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Unlike others, the Italian EV market continues stuck in the slow lane, with sales dropping 19% regarding 2015.
Looking at the models ranking, the Nissan Leaf was the first this year to reach the three digit area in one month, with 126 units last month, with the 30 kWh & 250 kms-range version being a welcome addition to the lineup, nevertheless, the japanese hatch sales were actually down YoY, because in March '15 the Leaf had collected 147 units...
Below in the ranking, the highlights go for two newcomers that arrived with a bang: The Volkswagen Passat GTE was the third Best Selling model in March, with 49 units, but even more impressively, the BMW 330e jumped right to Second Place in March and #4 Ytd, thanks to na impressive 61 units delivered in its debut month, the question now is: ls this a waiting list derived blip or something to continue?
As for the established players, two models shine, the Mercedes B250e registered 22 units, its second best performance in Italy, while Tesla delivered 27 Model S, its best performance yet.
Looking at the manufacturers ranking, BMW is still in the lead, with 29% Share, but it's now closely followed by Nissan (26%), while Volkswagen (15%) has extended its lead over Citroen (10%) while last year leader, Renault (#5, with 8%), has been seeing its models languishing in the middle of the ranking (Zoe is #11 vs #2 last year and the Twizy is #8 vs #4).
Quo Vadis, Renault?
Pl | Italy | March | YTD | % | '15Pl |
| 1 | Nissan Leaf | 126 | 182 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 3 | BMW 225xe Act. Tourer Citröen C-Zero | 16 6 | 119 73 | 16 10 | N/A 6 |
| 4 5 | BMW 330e Volkswagen Golf GTE | 61 21 | 61 53 | 8 7 | N/A 5 |
| 6 6 | Tesla Model S Volkswagen Passat GTE | 27 49 | 49 49 | 7 7 | 8 N/A |
| 8 | Renault Twizy e) | 15 | 38 | 5 | 4 |
| 9 10 11 12 | Mercedes B250e BMW X5 40e e) Renault Zoe Peugeot iOn | 22 5 7 1 | 34 25 16 12 | 5 3 2 2 | 10 11 2 22 |
| 13 14 | BMW i3 Volkswagen e-Up! | 4 2 | 8 6 | 1 1 | 3 11 |
| 15 16 | Smart Fortwo ED Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia | 2 | 3 2 | 0 0 | 9 17 |
| 17 | Renault Kangoo ZE | 1 | 0 | N/A | |
| 17 | Volkswagen e-Golf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| TOTAL | 365 | 732 | 100 |
Source: greenstart.it
