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Tesla Shines in Slow Market
The Italian EV market continues stagnant, with May Sales (242 sales) up 10% regarding the same period of 2015, with YTD sales now on the positive side, up 2% YoY.
Looking at the models ranking, the Nissan Leaf continues on a high note, delivering 33 units last month, being the YTD Best Seller in the last three months.
The remaining seats of the podium belong to BMW, the 330e and 225xe Active Tourer, are a true success in Italy, with 188 and 163 units respectively, followed in Fourth by the forever young Citröen C-Zero, that scored another 20 units last month, elevating this year tally to 95 units, a remarkable performance for a model that bears the 2011 Best Seller Trophy.
Below in the ranking, the highlights go for two models that have little in common apart from the fact that both are BEV's: The Tesla Model S is experiencing its best year ever in Italy, with 82 units, up an astonishing 332%, allowing it a best ever #4 position in the ranking, while the Volkswagen e-Up! registered 16 units last month, its best performance in 14 months, allowing it to reach #11, tied with the Renault Zoe.
Speaking of the French hatch there are two models under performing badly this year, firstly we have the Zoe is down from 219 units to 26(!) Year-on-Year, dropping in the ranking from First (May '15) to the current Eleventh Place, and secondly, there's the BMW i3 also down sharply from #4 twelve months ago to the current #15, with sale diving from 148 in May '15, to the 11 of the present day...If the Bimmer poor performance could be explained by the internal competition (225xe AT), the Renault model doesn't have an apparent explanation...
Looking at the manufacturers ranking, BMW is in the lead, with 33% Share, closely followed by Nissan (21%), while Volkswagen (14%) holds on the Third position.
Pl | Italy | May | YTD | % | '15Pl |
| 1 | Nissan Leaf | 33 | 261 | 21 | 1 |
| 2 3 4 | BMW 330e e) BMW 225xe Act. Tourer Citröen C-Zero | 50 25 20 | 188 163 95 | 15 13 8 | N/A N/A 6 |
| 5 6 | Volkswagen Golf GTE Tesla Model S | 12 13 | 87 82 | 7 6 | 5 8 |
| 7 8 | Renault Twizy e) Volkswagen Passat GTE e) | 10 5 | 72 59 | 6 5 | 4 N/A |
| 9 | Mercedes B250e | 40 | 3 | 10 | |
| 10 11 12 12 14 15 16 | Volvo V60 Plug-In e) BMW X5 40e e) Renault Zoe Volkswagen e-Up! Mitsu. Outlander PHEV e) BMW i8 e) Peugeot iOn | 26 5 5 16 5 13 | 36 35 26 26 25 23 16 | 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 | 16 11 2 12 7 13 22 |
| 17 | BMW i3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 19 19 | Audi A3 e-Tron Smart Fortwo ED Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia | 1 | 10 3 3 | 1 0 0 | 17 9 17 |
| 21 | Renault Kangoo ZE | 1 | 0 | N/A | |
| 21 21 | Volkswagen e-Golf Ford Focus Electric | 1 1 | 0 0 | 19 25 | |
| TOTAL | 242 | 1.264 | 100 |
Source: greenstart.it; unrae.it
