Austria April 2016 (Updated)

Records Edition

More than 400 new EV's were registered in Austria last month, up 84% 87% YoY, with 1.667 units sold this year, last year record of 2.091 sales will probably fall in June(!) May, with the EV Share now at 1.52%.

Looking at the monthly models ranking, the Renault Zoe won its fourth consecutive Best Seller trophy, with 98 units, increasing its advance over the runner up Tesla Model S to over 100 units (349 vs 234), while the yearly record for a single model, set last year by the Californian (492 units), will probably be beaten by the french hatch as early as June...

This month the Tesla Model S was behind the Three Marys models (157 units for the BMW 5-Series, 150 for the Merc E-Class and 127 for the Audi A6), but expect the usual resurgence in June.

If Tesla didn't impressed in the general ranking, the BMW i8 (Eight units, best performance in 15 months) did just that, selling as much in April as its BMW 6-Series brethren (All body types included), the VW Scirocco or the Jaguar F-Type...Of course, reaching Porsche 911 (84 units) is still off-limits for the BMW sports car, but within the six-figure sports cars niche, the Bimmer is actually very well placed, with only the aforementioned 911 outselling it.

Looking at the rest of the competition, there weren't that many changes, with the main news being the three positions jump of the Renault Twizy, from #16 to #13, a sign that Spring and warmer weather is upon us.

In the manufacturers ranking, Renault is #1 (22% Share, up 1%), with Tesla (14%) losing the Second Place to Volkswagen (16%). 

Pl	Austria	April	YTD	%	'15Pl
1	Renault Zoe	98	349	21	3
2 3	Tesla Model S BMW i3 *	38 45	234 177	14 11	1 2
3	Nissan Leaf	53	177	11	5
5	Volkswagen e-Golf	53	167	10	6
6 7 8 8 10	Kia Soul EV Audi A3 e-Tron e) Mercedes B250e Volkswagen Golf GTE e) Mitsu Outlander PHEV e)	23 15 16 20 15	95 75 72 72 60	6 5 4 4 4	4 9 8 16 9
11	Volvo V60 Plug-In e)	10	40	2	9
12 13 14 14 16 16 18	Volkswagen e-Up! Renault Twizy Mercedes C350e   e) BMW i8 Peugeot iOn Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	9 12 5 8 2 5	35 21 20 20 11 11 10	2 1 1 1 1 1 1	12 7 N/A 12 20 15 17
19	Citröen C-Zero		8	0	19
20 21	Smart Fortwo ED Porsche Panamera Plug-In		6 5	0 0	14 18
22	Volkswagen XL1		1	0	22
22	Mitsubishi I-Miev		1	0	22
	TOTAL	427	1.667	100

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Austria March 2016

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...

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.

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

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Austria February 2016

The two times ('13 & '14) Austria Best Selling EV is back to the top

Renault Zoe Back At #1

226 new EV's were registered in Austria last month, with sales up an amazing 150% YoY, with 499 units sold this year, last year record of 2.091 sales is set to fall even before Autumn sets in, consequently the EV Share also in all-time highs, being for the first time above the 1% barrier (1.07%).

Looking at the models ranking, we have a surprise in First Place, with the Renault Zoe returning to the most desired place in the ranking after a long absence, followed by its posh arch-rival, the BMW i3 and relegating the title bearer Tesla Model S to Third Place.

Looking elsewhere, strong showings from the Mercedes B250e, with 24 units, its personal best, also from the Kia Soul EV (34 units) and the VW e-Golf(!), which had its best result in over a year.

In the manufacturers ranking, Renault is back at #1 (23% Share), with BMW in Second (15%) and Tesla in the last place of the podium, with 14% share. 

Pl	Austria	Feb.	YTD	%	'15Pl
1	Renault Zoe	40	108	22	3
2 3	BMW i3 Tesla Model S	32 26	72 69	14 14	2 1
4	Kia Soul EV	34	52	10	4
5	Volkswagen e-Golf	26	46	9	6
6 7 8	Mercedes B250e Nissan Leaf Volkswagen e-Up!	24 9 6	45 24 15	9 5 3	8 5 12
9 9 9	Audi A3 e-Tron e) Mitsu Outlander PHEV e) Volvo V60 Plug-In e)	5 5 5	10 10 10	2  2  2	9 9 9
12	Peugeot iOn	5	8	2	20
13 14	Citröen C-Zero Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	4	7 5	1 1	19 17
14 14 17	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Volkswagen Golf GTE Renault Twizy	3	5 5 3	1 1 1	15 16 7
18 18	BMW i8 Smart Fortwo ED	1	2 2	0  0	12 14
20	Mitsubishi I-Miev	1	1	0	22
	TOTAL	226	499	100

Source: http://myampera.wordpress.com; Best Selling Cars Blog

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Austria December 2015 (Updated)

Tesla Wins Austria 

217 new EV's were registered in Austria last month, up 23% regarding the same month last year.

