Canada July 2013 (Updated)

The new rookie: Ford Fusion Energi

Complete Ranking Edition

Thanks to a post in Greencar Reports, it's now possible to have a complete idea of the Plug-in car fauna in Canada, so here it is the updated Canada's Report for July:

With 204 units sold in July, the Canadian Plug-In market took a dive of 40% regarding the month before, with the horrible result made by the Chevy Volt (42 units, worst sales month of the year) as the main reason for that. Despite this, thanks to the new additions to the ranking, the updated EV share is now at 0,17%, comfortably above last years score of 0,11%.

But it still wasn't this month that the Leaf won an isolated #1 in Canada, it also sold 42 units this month, enough for a tied second place.

Earning a second monthly #1 this year is the Tesla Model S, a surprising success in Canada, now that we have confirmed data regarding Tesla's sales there, sales are actually higher than estimated and is the only model to contest Volt's domination.

Finally, speaking of new additions, all except Tesla's model are in the bottom of the chart and reflect a bit what happens south of the borther, with the exception of the Smart Fortwo ED, receiving here a warmer welcome than in the US.

Thanks to Matthew Klippenstein of Greencar Reports for the updated data.

Pl	Canada	July	YTD	%
1	Chevrolet Volt	42	513	30
2	Tesla Model S	50	392	23
3	Nissan Leaf	42	290	17
4	Toyota Prius Plug-In	14	162	9
5	Mitsubishi I-Miev	16	108	6
6	Ford C-Max Energi	10	88	5
7	Smart Fortwo ED	25	81	5
8	Ford Focus Electric		49	3
9	Ford Fusion Energi	5	40	2
10	Fisker Karma		6	0
11	Toyota RAV4 EV		2	0
	TOTAL	204	1.731	100

Source: greencarreports.com

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Finland June 2013 (And 2012 Top 5 Ranking)

Volvo V60 Plug-In trunk

Finns warming up to plug-ins Edition

A bit late to the party, but worth it, because it's a country where their complete sales numbers only appears from time to time, we now show the Finnish plug-in sales ranking, with much going on, starting with a sales growth of 13%, having sold 94 units in the first six months.

This took the EV share to grow to 0,17%, an improvement that should increase even further on the second half of the year.

The models ranking also had a reshuffle, with the last years leader Prius Plug-In relegated to second place with 27 units, above it now stands the Volvo V60 Plug-In, #1 with 37 sales.

The Nissan Leaf is keeping the third place (And best-selling BEV title) with 20 units sold. Oddly enough, the podium (V60-Prius-Leaf) in Finland is exactly the same as the neighboring Sweden, another plug-in market on the rise.

On the downside, the Opel Ampera, #2 in '12, is now fourth with just 5 units...Another market where Opel is on the losers side.

Thanks to Kirsi Heikkilä (AUT) for the help on this post.

Pl	Finland	June '13	YTD '13	%	Pl '12
1	Volvo V60 Plug-In	5	37	40	6
2	Toyota Prius Plug-In	6	27	29	1
3	Nissan Leaf	4	20	21	3
4	Opel Ampera	1	5	5	2
5	Mitsubishi I-Miev		3	3	7
6	Citröen C-Zero		1	1	4
6	Chevrolet Volt		1	1	8
	TOTAL	16	94	100

Source: Best Selling Cars Blog, aut.fi

Here's the 2012 ranking:

2012 Full Year Top 5 Ranking

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Toyota Prius Plug-In	73
2	Opel Ampera	48
3	Nissan Leaf	43
4	Citröen C-Zero	3
5	Fisker Karma	3

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