France January 2013

Kangoo ZE dashboard: Simple, functional, just like an LCV should.

At 756 units sold, the french market had a 28% monthly increase in January, thanks to a great month of the Kangoo ZE, selling 444 cars and achieving a whopping 59% market share.

Below the french LCV, the Zoe already comes in second place at 70 units, although most of them are only demonstration cars, according to Renault the first real sales month for the supermini will be March.

In third comes the Nissan Leaf, with sales rising to 60 cars from the 34 sold in December.

Further down the ranking, the Renault Twizy plunges to #5, the Peugeot is also down to #10 and the Fluence  ZE confirms their bad performance, selling just 2 units in January.

Pl	France	Jan	YTD	%	'12 Pl
1	Renault Kangoo ZE	444	444	59	1
2	Renault Zoe	70	70	9	12
3	Nissan Leaf	60	60	8	6
4	Bolloré Blue Car	58	58	8	3
5	Renault Twizy	36	36	5	2
6	Mia Electric	29	29	4	8
7	Opel Ampera	14	14	2	10
8	Citröen C-Zero	13	13	2	5
9	Smart Fortwo ED	12	12	2	11
10	Peugeot iOn	11	11	1	4
11	Chevrolet Volt	4	4	1	13
13	Fisker Karma	3	3	0	14
14	Renault Fluence ZE	2	2	0	9
15	Toyota Prius Plug-In	(a)	(a)	(a)	7
	TOTAL	756	756	100

(a) - Data not available

Source: Automobile Propre, Manufacturers

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World All Time Top 10 (Updated to 15 Feb 2013)

Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf: The duel continues

With 2013 data is coming in at a slow pace, i took the time to see how it measures the all time ranking for EV's and the Top 10 models are a diversified bunch: From old timers dating back to the first electric era, like the Peugeot 106 Electrique at #7, to shiny new cars like the Tesla Model S already at #9 and looking for better standings in the next months, or from the usual electric ambassadors (Volt, Leaf, Prius...) to unsung heroes like the tiny indian Reva. 

There's also space for some french quirks, like the quadricycle Renault Twizy and the LCV Kangoo ZE at fifth and sixth places, and the surprise of seeing the Smart Fortwo ED at #10.

Just outside this All Time Top 10, but now a regular presence in the monthly Top 5,  it won't be long for the Ford C-Max Energi to reach it, making it the third Plug In Hybrid in the ranking.

Pl	Name	Sales
1	Nissan Leaf	50.987
2	Chevrolet Volt (1)	40.608
3	Toyota Prius Plug-In	27.070
4	Mitsubishi i-Miev (2)	22.065
5	Renault Twizy	9.020
6	Renault Kangoo ZE	7.135
7	Peugeot 106 Electrique	6.400
8	REVA G-Wiz / L-ion	4.000
9	Tesla Model S	3.703
10	Smart Fortwo ED	3.292

(1) - Also includes Holden Volt, Opel and Vauxhall Ampera sales;

(2) - Also includes Citröen C-Zero and Peugeot iOn sales.

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