Germany October 2013

These little guys are preparing themselves to swarm german streets...

The Times They Are Changing Edition

Just when you thought that the BMW i3 (197 units sold) would collect its first monthly #1, the Fortwo ED got its best result ever, with 311 units, making it also the best monthly performance of the year.

These two results helped the german EV market to score the best result of the year, with 832 units, helped also by a good result from the Renault Zoe (125 units). With the i3 starting to sell for real in November and the VW e-Up! also starting to roll of dealer lots, it looks that the growing trend will continue, with four digit numbers perfectly achievable.  A side effect of this sales growth is the EV Share rising to 0,209%, finally ahead of last years score of 0,198%.

As result of these numbers, the ranking had a few changes, with the most significant being the Renault Zoe climbing two positions to #2, with the Nissan Leaf dropping also two places to fourth. The little BMW i3 kept on climbing the sales chart, it's now #5, while another newcomer, the Model S (37 units sold) from Tesla, climbed another position to #8.

On a predominantly BEV market, the only Plug-In Hybrid to score significant sales is the Opel Ampera (#6, with 6% share), but the landing of the Volvo V60 Plug-In (33 units this month) and the imminent arrival of the Outlander PHEV could change that.

Finally, in the brands ranking, Renault (32%) is still #1, but Smart (30%) is very close, with Nissan in a distant third, with 15% share.

Pl	Germany	Oct.	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Smart Fortwo ED	311	1.548	30	7
2	Renault Zoe	125	833	16	N/A
3	Renault Twizy	54	771	15	1
4	Nissan Leaf	40	761	15	5
5	BMW i3	197	348	7	N/A
6	Opel Ampera	16	301	6	2
7	Citröen C-Zero		272	5	4
8	Tesla Model S	37	93	2	N/A
9	Mitsubishi I-Miev	4	88	2	9
10 11 12 13 14 15	Renault Fluence ZE Peugeot iOn Volvo V60 Plug-In Chevrolet Volt Ford Focus Electric Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid	8 33 2 4	47 40 33 21 16 4	1 1 1 0 0 0	6 8 N/A 13 N/A N/A
	TOTAL	832	5.177	100

Source: kba.de; goingelectric.de

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Australia 3Q 2013

Because it got there first (2010), the Mitsu I-Miev is still the most common EV in Australia

Growing Trend Edition

The third quarter australian sales data became available and there are two numbers that translate accurately the status of electric cars there: 0,026% and 117%.

The first number is the aussie EV share, with just 237 sales this year, plug-ins are a very small portion of a market worth a million units.

The second refers to their growth rate regarding a year ago, in isolation it's a healthy sign for electric cars future here, but then again, high growth rates with such a small base are not that meaningful....

Modelswise, the Nissan Leaf continues at #1 with 118 units sold, doubling sales from a year ago. 

The Holden Volt is second with 89 units sold, failing to reach the Leaf's top spot, improving share to 40%.

Finally, in third, the Mitsubishi I-Miev closes the podium without much perspectives of improvement.

Australia	3Q '13	3Q'12
Nissan Leaf	118	64
Holden Volt	89	N/A
Mitsubishi I-Miev e)	30	45
TOTAL	237	109

e) - Estimate

Sources: www.bestsellingcarsblog.com

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