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| Another win for the Volt in Canada. But the competition will be stronger in '14... |
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With 3.041 EV's sold in 2013, the Canadian market grew 54% regarding '12, reaching a respectable 0,18% EV Share, mostly thanks to increased sales from the Nissan Leaf (470 units in '13 vs 240 in '12), full year sales from Tesla and new models from Ford.
Despite this, #1 went for the Chevy Volt, but it's now far from the domination it had in 2012, when it owned 67% on the market.
The Second Placed Tesla Model S was the only model to bother the Chevy leadership, winning three monthly #1's (March, July and September) and that performance could have been better if Tesla didn't had production constraints....Just like the #3 Nissan Leaf, which also had them in the Tennessee factory.
The rest of the ranking had several changes in the last days of the year, with the Ford C-Max Energi climbing to #5 and the Smart Fortwo ED to #6, with the I-Miev, which had a terrible month of December with just 2 units sold, dropped to #7, while the Fusion Energi climbed one position to #8.
For 2014, both Tesla and Nissan aren't expecting production constraints, so both of them can have a go at #1, testing for the first time Chevy leadership in Canada.
| Pl | Canada | Dec. | 2013 | % |
| 1 | Chevrolet Volt | 80 | 931 | 31 |
| 2 | Tesla Model S e) | 40 | 618 | 20 |
| 3 | Nissan Leaf | 28 | 470 | 15 |
| 4 | Toyota Prius Plug-In | 5 | 212 | 7 |
| 5 | Ford C-Max Energi | 35 | 199 | 7 |
| 6 | Smart Fortwo ED e) | 20 | 190 | 6 |
| 7 | Mitsubishi I-Miev | 2 | 168 | 6 |
| 8 | Ford Fusion Energi | 15 | 116 | 4 |
| 9 | Ford Focus Electric e) | 5 | 106 | 3 |
| 10 | Fisker Karma | 23 | 1 | |
| 11 12 | Chevrolet Spark EV Toyota RAV4 EV | 5 3 | 0 0 | |
| TOTAL | 215 | 3.041 | 100 |
e) Estimate
Source: greencarreports.com
