Denmark December 2013

In '13 the Leaf was #1, will the Model S be the next Best Seller?

Breaking The Waves Edition

In a sea of small and compact cars, the Tesla Model S is making its way into success, December was the second month (September was the first) where it was the Best Selling EV in Denmark and it ended in #2 on the YTD ranking, being for the moment the most dangerous adversary of this year's Best Selling EV, the Nissan Leaf, which has sold 212 cars, a new record for yearly sales for a single model (in '12 the Fluence ZE had sold 198 units), and despite the Danish plug-in market ending with the same EV share as in 2012 (0,29%), there was a new sales record, with the 522 electric cars being sold there.

Third YTD was the Renault Zoe, with 92 units and 18% share.

Looking ahead for 2014, the Nissan Leaf will have a complicated life to renew the top spot, not only the Model S is already proving to be tough competition, but the VW e-Up! and the BMW i3 have also big ambitions, it is reported that the i3 already has a waiting list of several hundred cars...

All these new cars should pull the numbers up, i'm guessing that the 1.000 mark is possible if all goes well.

Pl	Denmark	Dec.	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	21	212	41	4
2	Tesla Model S	33	112	21	N/A
3	Renault Zoe	16	92	18	N/A
4	Renault Fluence ZE		38	7	1
5	Volkswagen e-Up!	14	30	6	N/A
6	Renault Twizy		15	3	N/A
7	Peugeot iOn	1	9	2	2
8	Opel Ampera	1	7	1	7
9	Renault Kangoo ZE		3	1	N/A
10 11 11	Smart Fortwo ED Mitsubishi I-Miev BMW i3	1	2 1 1	0 0 0	N/A 5 N/A
	TOTAL	87	522	100

Source: www.bilimp.dk

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Estonia December 2013

An increasingly common sight in Estonia

Leaf dethrones I-Miev Edition

138 EV's were sold in Estonia in 2013 (0,69% EV Share), far less than the 506 sold in '12, when the Estonian market was only behind Norway regarding EV Share (2,39% in '12).

Looking at the ranking, the Nissan Leaf won easily the First Place, succeeding the Mitsu I-Miev as the Best Selling EV.

In was #2 Mia Electric, a surprising performance from the little french EV, relegating the I-Miev to #3.

In December, the first Tesla Model S was registered, it will be interesting to see how it will perform in '14, can it steal #1 from Nissan Leaf? 

Pl	Estonia	Dec.	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	8	95	69	2
2	Mia Electric		22	16	N/A
3 4	Mitsubishi I-Miev Tesla Model S	2 1	20 1	14 1	1 N/A
	TOTAL	11	138	100

Source: mnt.ee

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