Belgium August 2014

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BYD found a doorway in Belgium for its e6 MPV

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Vacation time in Belgium, with only 123 ev's sold, but comparing with the same month of 2013, sales were up by 60%, so no real reasons to worry, in fact the EV Share increased to 0,40%!

Looking at the models ranking, the top three are in cruise speed, with just enough sales to keep the competition at bay, but in the middle of the chart, one model impresses for the second month in a row, the chinese BYD e6 was the second best selling model last month, with 16 units, and it's already inside the Top 10, if this brilliant performance replicates in the following months, we could see this MPV reaching as high as #8...Not bad, eh?

There's one newcomer to refer, the Nissan e-NV200 had made its first registration and its mission is to help Nissan reach the podium in the manufacturers ranking, for now dominated by makers of the Premium variety, with Tesla (24% Share) leading, followed by BMW (17%) and Porsche (14%), right now the japanese automaker is #4 with 9% share and has Renault (#5, also with 9%) and Mitsubishi (#6, with 8%) breathing down his neck...

Pl	Belgium	Aug	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Tesla Model S	26	333	24	2
2	BMW i3 *	11	229	17	7
3	Porsche Panamera Plug-In	11	193	14	12
4	Nissan Leaf	14	129	9	3
5	Volvo V60 Plug-In	4	117	9	1
6	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	7	110	8	19
7	Renault Twizy	10	77	6	4
8	Renault Zoe	11	45	3	5
9	Volkswagen e-Up!	1	35	3	14
9	BYD e6	16	35	3	N/A
11	Smart Fortwo ED	3	34	2	6
12	Volkswagen e-Golf	5	10	1	N/A
13	BMW i8	3	6	0	N/A
14 15 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17	Opel Ampera Mitsubishi I-Miev Peugeot iOn Nissan e-NV200 Fisker Karma Citröen C-Zero Toyota Prius Plug-In McLaren P1 Renault Fluence ZE Porsche 918 Mia Electric	1	5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	8 10 14 N/A 9 N/A 14 N/A 11 N/A 13
	TOTAL	123	1.371	100

Source: febiac.be

* - 3 Bev + 8 Rex

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