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Thanks to the precious contribution of our reader Piet, we have the EV ranking in Belgium.
A record 178 plug-ins were sold in February, with an EV Share of 0,36%, a good departure from the 0,17% that we had in 2013.
In a fragmented market, where the YTD leader has just 20% share, changes are commonplace, this month the BMW i3 jumped out of nowhere to win the Best Seller Title with 41 units, followed closely by the Tesla Model S (34 units) and the surprise Panamera Plug-In, #3 in February (31 units) and leader in the YTD ranking, making Belgium the first market where Porsche is the Best Selling EV Manufacturer. Who would image a couple of years ago that the words "Porsche", "Electric" and "Best-Seller" would be written in the same sentence?
Looking at the rest of the YTD brands ranking, last year winner, Renault, vanished from the map (#6 with 8% share), while BMW climbed from 4% in '13 to 17% share, enough to grant it the Bronze medal, behind Tesla (19%) and Porsche (20%).
| Pl | Belgium | Feb. | YTD | % | '13Pl |
| 1 | BMW i3 | 41 | 49 | 17 | 7 |
| 2 | Tesla Model S | 34 | 55 | 19 | 2 |
| 3 | Porsche Panamera Plug-In | 31 | 60 | 20 | 12 |
| 4 | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 22 | 27 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | Volvo V60 Plug-In | 17 | 38 | 13 | 1 |
| 6 | Nissan Leaf | 9 | 17 | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | Renault Zoe | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Smart Fortwo ED | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Renault Twizy | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Peugeot iOn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Renault Fluence ZE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Volkswagen e-Up! | 6 | 2 | 14 | |
| 12 | Mitsubishi I-Miev | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| 12 12 12 | Opel Ampera Citröen C-Zero Toyota Prius Plug-In | 3 1 1 | 1 0 0 | 8 N/A 14 | |
| TOTAL | 178 | 293 | 100 |
Source: febiac.be; Manufacturers
