World Top 10 February 2015

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BYD Qin in a rare picture outside Showrooms

Models - Balance

Some 23.000 plug-ins were sold last month, which represents a slight slip from the 24k of the previous month, but it is still 19% above the same month last year, so the good news continue, despite the Japanese market drop and the US slowdown. 

The top position goes for the Leaf for the forteenth month in a row, but YoY sales are down for the second consecutive month, are the wrinkles starting to show up?

Next in the February ranking, there are four models separated by just 161 units, the Tesla Model leads the pack with 2.001 units, followed by the BYD Qin (1.932 units, yet another record), the Outlander PHEV (1.872) and the BMW i3 (1.840), it might seem odd that Mitsu's SUV scored so few registrations, but the explanation should appear in March, with record sales in the UK...

Moving on, the YTD ranking shows one major chang, with the Renault Zoe moving up two positions to #7, while reversely, the Golf GTE drops two positions to #9. 

A final reference to the Ford Fusion Energi, it was #10 in February, with 609 units, and it is #11 in the YTD chart, still some 300 units behind the #10 Chevy Volt, will it be able to surpass GM's car and recover a place in the Top 10?

Pl	WORLD	Feb.	YTD	%	'14Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	3.624	6.936	15	1
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	1.872	4.772	10	5
3	Tesla Model S	2.001	4.113	9	3
4 5 6	BYD Qin BMW i3 Volkswagen e-Golf	1.932 1.840 1.105	3.843 3.179 2.364	8 7 5	7 6 21
7	Renault Zoe	984	1.704	4	9
8	Toyota Prius Plug-In	830	1.698	4	5
9	Volkswagen Golf GTE	527	1.560	3	33
10	Chevrolet Volt (1)	748	1.390	3	4
	TOTAL	23.088	47.822

Manufacturers -  BYD is Rising

If the top two positions seem like a certainty (For now, at least), BYD managed to remove Volkswagen from the Third Spot, and it was even the Second Best Selling brand this February! It's the first time BYD hits the manufacturers podium since...Ever, really, being also the first time that a chinese brand gets a podium seat.

Profiting from a poor performance from Chery, Chevrolet recovered a Top 10 seat, appearing in #10.  

Pl	WORLD	Feb.	YTD	%	'14Pl
1	Nissan	3.763	7.206	15	1
2	Mitsubishi	2.166	5.458	11	2
3	BYD	2.289	4.542	9	7
4	Volkswagen	1.867	4.415	9	11
5 6 7	Tesla BMW Renault	2.001 2.120 1.352	4.113 3.852 2.353	9 8 5	3 9 8
8	Ford	1.294	2.232	5	5
9	Toyota	832	1.707	4	6
10	Chevrolet	872	1.606	3	4

(1) - Includes Holden Volt, Opel and Vauxhall Ampera;

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