Japan March 2013

2013 PiP alloys

With a month delay, i can now report on the japanese EV market, in March there were 3.197 plug in sales, down 40% regarding last month, leaving the market share to be under the 1% share at 0,77. 

The responsible for this drop was the off month of the Nissan Leaf, down to 676 units when the month before it had sold 1.455 cars. 

With another good month (1.719 sales), the Outlander Plug-In secures a second monthly win and the #1 post YTD.

Finally, the Prius PHEV career has hit the brakes and dropped to last place.

Pl.	Japan	Mar	YTD	%
1	Mitsu. Outlander Plug-In	1.719	4.304	40
2	Nissan Leaf	676	3.268	31
3	Toyota Prius Plug-In e)	100	1.600	15
4	Mitsubishi I-Miev	358	814	8
5	Mitsubishi Minicab Miev	344	719	7
	TOTALS	3.197	10.705	100

e) - Estimate

Source: Manufacturers, evn.blog.eonet.jp

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Canada April 2013

Whitish Canadian Mitsubishi I-Miev 

Deceiving Numbers Edition

Like many things in life, numbers can be deceiving and April EV sales in Canada are an example of that, if at first sight a plug-in share of just 0,12% seems discouraging, in reality EV's are improving at a 25% rate in a stable market (up 1%), so the road is long but it is getting done.

Looking at the models ranking, it looks like it was another good month for the Chevy Volt, now alone yet again in #1, but the truth is that in the same month last year it had sold 76 units, resulting in a 16% drop.

On the other hand, the Nissan Leaf dropped to second, 16 cars behind (48) the Volt, but this result is a 85% improvement over last year, contributing to a 117% YTD growth, so it looks that this year GM's plug-in car has real competition in Canada.

The other two contenders switched their usual positions, with the I-Miev in third and the Prius last, although YTD Toyota's Plug-In still has a comfortable margin over its fellow japanese competitor.

Pl.	Canada	April	YTD'13		YTD'12	13 vs '12
1	Chevrolet Volt	64	241		210	14,76%
2	Nissan Leaf	48	204		94	117,02%
3	Toyota Prius Plug-In	22	108		N/A	N/A
4	Mitsubishi I-Miev	24	59		68	-13,24%
	TOTAL	158	466		372	25,27%

Source: Good Car Bad Car

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