South Africa December 2016

What gives Nissan? Are you leaving me alone here?!?

BMW Edition

The South African EV Market ended its second full year, with only three models available, the Nissan Leaf and the BMW i offerings, with others said to arrive in the near future, like Tesla.

159 units were sold, with the majority (93) belonging to the BMW i3´s, followed by its more expensive relative, the i8, with 59 units.

The Nissan Leaf ended the year in a distant Third, with the registrations being made in the first half of the year, let's hope Nissan hasn't pulled the plug on this market.

Pl	South Africa	Dec.	YTD	%	Pl. '15
1	BMW i3	17	93	59	1
2	BMW i8	2	59	37	2
3	Nissan Leaf		7	4	3
	TOTAL	19	159	100

Hat Tip to Tonami Playman!

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South Africa March 2016

BMW Edition

The South African EV Market is into its second full year, with only three models available, the Nissan Leaf and the BMW i offerings, with others said to arrive in the near future, like Tesla.

35 units were sold in March, 25 of them being BMW i3´s, in total about 80 EV's were registered, double the numbers of last year.

The BMW i8 and Nissan Leaf make up for the rest of the (small) pack.
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Pl	South Africa	March	YTD	%	Pl. '15
1	BMW i3	25	55	69	1
2	BMW i8	5	15	19	2
3	Nissan Leaf	5	10	12	3
	TOTAL	35	80	100

Source: NAAMSA

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South Africa August 2015

The i8 is making itself noticed in the sportscar arena

"New Kid Stealing The Show" Edition


The South African EV Market is making its first steps, with only three models available, the Nissan Leaf and the BMW i offerings, but the encouraging results should call others soon.

19 units were sold last month, 13 of them being BMW i8´s, the surprising leader of this market.

If we compare this result with the Sportscar segment leaders, we can see that the german car is already making itself noticed:

The Best Selling Sportscar in SA last month was the Porsche 911 (24 units), followed by the much cheaper VW Scirocco (22 units), and in Third we have...The i8, with 13 units.

Yes, the Bimmer car-from the-future was ahead of hot cars like the Jaguar F-Type and Porsche Cayman/Boxster duo, which have sold 12 units...

Considering this i8 breakthrough and knowing that SA is a SUV-friendly market, i wonder how high would a Porsche Cayenne Plug-In or a Model X sell here...

Pl	South Africa	Aug.	YTD	%
1	BMW i8	13	80	45
2	BMW i3	4	70	39
3	Nissan Leaf	2	29	16
	TOTAL	19	179	100

Source: Best Selling Cars Blog

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South Africa July 2015

"I am i8" Edition


After Year Zero in 2014, the South African EV Market is proving to have an encouraging start despite having only three models available, the Nissan Leaf and the BMW i offerings.

160 units were sold this year, already surpassing last year result (140 units), with the EV Share doubling from 0,02% to 0,04%.

The models ranking has a surprising #1, as the BMW i8 is leader since June, surpassing its smaller brother, the i3, this is the first time that a EV Market covered by EVS has the i8 as YTD #1.

The other plug-in offering, the Nissan Leaf, is less successfull in SA, selling only 27 units this year. Lack of Premium appeal?

Pl	South Africa	July	YTD	%
1	BMW i8	10	67	42
2	BMW i3	10	66	41
3	Nissan Leaf	5	27	17
	TOTAL	25	160	100

Source: Best Selling Cars Blog

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South Africa March 2015 (Draft)

 
Debut Edition


For the first time in EVS, we have a close look at the South African EV Market, a baby that started just last year with the arrival of the Nissan Leaf, later joined by the BMW i offerings.

There were unconfirmed data saying that these pioneers were actually selling in significant numbers (For a Zero Year, at least), and thanks to local Carmag magazine (They published the March sales numbers), we can now have some insight on what's going on there.

The Nissan Leaf was the first to arrive, but the early hype (It has got to selling 20 units/month last year), has faded and it's now behind the BMW's, with the i3 leading the (small) ranking and the i8 sports car in Second.

In total, some 100 units were registered in the First Quarter of the year, pulling the EV Share to 0,06%, up from the 0,02% of last year, it might not sound much, but these numbers compare favorably with other markets, like Poland (42 units, 0,04% Share), which have been in the EV bandwagon for longer (Since 2011, in the case in question).

Pl	South Africa	Mar.	YTD	%
1	BMW i3	21	51	54
2	BMW i8	11	26	28
3	Nissan Leaf	8	18	19
	TOTAL	40	95	100

e) Estimate

Source: carmag.com.za

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