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Records Edition
A record 636 new EV's were registered in Austria last month, sales were up 113% YoY, with 1.240 units sold this year, last year record of 2.091 sales is set to fall around June(!), consequently the EV Share is also in all-time highs, at 1.58%.
Looking at the monthly models ranking, the previous monthly record (88 units, set by the Zoe in June '13) was beaten, not by just one, but by three models, the Nissan Leaf (100 units), Tesla Model S (127) and Renault Zoe (143) all beating the previous record, while at the same time being the first to enter the three digit area.
Tesla's result allowed it also to overcome in March the Mercedes E-Class (101), only losing out to the Audi A6 (168) and BMW 5-Series (153 units) for the Best Seller status. Another market where Tesla is overcoming the established ICE players...
Tesla's result allowed it also to overcome in March the Mercedes E-Class (101), only losing out to the Audi A6 (168) and BMW 5-Series (153 units) for the Best Seller status. Another market where Tesla is overcoming the established ICE players...
Looking at the YTD chart, the Tesla Model S climbed to the Second position, dropping the BMW i3 to Third, while the Nissan Leaf jumped three positions to Fourth Place.
Strong showing from the VW e-Golf, which had its best result ever, with 68 registrations.
Strong showing from the VW e-Golf, which had its best result ever, with 68 registrations.
In the manufacturers ranking, Renault is still at #1 (21% Share), but has lost 2% share, with Tesla rising to #2 and Volkswagen only three units behind (196 vs 193).
| Pl | Austria | March | YTD | % | '15Pl |
| 1 | Renault Zoe | 143 | 251 | 20 | 3 |
| 2 3 | Tesla Model S BMW i3 * | 127 54 | 196 132 | 16 10 | 1 2 |
| 4 | Nissan Leaf | 100 | 124 | 10 | 5 |
| 5 | Volkswagen e-Golf | 68 | 114 | 9 | 6 |
| 6 7 8 9 10 | Kia Soul EV Audi A3 e-Tron e) Mercedes B250e Volkswagen Golf GTE e) Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV e) | 20 20 11 25 15 | 72 60 56 52 45 | 6 5 5 4 4 | 4 9 8 16 9 |
| 11 | Volvo V60 Plug-In e) | 10 | 30 | 2 | 9 |
| 12 13 14 15 16 | Volkswagen e-Up! Mercedes C350e e) BMW i8 Porsche Cayenne Plug-In e) Peugeot iOn | 11 5 5 5 1 | 26 15 12 10 9 | 2 1 1 1 1 | 12 N/A 12 17 20 |
| 16 18 | Renault Twizy Citröen C-Zero | 5 1 | 9 8 | 1 1 | 7 19 |
| 19 19 21 | Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Smart Fortwo ED Porsche Panamera Plug-In | 1 4 | 6 6 5 | 0 0 0 | 15 14 18 |
22 | Volkswagen XL1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | |
| 23 | Mitsubishi I-Miev | 1 | 0 | 22 | |
| TOTAL | 636 | 1.240 | 100 |
Source: http://myampera.wordpress.com;
* - 54 Bev + 5 Rex
