Norway April 2013

A shiny career for the Nissan Leaf  in Norway

The news this month is the rise and rise of the Nissan Leaf in Norway, setting again new records, with an astounding second place in the overall ranking, reaching 3,3% share and 455 sales, all in one month. Will we see the Leaf reach #1? Ladies and Gentlemen, please make your bets...

The rest of the electric cars are far behind the japanese hatchback, which grabs for himself a gigantic 74% share of the market, but nevertheless there are some points to be noticed, the Prius Plug-In is up two spots to #3 and despite production constraints, the Volvo V60 Plug-In shows up in a brilliant in #4, right ahead of the Kangoo ZE, another model improving its position in the ranking.

Finally, with 544 units sold, the electric car market represented 3,89% of the total norwegian market in April, improving the YTD share to 3,69%,which is more than half point above the 3,12% that EV's had in the in the end of 2012.

Pl	Norway	Apr '13	YTD '13	%	Pl 2012
1	Nissan Leaf	455	1.304	74	1
2	Mitsubishi I-Miev	35	164	9	2
3	Toyota Prius Plug-In e)	19	78	4	5
4	Volvo V60 Plug-In e)	16	69	4	N/A
5	Renault Kangoo ZE	11	51	3	8
6	Peugeot iOn	2	28	2	4
7	Citröen C-Zero		26	1	3
8	Opel Ampera	4	22	1	6
	TOTAL	544	1.758

e) Estimate

Source: BSCB, Manufacturers

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UK March 2013

Sensible alloys for the 2013 Renault Kangoo ZE   

The UK market was one of the markets where EV makers had high hopes, in 2012 there were sold 2.971 electric vehicles and with a 0,15% share, it was a decent performance, making it the #8 largest market for this kind of vehicles.

Things aren't so rosy this year, in the end of March there were just 656 EV sales, with the respective share dropping to 0,11%, a fact only made worse by the 6% rise in the UK global market.

Models wise, the first three keep their status quo, with the Nissan Leaf solid in #1, followed by the Prius Plug-In in #2 and the Vauxhall Ampera #3.

Outside the podium, the Kangoo ZE is up two spots to #4, just like the Citroën C-Zero (#6) and the Chevrolet Volt (#8).

Finally, the Renault Zoe is still in a shy #9, it's to expect that the french supermini should climb several positions in the next months as the production gets in full steam. 

Pl.       Models                         Q1 '13            '12 Pl
1     Nissan Leaf                          289                   1  
2     Toyota Prius Plug-In e)         118                   2
3     Vauxhall Ampera                    83                   3
4     Renault Kangoo ZE e)            70                   6
5     Renault Twizy                         38                   4
6     Citröen C-Zero                      20                   8
7     Peugeot iOn                           14                   5
8     Chevrolet Volt                        12                 10
9     Renault Zoe                            10                 13
10   Mitsubishi I-Miev                      1                  9
11   Renault Fluence ZE                   1                 11

e) Estimate

Source: BSCB, Manufacturers

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