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Breaking The Waves Edition
In a sea of small and compact cars, the Tesla Model S is making its way into success, December was the second month (September was the first) where it was the Best Selling EV in Denmark and it ended in #2 on the YTD ranking, being for the moment the most dangerous adversary of this year's Best Selling EV, the Nissan Leaf, which has sold 212 cars, a new record for yearly sales for a single model (in '12 the Fluence ZE had sold 198 units), and despite the Danish plug-in market ending with the same EV share as in 2012 (0,29%), there was a new sales record, with the 522 electric cars being sold there.
Third YTD was the Renault Zoe, with 92 units and 18% share.
Looking ahead for 2014, the Nissan Leaf will have a complicated life to renew the top spot, not only the Model S is already proving to be tough competition, but the VW e-Up! and the BMW i3 have also big ambitions, it is reported that the i3 already has a waiting list of several hundred cars...
All these new cars should pull the numbers up, i'm guessing that the 1.000 mark is possible if all goes well.
| Pl | Denmark | Dec. | YTD | % | '12Pl |
| 1 | Nissan Leaf | 21 | 212 | 41 | 4 |
| 2 | Tesla Model S | 33 | 112 | 21 | N/A |
| 3 | Renault Zoe | 16 | 92 | 18 | N/A |
| 4 | Renault Fluence ZE | 38 | 7 | 1 | |
| 5 | Volkswagen e-Up! | 14 | 30 | 6 | N/A |
| 6 | Renault Twizy | 15 | 3 | N/A | |
| 7 | Peugeot iOn | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Opel Ampera | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Renault Kangoo ZE | 3 | 1 | N/A | |
| 10 11 11 | Smart Fortwo ED Mitsubishi I-Miev BMW i3 | 1 | 2 1 1 | 0 0 0 | N/A 5 N/A |
| TOTAL | 87 | 522 | 100 |
Source: www.bilimp.dk
