Netherlands February 2013

Opel Ampera's rear didn't get the same nip n'tuck love that it's front had

Plug-In sales in the Netherlands is going down alarmingly, in February sales were down almost 50% regarding the month before and some 70% if we look back to last November.

In this gloomy outlook, the only model that isn't underperforming regarding last year's sales is the Chevrolet Volt, up one position to #2 and gaining on last years monthly average (25 units).

As for the rest of the competition, their performance varies from bad (Opel Ampera, Renault Twizy...) to very bad (Fisker Karma, Fluence ZE).

Already with a massive 79% Plug-In Hybrid share in 2012, this year the EV dutch market continues to prefer this kind of electric car, increasing even their market share by 3% to an incredible 82% share.

Pl	Netherlands	Feb	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Opel Ampera	100	319	67	1
2	Chevrolet Volt	25	67	14	3
3	Renault Twizy	15	37	8	6
4	Nissan Leaf	13	29	6	4
5	Peugeot iOn	3	10	2	7
6	Fisker Karma	5	5	1	8
7	Renault Fluence ZE	2	4	1	10
8	Citröen C-Zero	1	4	1	9
9	Mitsubishi I-Miev		1	0	13
10	Tesla Roadster		1	0	12
11	Toyota Prius Plug-In	(a)	(a)	0	2
	TOTAL	164	477	100

(a) - Data not available

Source: AutoWeek.nl

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France February 2013

2013 Renault Zoe seen from behind

With 1.005 units sold in February, the french market recovered to the usual levels of last year, with the Renault Zoe being responsible for almost half of it, meaning that for the first time the french supermini is on top of the sales chart, presumably the first of many months there...

Down to #2 in February but still ahead in the YTD sales, the 288 February sales kept the Kangoo ZE way ahead of the Nissan Leaf, in #3, with just 63 cars sold in that same month.

Down the ranking, notice the Twizy down three positions to #5 and the french cousins of the Mitsu I-Miev also down, respectively 4 (Peugeot iOn) and 5 positions (Citröen C-Zero), and on the upswing we find the Smart Fortwo ED, 4th in February and 6th YTD, versus a discrete #11 in 2012.

Finally by brands, Renault is smashing the competition with 75% share, up from 48% last year, while PSA (Peugeot + Citröen) almost disappeared from the map, with this year scoring just 3% share instead of the 24% from '12...

Pl	France	Feb	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Renault Kangoo ZE	288	732	42	1
2	Renault Zoe	440	510	29	12
3	Nissan Leaf	63	123	7	6
4	Bolloré Blue Car	50	108	6	3
5	Renault Twizy	39	75	4	2
6	Smart Fortwo ED	58	70	4	11
7	Mia Electric	28	57	3	8
8	Peugeot iOn	20	31	2	4
9	Opel Ampera	8	22	1	10
10	Citröen C-Zero	6	19	1	5
11	Chevrolet Volt	1	5	0	13
12	Fisker Karma	2	5	0	14
13	Renault Fluence ZE	2	4	0	9
14	Toyota Prius Plug-In (a)		0	0	7
	TOTAL	1.005	1.761	100

(a) - Data not available

Source: Automobile Propre

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