Switzerland August 2013

First EV sales champion in Switzerland: The 2010 Think City

Tesla #1 Edition

Another good month for EV's in Switzerland, with 129 units sold, pushing the EV share to 0,36%, closer to the 0,41% of last year.

The big surprise was the #1 spot for the Tesla Model S in the monthly ranking, confirming my suspicion that Tesla would do well here. In the YTD chart is now sixth, but it's expected that in the end of the year it reaches the podium.

In the YTD ranking, the Renault Zoe is now in #1, tied with its stablemate, the Twizy, which has been losing steam.

Stable at #3 is the Nissan Leaf, with an average result of 23 units, just like  the rest of the ranking, which is more or less the same.

Pl	Switzerland	August	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Renault Zoe	31	164	22	11
2	Renault Twizy e)	15	164	22	1
3	Nissan Leaf	23	136	19	6
4	Mitsubishi I-Miev	9	86	12	5
5	Opel Ampera	6	50	7	2
6	Tesla Model S	42	45	6	N/A
7	Chevrolet Volt		35	5	6
8	Citröen C-Zero		20	3	4
9	Fisker Karma	2	13	2	8
10	Peugeot iOn	1	8	1	9
11	Renault Fluence ZE		6	1	7
12	Tesla Roadster		3	0	10
13	Think City		3	0	12
	TOTAL	129	733	100

e) Estimate

Source: auto-suisse.ch

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