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With some 6.600 units sold and still without the Italian and Belgian numbers, the European EV market continues in good health, with sales up 55% regarding last year (4.253 units then).
Looking at the models ranking, the BMW i3 climbed to #3 at the expense of the Tesla Model S, which had another poor performance, selling just 460 units, stock issues or is Tesla getting back to reality?
The Renault Twizy climbed to #9, with the summer sales giving it a welcome boost, but the #11 VW E-Golf (#4 in August with 603 sales) has its
| Pl | Model | Sales | |
| 1 | 1.144 | ||
| 2 | Nissan Leaf | 1.038 | |
| 3 | BMW i3 | 672 | |
| 4 | Volkswagen e-Golf | 603 | |
| 5 | Volkswagen e-Up! | 495 |
On the manufacturers ranking, Mitsubishi is comfortably in #1 with 21% share, followed by the Alliance partners, Nissan and Renault, both with 15%, but VW (#6 with 10% share) is rising fast, having been the Second Best Selling Brand last month.
| Pl | Europe | Aug | 2014 | % | '13Pl |
| 1 | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 1.144 | 12.114 | 20 | 3 |
| 2 | Nissan Leaf | 1.038 | 9.206 | 15 | 1 |
| 3 | BMW i3 | 672 | 6.428 | 11 | 12 |
| 4 | Tesla Model S | 460 | 6.302 | 11 | 7 |
| 5 | Renault Zoe | 454 | 4.742 | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | Volkswagen e-Up! | 495 | 4.572 | 8 | 11 |
| 7 | Volvo V60 Plug-In | 244 | 3.930 | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | Renault Kangoo ZE | 295 | 2.495 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | Renault Twizy | 208 | 1.565 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Smart Fortwo ED | 81 | 1.456 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Volkswagen e-Golf | 603 | 1.358 | 2 | N/A |
| 12 | Bolloré Bluecar | 50 | 752 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Toyota Prius Plug-In | 45 | 561 | 1 | 15 |
| 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 | Opel Ampera Porsche Panamera Plug-In Mitsubishi I-Miev Citröen C-Zero Peugeot iOn Goupil G3 Nissan e-NV200 Audi A3 e-Tron Peugeot Partner EV BMW i8 Ford Focus Electric Citröen Berlingo EV | 60 54 65 10 69 20 46 227 26 75 23 25 | 539 536 515 504 398 248 236 227 216 209 161 121 | 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 8 21 14 12 18 17 N/A N/A 22 N/A 24 N/A |
| TOTAL | 6.595 | 59.724 |