Looking at the models ranking, the Tesla Model S is the new undisputed king of the EV ranking, with 18% share and 492 units, 23% above the previous record set last year by the Renault Zoe (387 sales).

But what about Tesla's real competition? All of them are still high above the Californian, with the Audi A6 and BMW 5-Series in the four-digit area and the Merc E-Class with double the sales. A lot of room to grown here...

Looking at the remaining front runner seats, this year the Renault Zoe was beaten by the BMW i3 Arch-Rival, which ended in Second.

In the manufacturers ranking, Tesla won its first title (18% Share), with last year winner, Renault, dropping to Third Place (13%), surpassed by Volkswagen, with 14% Share. 

Looking into 2016, the growth will continue on a moderate pace, losing ground to neighboring countries (Switzerland...), if the 4.000 units are achieved by 31st December, 2016, it will be considered a good year.

Pl	Austria	Dec.	YTD	%	'14Pl
1	Tesla Model S	41	492	18	4
2 3	BMW i3 Renault Zoe	26 34	291 279	10 10	2 1
4 5 6 7 8	Audi A3 e-Tron e) Volkswagen Golf GTE e) Mitsu Outlander PHEV e) Volvo V60 Plug-In Kia Soul EV	20 25 15 15 7	240 200 180 170 165	9 7 6 6 6	N/A N/A 8 6 14
9	Nissan Leaf	1	156	6	5
10 11 12	Volkswagen e-Golf Renault Twizy Mercedes B-Class ED	4 1 8	122 75 71	6 3 3	11 8 N/A
13 14 14	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In e) Volkswagen e-Up BMW i8	5 4 5	60 58 58	2 3  3	N/A 3 N/A
16	Smart Fortwo ED		44	2	9
17	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia	2	33	1	12
18 18 20 21 22	Toyota Prius Plug-In e) Porsche Panamera Plug-In Porsche 918 Citröen C-Zero Peugeot iOn	5 2 2	30 30 13 12 9	1 1 1 1 0	N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
21 22 22	Ford Focus Electric Mitsubishi I-Miev Opel Ampera		4 3 3	0  0 0	15 13 10
22	Volkswagen XL1		3	0	N/A
	TOTAL	217	2.801	100

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Austria October 2015

BMW i3 Best Seller in October

193 new EV's were registered in Austria last month, with sales up 38% YoY and 1.740 units sold this year, last year record of 1.772 sales is on the verge of falling, another good sign for a healthy EV market, with the EV Share now at 0.66% (Last year it was 0.54%).

Looking at the models ranking, if the Tesla Model S reigns supreme on top of the yearly EV ranking, with 24% share, in October it only sold 36 units, being beaten by the BMW i3, which registered 52 units, its best performance in 15 months, ending a five time consecutive Best Selling streak of the Californian Sports Sedan.
 But what about Tesla's real competition? Last month the Audi A6, BMW 5-Series and Mercedes E-Class all outsold the Model S by a large margin, with the slowest selling of them being the Merc, selling 62 units...

Looking elsewhere, the Renault Zoe and the BMW i3, are reediting last year race, this time for the runner-up place, while the Kia Soul EV is running strong, looking to reach #4 until New Years eve.

A word for the BMW i8 performance, rising to #9, thanks to seven new registrations (Best result since February) and also a mention to the 2011 Austrian EV Best Seller, the Citröen C-Zero, experiencing something of a revival and rising to #18.

In the manufacturers ranking, Tesla remains First (24% Share), with Renault in Second (17%, up 1%), BMW in Third (15%, up 2%), Nissan in Fourth (11%) and VW Fifth (9%, down 2%). 

Pl	Austria	Oct.	YTD	%	'14Pl
1	Tesla Model S	36	412	24	4
2 3	Renault Zoe BMW i3 *	30 52	220 212	13 12	1 2
4	Nissan Leaf	6	152	9	5
5	Kia Soul EV	23	124	7	14
6 7 8	Volkswagen e-Golf Renault Twizy Mercedes B-Class ED	2 3 4	110 66 59	6 4 3	11 8 N/A
9 9 11 11 11	Volkswagen e-Up BMW i8 Audi A3 e-Tron e) Mitsu Outlander PHEV e) Volvo V60 Plug-In e)	2 7 5 5 5	53 53 50 50 50	3 3 3  3  3	3 N/A N/A  8  6
14	Smart Fortwo ED	1	44	3	9
15 16	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Porsche Cayenne Plug-In e)	1 5	31 20	2 1	12 N/A
17 18 19	Porsche 918 Citröen C-Zero Ford Focus Electric	5	13 7 4	1 0 0	N/A N/A 15
20 20 20	Mitsubishi I-Miev Volkswagen XL1 Opel Ampera	1	3 3 3	0  0 0	13 N/A 10
23	Peugeot iOn		1	0	N/A
	TOTAL	193	1.740	100

Source: http://myampera.wordpress.com; Best Selling Cars Blog


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Austria September 2015

Austria: Next battle to breakdown the establishment?

