Norway January 2013

Introducing a dashboard themed month, here's a picture from Nissan's Leaf

The first sales data from 2013 came from Norway, with 349 cars sold, a 26% increase over last month, benefiting from another great month the Nissan Leaf with 265 sales and #9 in the general ranking, the second time ever to break the Top 10, after last October hitting also #9 and posting a record 277 sales.

A good month also for the Mitsubishi I-Miev, with 51 units, compensating a less than expected sales level from their french cousins.

There aren't still sales data from the Toyota Prius Plug-In, but with the Opel Ampera selling just 12 units, it won't be hard for it to take the Plug In Hybrid crown.

Pl	Norway	Jan	YTD	%	'12 Pl.
1	Nissan Leaf	265	265	76	1
2	Mitsubishi I-Miev	51	51	15	2
3	Peugeot iOn	12	12	3	3
4	Opel Ampera	12	12	3	6
5	Citröen C-Zero	8	8	2	4
6	Think City	1	1	0	8
TOTAL		349	349	100

Source: dinside.no

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Europe Full Year 2012

Renault Kangoo ZE

With most data in, it's now possible to make an Plug-In models ranking for Europe, at 43.543 units sold, if it were to be considered as a sole market, it would be the second largest in the world, just behind the US.

Regarding 2011, a lot has changed, beginning with last year's leader, the Mitsubishi I-Miev, taking a dive to #8 and two newcomers winning the gold and silver medals, with the Renault Twizy achieving the highest place in the ranking and the Opel Ampera having the runner-up spot.

In third was the Renault Kangoo ZE, followed closely by the Nissan Leaf, which is in comeback mode, winning the #1 spot in the last three months of the year.

Another good performance was the Toyota Prius Plug-In, landing at #5. On the other hand, the french cousins of the I-Miev were also down, with the Citröen C-Zero in #6 and the Peugeot iOn at #7, but the three counted together still make a respectable 18% share.

Peugeot iOn, one of the french cousins of the Mitsu I-Miev

Diversity is a characteristic of the european market, with several models closely together in the top and the #1 having just 21% share.

Plug In Hybrids share rose to 25%, with the Opel Ampera comfortably ahead of the Prius Plug-In, but the japanese has been closing the distance on the Opel in the last months, maybe this year we'll see a surprise here...

Pl	Europe	Dec	YTD	%
1	Renault Twizy	288	9.013	21
2	Opel Ampera	362	6.631	15
3	Renault Kangoo ZE	381	5.667	13
4	Nissan Leaf	415	5.275	12
5	Toyota Prius Plug-In	273	3.496	8
6	Citröen C-Zero	123	3.090	7
7	Peugeot iOn	120	3.069	7
8	Mitsubishi I-Miev	72	1.559	4
9	Bolloré Blue Car	0	1.543	4
10	Renault Fluence ZE	70	1.407	3
11	Chevrolet Volt	32	609	1
12	Smart Fortwo ED	48	567	1
13	Mia Electric	48	495	1
14	Fisker Karma	5	247	1
15	Tesla Roadster	3	215	1

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