in the brands ranking, Renault (35%) recovered the #1 spot from Smart (32%), with Nissan a distant third placed, with 15% share.
| Pl | Germany | July | YTD | % | '12Pl |
| 1 | Smart Fortwo ED e) | 100 | 1.081 | 32 | 7 |
| 2 | Renault Twizy e) | 100 | 606 | 18 | 1 |
| 3 | Renault Zoe | 154 | 541 | 16 | N/A |
| 4 | Nissan Leaf | 230 | 519 | 15 | 5 |
| 5 | Citröen C-Zero | 272 | 8 | 4 | |
| 6 | Opel Ampera | 18 | 241 | 7 | 2 |
| 7 | Mitsubishi I-Miev | 8 | 74 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Renault Fluence ZE | 0 | 33 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Peugeot iOn | 0 | 27 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | BMW i3 | 23 | 23 | 1 | N/A |
| TOTAL | 633 | 3.417 | 100 |
e) Estimate
Source: kba.de.
