World Top 10 October 2013 (Updated)

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This handsome beast is hungry for green sales

Models - Energi Brothers on the Attack

With a record 19.014 plug-ins sold in October, the global market for electric cars continues to grow, thanks to record sales from several models, like the Prius Plug-In, Volvo V60 Plug-In or the Energi brothers from Ford.

In the first four positions the  #4 Prius Plug-In had record month and it's now less than 200 units behind Tesla's Model S, which should bounce back nest month. 

Behind them a lot is going on: The Outlander PHEV, helped by its Euro landing, is in comeback mode and starting to look at Zoe's fifth place with envious eyes. Also ambitious is the #7 Ford C-Max Energi, improving every month (#4 this month), distancing itself from the Kangoo ZE and now searching for the two above, while its stablemate Fusion Energi climbs to #9. The Mitsu I-Miev, which has been losing steam lately, also loses the tenth place to a strong QQ3 EV from Chery.

Still not absent from this ranking, the Volvo V60 Plug-In achieved another brilliant #6 position in October. November might see it get to the Top 10...

Pl	WORLD	Oct.	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	4.203	37.348	25	3
2	Chevrolet Volt (1)	2.357	22.367	15	1
3	Tesla Model S e)	1.058	17.024	11	7
4	Toyota Prius Plug-In	2.813	16.834	11	2
5	Renault Zoe	945	7.511	5	28
6	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	1.010	6.865	5	N/A
7	Ford C-Max Energi	1.102	5.524	4	9
8	Renault Kangoo ZE	551	4.973	3	6
9	Ford Fusion Energi	1.092	4.494	3	N/A
10	Chery QQ3 EV	454	4.207	3	8
	TOTAL	19.461	153.361

Manufacturers - Chery in #8

In the Manufacturers ranking, there's not much to say, Ford is going strong (#4 in October), and  in the bottom positions we see an update on Chery's sales (4.207 units), allowing it to climb to #8.

Pl	WORLD	Sept.	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Nissan	4.203	37.348	25	3
2	Chevrolet	2.423	22.747	15	1
3	Toyota	2.904	17.905	12	2
4	Tesla	1.058	17.037	11	9
5	Renault	1.850	14.249	11	4
6	Mitsubishi	1.462	12.778	8	5
7	Ford	2.219	11.573	8	7
8	Chery	454	4.207	3	6
9	Volvo	1.075	3.590	2	16
10	Smart	516	2.730	2	15

(1) - Includes Holden Volt, Opel and Vauxhall Ampera;
(e) - Estimate


Questions for November

1 - Which model will be #3 in November? Prius or Model S?

2 - Will the Outlander PHEV reach #5?

3 - Can the Fusion Energi reach #8?

4 - Will it be this time that the V60 Plug-In reaches the Top 10?

5 - Can Ford threaten the #7 of Mitsubishi?

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