Automotive
Records Edition
Government incentives for EV's are pulling the EV market to record heights, last June there were a record 129 EV's sold (Up 291% YoY), and with YTD sales tripling to a best ever 466 units, the EV Share jumped to a record 0,46%.
With such a high level of sales it's not surprising that June has brought a number of records, it was the first time that more than 100 units were sold in a single month, the Mitsu Outlander PHEV registered 44 units, surprisingly breaking the monthly volume record for a single model (It was also the first time a PHEV was best-seller), while the Pre-Troika volume record of 99 units set by the Nissan Leaf in 2011 has been broken by the same Leaf this month, with six months left to increase the new record...
Looking at the models ranking, the Nissan Leaf has seen its lead reduced (28 units vs 37 last month), with a new and ambitious runner-up in the shape of the Outlander PHEV ready to question Nissan's hatch leadership in the near future.
Despite record sales in June, the BMW i3 was down to Third, while below it the surprising Toyota Prius Plug-In is having its best year ever in Portugal, it is #6 with 21 sales, already above its personal best set in 2013 with 14 units, is Toyota's portuguese importer secretly doing generous discounts?
In the manufacturers ranking, Nissan is on the podium with 25% share, followed by Renault (20%) and Mitsubishi (18%).
Looking at sales as a whole, it would be interesting to compare the several categories of plug-ins with the general performance of the auto market, as such, in a general market with a 33% growth rate, Passenger BEV's are growing 146%, electric LCV's 220% and Passenger PHEV's 293%(!), while regular hybrids have a less spectacular but still satisfying 75% growth rate.
| Pl | Portugal | June | 2015 | % | Pl '14 |
| 1 | Nissan Leaf | 29 | 108 | 23 | 2 |
| 2 | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 44 | 80 | 17 | 4 |
| 3 4 | BMW i3 * Renault Zoe | 14 6 | 56 41 | 12 9 | 1 5 |
| 5 6 7 8 9 9 11 11 | Renault Twizy Toyota Prius Plug-In Peugeot iOn Volkswagen Golf GTE Audi A3 e-Tron Tesla Model S Mercedes B-Class ED Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia | 7 3 3 3 1 1 5 | 39 21 18 12 10 10 8 8 | 8 54 3 2 2 2 2 | 3 12 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A 8 |
| 13 13 13 16 17 17 19 19 19 22 22 24 24 | Renault Kangoo ZE BMW i8 Volvo V60 Plug-In Volkswagen e-Up! Mitsubishi I-Miev Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Mercedes S500 Plug-In Volkswagen e-Golf Smart Fortwo ED Opel Ampera Porsche Panamera Plug-In Citroen Berlingo EV Kia Soul EV | 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 | 7 7 7 6 5 5 4 4 42 2 1 1 | 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 | 8 7 14 11 15 13 N/A 15 6 18 8 20 20 |
| TOTAL | 129 | 466 | 100 |
Source: ACAP
* - 7 Bev + 7 Rex
