Automotive
Models - A Whole Lotta Records
This great performance shows in the individual sales, where four cars got new sales records, those being the Prius Plug-in (2.932 units), Fusion Energi (1.352), BYD Qin (1.008) and BMW i3.
Another sign of a good global performance, is that seven cars sold in the thousands, when a year ago only four achieved those numbers.
Looking to models ranking, the leader Nissan Leaf lost another 1% in share, with the less than stellar performance in Europe to blame.
Only one position change this time, with the Ford Fusion surpassing the BYD Qin to reach #6.
Out of the Top 10 but with deserved references, the Renault Zoe was #9 in May, while the Ford C-Max Energi was #10, with this last one ending just 17 units away (3.015) from the VW e-Up! in the YTD ranking.
| Pl | WORLD | May | YTD | % | '13Pl |
| 1 | Nissan Leaf | 4.757 | 22.074 | 22 | 1 |
| 2 | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 2.296 | 10.575 | 10 | 5 |
| 3 | Tesla Model S | 2.307 | 10.506 | 10 | 4 |
| 4 | Toyota Prius Plug-In | 2.932 | 9.053 | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | Chevrolet Volt (1) | 1.885 | 7.863 | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | Ford Fusion Energi | 1.352 | 4.346 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | BYD Qin | 1.008 | 4.302 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | BMW i3 | 983 | 3.836 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Chery QQ3 EV e) | 600 | 3.216 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Volkswagen e-Up! | 718 | 3.032 | 3 | 18 |
| TOTAL | 24.414 | 100.841 |
Manufacturers - Toyota month
In the Manufacturers ranking, the star of the month was Toyota, #2 in May and running away with its #4 from Chevrolet and Ford.
The #7 BYD continues to improve with yet another sales record (Now at 1.261 units/month), but with Renault back on track (1.450 units sold), the fight for #7 should be interesting.
In #10 is for Chery, taking credit for the increased demand of plug-ins in China, but VW is just 74 units behind....
| Pl | WORLD | May | YTD | % | '13Pl |
| 1 | Nissan | 4.828 | 22.126 | 22 | 1 |
| 2 | Mitsubishi | 2.419 | 12.175 | 12 | 3 |
| 3 | Tesla | 2.307 | 10.506 | 10 | 5 |
| 4 | Toyota | 3.081 | 9.508 | 9 | 4 |
| 5 | Chevrolet | 2.067 | 8.436 | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | Ford | 2.337 | 8.162 | 8 | 7 |
| 7 | BYD | 1.261 | 5.436 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Renault | 1.450 | 5.100 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | BMW | 1.047 | 3.868 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | Chery e) | 630 | 3.383 | 4 | 9 |
e) - Estimate
Questions for June
1 - Which model will be #2? And #6? And #10?
2 - Who will improve their sales records?
3 - Will the BMW i3 reach four digit sales?
4 - Which manufacturer will be #5?
5 - Can VW remove Chery from #10?
