Japan January 2013

Mitsubishi Outlander Plug In dash 

Despite being the second largest EV market in the world, it is difficult to get regular sales numbers from Japan, but here's an exclusive ranking for January's Plug-In car sales!

We can see that the duel between the Prius Plug In and the Leaf now has a small advantage for the Nissan's car, now benefiting from the improved 2013 model.

But the big news is the arrival of Mitsu's Outlander to the market, in just 16 days it got 506 sales, a whole lot more than its stable mates I-Miev and Minicab did in a complete month and about half of what the top two sold.

With this in mind, February should provide some interesting numbers...

Pl	Japan	Jan	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	1.137	1.137	42	2
2	Toyota Prius Plug-In (e)	900	900	34	1
3	Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In	506	506	19	N/A
4	Mitsubishi I-Miev	79	79	3	3
5	Mitsubishi Minicab Miev	58	58	2	4
TOTAL		2.680	2.680	100

(e) - Estimate

Source: BSCB, Manufacturers

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USA February 2013

A stylish newcomer to the Plug-In market:  The Ford Fusion Energi

With 5.419 units sold in February, the EV market in the US-of-A  saw a 18% increase over last month and, most importantly, a 200% plus increase year-on-year, showing a consistent growth that outshines the efforts across the pond in other countries, making the US responsible for over half the sales of  plug-ins this year.

All models contributed for this sales growth, with one of them (Mitsubishi i) even registering a record month at 337 units.

The Chevrolet Volt recovered the number one place but with Tesla selling consistently over 1.200 units a month, it will have to return to October levels (Over 2.000 sales) if it wants to keep comfortably the best selling crown.

Behind the front two, the Prius Plug In seems to be losing steam and is now threatened by the Nissan Leaf, that is starting to be benefited by the Tennessee production and with it expects to increase sales in the coming months.

In fifth comes the Mitsu i-Miev, relegating to a surprising #6 the C-Max Energi, struggling for now with a small inventory.

Finally, we welcome the Fusion Energi with a respectable 119 sales in its debut month.  

Pl	USA	Feb	YTD	%
1	Chevrolet Volt	1.626	2.766	28
2	Tesla Model S	1.400	2.600	26
3	Toyota Prius Plug-In	693	1.567	16
4	Nissan Leaf	653	1.303	13
5	Ford C-Max Energi	334	672	7
6	Mitsubishi I-Miev	337	594	6
7	Ford Focus Electric	158	239	2
8	Ford Fusion Energi	119	119	1
11	Toyota RAV4 EV	54	79	1
12	Fisker Karma	13	33	0
13	Honda Fit EV	15	23	0
14	Honda Accord Plug-In	17	19	0
15	Smart Fortwo ED	0	2	0
	TOTAL	5.419	10.016	100

Source: insideevs.com

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