Automotive
Outlander PHEV New #1 Edition
EV Sales are rising fast in Portugal, with 99 units sold last month (Up 350% YoY!), and with YTD sales now at 803 units, the EV Share jumped again to a record 0,58%. With the projected final numbers of the year at around 1.100 units, plug-ins will sell more this year than all the previous years combined!
With such a high level of sales the ranking is bound to have several changes, the most important of them being the Mitsu Outlander PHEV reaching #1 both in the monthly ranking (For the fourth time in a row, by the way...) and also in the YTD chart, signaling the first time that a PHEV ever reaches such heights in Portugal.
A curious fact, considering the diferente EV history(1) that the neighboring Spain has, is that not only the japanese SUV also reached #1 in spanish lands last month, but currently both countries share the same top 4 positions (Outlander - Leaf - i3 - Zoe).
Looking at other changes, the VW Golf GTE climbed one position to #7, the Renault Kangoo ZE got its mojo back, jumping to #9, enabling it to recover the LCV Best seller title, but the Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia twins remain close, so this should be a thrilling race to the end.
The Audi A3 e-Tron was down to #13, while below it the Porsche Cayenne Plug-In climbed two positions to #15.
In the manufacturers ranking, Mitsubishi (25% Share) kicked out Nissan (20%) from the leadership, enabling the japanese carmaker to reach #1 for the first time ever, followed by Renault (18) and BMW (14%).
| Pl | Portugal | Sept. | 2015 | % | Pl '14 |
| 1 | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 26 | 195 | 24 | 4 |
| 2 | Nissan Leaf | 15 | 146 | 15 | 2 |
| 3 4 | BMW i3 * Renault Zoe | 20 7 | 100 62 | 12 8 | 1 5 |
| 5 6 7 7 9 10 11 12 13 | Renault Twizy Peugeot iOn Toyota Prius Plug-In Volkswagen Golf GTE Renault Kangoo ZE Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Tesla Model S Mercedes B-Class ED Audi A3 e-Tron | 2 8 7 2 1 2 | 50 48 28 28 21 14 13 12 11 | 6 63 3 3 2 2 1 1 | 3 20 12 N/A 8 8 N/A N/A N/A |
| 13 15 16 17 17 17 20 20 22 22 24 24 24 | Volvo V60 Plug-In Porsche Cayenne Plug-In BMW i8 Volkswagen e-Up! Mercedes S500 Plug-In Volkswagen e-Golf Mitsubishi I-Miev Smart Fortwo ED Opel Ampera Porsche Panamera Plug-In Citroen Berlingo EV Kia Soul EV Citroen C-Zero | 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 | 11 10 9 8 8 8 6 6 33 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 14 13 7 11 N/A 15 15 6 18 8 20 20 N/A |
| TOTAL | 99 | 803 | 100 |
Source: ACAP
* - 13Bev + 7 Rex
(1) - #1's in Portugal (Spain) throughout the years:
2010 - Nissan Leaf (Think City);
2011 - Nissan Leaf (Mitsubishi I-Miev);
2012 - Renault Twizy (Renault Twizy);
2013 - Renault Twizy (Nissan Leaf);
2014 - BMW i3 (Nissan Leaf);
2015 - Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV).
