Europe November 2013

The next contender for #1 in EV Europe

Newcomers - Euro Edition

Another sales record, with 9.941 units sold, making this the fourth straight month of growth for the European EV market, with four models selling in the four digit area, three of them recent additions: Besides the eversolid Nissan Leaf (#4 with 1.024 units), the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV went through the roof (2.736 units) thanks to dutch sales, the Volvo V60 Plug-In (1.330 units), also registered record sales and in third we have the Model S from Tesla with 1.133 units registered, also a new personal best. 

Besides those three models, there were two new EV's rising in the ranking, with the BMW i3 (408 units sold) now #13 YTD  and the VW e-Up! (437 units) joining the ranking at #17.

With all this increased competition, the Renault Zoe (632 units) was just fifth, maybe a prediction of what might be a difficult 2014.

The Smart Fortwo ED had another record month (435 units) and now that production constraints are over, it looks that the tiny two seater is steadily increasing performance on a monthly basis.

As a result of these new additions to the market, there's plenty of changes on the enlarged (Now Top 20) YTD Chart, with the two most significant being the Outlander PHEV coming out of nowhere to #6 and the Model S climbing yet another position to #8.

Pl	Europe	Nov.	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	1.024	9.833	19	4
2	Renault Zoe	632	8.138	16	21
3	Renault Kangoo ZE	438	5.386	11	3
4	Volvo V60 Plug-In	1.330	5.010	10	22
5	Toyota Prius Plug-In	509	3.648	7	5
6	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	2.736	3.096	6	N/A
7	Renault Twizy	167	2.841	6	1
8	Tesla Model S	1.133	2.641	5	N/A
9	Smart Fortwo ED	435	2.457	5	12
10	Opel Ampera	344	2.257	4	2
11	Chevrolet Volt	21	884	2	11
12	Mitsubishi I-Miev	56	815	2	8
13	BMW i3	408	788	2	N/A
14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Bolloré Blue Car Citröen C-Zero Goupil G3 Volkswagen e-Up! Peugeot iOn Renault Fluence ZE Mia Electric	50 56 30 437 68 20 25	611 551 486 454 429 337 250	1 1 1 1 1 1 0	9 6 14 N/A 7 10 13
	TOTAL	9.941	51.109

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Switzerland November 2013

"Bullit With Butterfly Wings"

Almost There Edition

A good month for the Swiss EV market, with 139 units registered, pulling the EV share to 0,40%, just 0,01% less than last year, a number that could be reached if December sales end up strong.

This month the Renault Zoe won another #1, although with an unimpressive result of 38 units sold, barely ahead of #2...

...Which was the Tesla Model S, continuing to impress (37 units) and enabling to climb one position to #3, with hopes that it can still catch Twizy's #2 in December.

At the bottom of the YTD chart, we assist at the surefooted landing of the BMW i3 (21 units, #3 in November), and to a surprising monthly #4 of the Chevy Volt, registering 11 cars and reducing the gap between it and its disappointing brother Opel Ampera.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, this is still Renault's turf (#1 with 43% share), but GM has been wiped out of the map (In 2012 it had 26% share, now it only has 11%), and in consequence, we have new competitors on the podium, with Tesla now #2 (15%) and Nissan #3 (14% this year, just 5% the year before).

Pl	Switzerland	Nov.	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Renault Zoe	38	278	25	11
2	Renault Twizy	10	198	18	1
3	Tesla Model S	37	166	15	N/A
4	Nissan Leaf	8	158	14	6
5	Mitsubishi I-Miev	6	105	9	5
6	Opel Ampera	4	70	6	2
7	Chevrolet Volt	11	58	5	6
8	Fisker Karma	2	23	2	8
9	Citröen C-Zero	2	22	2	4
10	BMW i3	21	21	2	N/A
11	Peugeot iOn		9	1	9
12	Renault Fluence ZE		7	1	7
13 13	Tesla Roadster Think City		3 3	0 0	10 12
	TOTAL	139	1.121	100

Source: auto-suisse.ch; Manufacturers

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