Switzerland March 2015

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The Model S is leading the race here, probably until the landing of the Model X

Springtime Records - Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera Edition

Another market reaching record numbers in March, the Swiss EV Market registered 418 sales, with the EV Share jumping yet again to unheard heights, at 1,22%, the prospect of reaching the 4.000 units (Up  from 2.300 last year) in the end of the year now looks realistic.

Two models made the news, the Tesla Model S recovered the leadership, thanks to an amazing 149 registrations in March, a new monthly sales record for a single model (The previous two records, 105 and 106 units, also belonged to Tesla), relegating the VW Golf GTE and the Renault Zoe to #3 and #2, respectively. 

The Nissan Leaf also had a brilliant result, selling 21 units, its best result in 18 months, fueling it up two positions to #7.

In the manufacturers ranking, Tesla is now #1, with 23% share, followed by Volkswagen (17%) and Renault (15%)

Pl	Switzerland	Mar.	2015	%	'14Pl
1 2	Tesla Model S Renault Zoe	149 41	198 108	23 12	1 4
3	Volkswagen Golf GTE e)	30	97	11	N/A
4	BMW i3	59	92	10	3
5	Mitsu. Outlander PHEV e)	15	47	5	2
6	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In e)	15	46	5	N/A
7	Nissan Leaf	21	39	4	6
8	Volkswagen e-Golf e)	10	31	4	N/A
8	Audi A3 e-Tron e)	10	31	4	N/A
8	BMW i8	13	31	4	9
11	Renault Twizy e)	5	20	2	5
12	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia e)	5	19	2	N/A
12	Renault Kangoo ZE e)	5	19	2	N/A
14 15 16 17 17 19 20 20 21 21 21 24 24 24	Smart Fortwo ED e) Volvo V60 Plug-In e) Volkswagen e-Up! e) Opel Ampera Porsche 918 Mitsubishi I-Miev Volkswagen XL1 Mercedes B-Class ED Citröen C-Zero Mercedes S500 Plug-In Porsche Panamera Plug-In Citröen Berlingo EV Peugeot Partner EV McLaren P1	5 5 5 4 7 10 1	18 16 15 11 11 10 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 1	2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0	N/A N/A N/A 8 11 7 16 N/A 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A 12
	TOTAL	418	879	100

Source: auto-suisse.ch

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