Tesla Edition

Some 146 new EV's were registered in Austria last month, with sales up 55% YoY, they are on the right track to beat last year record of 1.772 sales in December, which is a good sign for the future, just like the EV Share, now above 0.6% (Last year it was 0.54%).

Looking at the models ranking, the Model S struck a chord with Austrian consumers, last month it has sold 54 units, a significant departure from the mere 7 sales recorded in the same month last year, and with double the sales of the #2 Renault Zoe, it sure looks that in December Austria will crown the Model S as the Best Selling EV for the first time.

But what about Tesla's real competition? Audi A6, BMW 5-Series, Mercedes E-Class...

I'm waiting for the general sales data to appear, so more on that soon...

Looking elsewhere, the Renault Zoe increased the lead over the BMW i3, while the Kia Soul EV is coming in strong, so let's see how many positions can the Korean jump until new Years eve.

A word also for the Mercedes B-Class ED, now in #8 and with an eye for #7, while the VW e-Up! was down to #9, and to think that the little VW was Third just last year...C'mon VW, slash those prices! 

 In the manufacturers ranking, Tesla is First (24% Share), with Renault in Second (16%, down 1%), and BMW in Third (13%, also down 1%), with Nissan and VW, both with 11%, waiting for a slip of the front runners to reach the podium. 

Pl	Austria	Sep.	YTD	%	'14Pl
1	Tesla Model S	54	376	24	4
2 3	Renault Zoe BMW i3	18 12	190 159	12 10	1 2
4	Nissan Leaf	6	146	10	5
5	Volkswagen e-Golf	5	108	7	11
6 7 8	Kia Soul EV Renault Twizy Mercedes B-Class ED	15 9	101 57 55	7 4 4	14 8 N/A
9 10 10 10 13	Volkswagen e-Up Audi A3 e-Tron e) Mitsu Outlander PHEV e) Volvo V60 Plug-In e) BMW i8	2 5 5 5 2	51 45 45 45 44	3 3  3  3 3	3 N/A  8  6 N/A
14	Smart Fortwo ED	2	43	3	9
15 16	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	5	30 15	2 1	12 N/A
17 18	Porsche 918 Ford Focus Electric	2	13 4	1 0	N/A 15
19 19 21 22	Mitsubishi I-Miev Volkswagen XL1 Citröen C-Zero Peugeot iOn	1	3 3 2 1	0 0  0 0	13 N/A N/A  N/A
	TOTAL	146	1.536	100

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Austria August 2015

Austria: Next battle to breakdown the establishment?

PHEV's Included Edition

Now with some PHEV data available, allows us to have a more complete picture of the current EV scene in Austria, last month sales were up 78%, with sales on track to beat last year result (1.772 units) and establish a new all time record, will we see it reach the 2.000 units?

Looking at the models ranking, the Model S saw its sales fall 60% regarding July, but still, the 42 units registered placed it above the Mercedes E-Class (41 units last month), placing the american car in Third on the E-Segment/Full Size class, only behind the BMW 5-Series (127 units) and Audi A6 (123). Not bad...

Looking elsewhere, the BMW i3 and Renault Zoe are continuing a long lasting race between the two, only this time is for #2 and the Nissan Leaf might still have a word on it.

 The manufacturers ranking shows Tesla in First (25% Share), with Renault in Second (17%), and BMW in Third (14%), although the last place in the podium might soon change, as #4 Nissan (13%) and VW (12%) too close for the bavarian automaker to rest. 

Pl	Austria	Aug.	YTD	%	'14Pl
1	Tesla Model S	42	322	25	4
2 3	Renault Zoe BMW i3	19 12	172 147	13 11	1 2
4	Nissan Leaf	16	140	11	5
5	Volkswagen e-Golf e)	10	108	8	11
6 7 8	Kia Soul EV e) Renault Twizy Volkswagen e-Up! e)	10 4 5	67 57 49	5 4 4	14 8 3
9 10 10 10 10	Mercedes B-Class ED e) BMW i8 Audi A3 e-Tron e) Mitsu Outlander PHEV e) Volvo V60 Plug-In e)	5 2 5 5 5	46 44 40 40 40	4 3 3  3  3	N/A N/A N/A  8  6
13	Smart Fortwo ED		36	3	9
14	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia		21	2	12
15	Porsche 918	4	13	1	N/A
16 16 18 19 19	Mitsubishi I-Miev Volkswagen XL1 Ford Focus Electric Citröen C-Zero Peugeot iOn	2 1	3 3 2 1 1	0 0 0  0 0	13 N/A 15 N/A  N/A
	TOTAL	142	1.312	100

Source: Best Selling Cars Blog

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