Switzerland November 2013

Automotive

"Bullit With Butterfly Wings"

Almost There Edition

A good month for the Swiss EV market, with 139 units registered, pulling the EV share to 0,40%, just 0,01% less than last year, a number that could be reached if December sales end up strong.

This month the Renault Zoe won another #1, although with an unimpressive result of 38 units sold, barely ahead of #2...

...Which was the Tesla Model S, continuing to impress (37 units) and enabling to climb one position to #3, with hopes that it can still catch Twizy's #2 in December.

At the bottom of the YTD chart, we assist at the surefooted landing of the BMW i3 (21 units, #3 in November), and to a surprising monthly #4 of the Chevy Volt, registering 11 cars and reducing the gap between it and its disappointing brother Opel Ampera.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, this is still Renault's turf (#1 with 43% share), but GM has been wiped out of the map (In 2012 it had 26% share, now it only has 11%), and in consequence, we have new competitors on the podium, with Tesla now #2 (15%) and Nissan #3 (14% this year, just 5% the year before).

Pl	Switzerland	Nov.	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Renault Zoe	38	278	25	11
2	Renault Twizy	10	198	18	1
3	Tesla Model S	37	166	15	N/A
4	Nissan Leaf	8	158	14	6
5	Mitsubishi I-Miev	6	105	9	5
6	Opel Ampera	4	70	6	2
7	Chevrolet Volt	11	58	5	6
8	Fisker Karma	2	23	2	8
9	Citröen C-Zero	2	22	2	4
10	BMW i3	21	21	2	N/A
11	Peugeot iOn		9	1	9
12	Renault Fluence ZE		7	1	7
13 13	Tesla Roadster Think City		3 3	0 0	10 12
	TOTAL	139	1.121	100

Source: auto-suisse.ch; Manufacturers

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