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Market Wakes Up Edition
After two below-par months, in March the Italian EV market doubled last year result to 162 units, with the Nissan Leaf (54 units) presenting the best sales result of the year and making it rise to the YTD leadership.
The rest of the YTD podium is made by two Renault, with the Twizy in Second and the Zoe (#2 in March) in Third.
The surprise of the month was the BMW i3, winning the last place in the podium, with 26 units sold, beating the Renault Twizy and the Model S(!) from Tesla, the american star had a good month, selling 11 cars and rising to #6.
Final mention for the arrival of the VW e-Up!, registering its first 4 units.
| Pl | Italy | March | YTD | % | '13Pl |
| 1 | Nissan Leaf | 54 | 77 | 25 | 2 |
| 2 | Renault Twizy e) | 15 | 61 | 19 | 1 |
| 3 | Renault Zoe | 42 | 57 | 18 | 3 |
| 4 | Smart Fortwo ED | 7 | 40 | 13 | 4 |
| 5 | BMW i3 | 26 | 37 | 12 | 7 |
| 6 | Tesla Model S | 11 | 20 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | Volvo V60 Plug-In | 10 | 3 | 5 | |
| 8 | Peugeot iOn | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Volkswagen e-Up! | 4 | 4 | 1 | N/A |
| 10 | Mia Electric | 1 | 0 | 14 | |
| TOTAL | 162 | 313 | 100 |
e) Estimate
Source: greenstart.it; BSCB.
