Spain December 2013

Taxi Vehicle, one of the most common fleet deals for the Electric Nissan

Alliance Edition

1.274 plug-ins were sold in Spain, achieving an EV Share of 0,18%, 0,06% behind the 2012 performance (0,24%), but the fall wasn't as bad as many feared in the beginning of the year, where in February the EV Share was just 0,04%...

The Nissan Leaf won the Best Seller Crown, with 263 units and 21% share, followed by its french cousins, the Renault Twizy (193 units, 15% Share) and the Renault Zoe (182 registrations, 14% share) closing the podium.

The rest of the market was heavily influenced by fleet deals and stock clearances, enabling the Mitsu I-Miev to finish #4 (Better than the #9 in '12, but still far from the #1 spot in '11), and the Fluence ZE in #5.

By brands, Renault won easily the competition with 45% share, followed by Nissan (21%) and Mitsubishi (11%), the Renault-Nissan Alliance as a whole got 66% share, so it's safe to say that for the moment the Alliance has this market covered.

It is hard to predict what will happen in 2014 at the Spanish EV Market, because fleet deals are big here, but it's expected that new, local incentives, could push sales up to close to 2.000 units/year. 

Pl	Spain	Dec.	2013	%	'12Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	1	263	21	3
2	Renault Twizy	2	193	15	1
3	Renault Zoe	1	182	14	N/A
4	Mitsubishi I-Miev		142	11	9
5	Renault Fluence ZE	10	128	10	4
6	Peugeot iOn	7	73	6	5
7	Renault Kangoo ZE	5	72	6	2
8	Citröen C-Zero	5	58	5	6
9 10	Smart Fortwo ED Toyota Prius Plug-In	8 13	57 51	4 4	13 6
11 12 13 14 15 16	BMW i3 Porsche Panamera Plug-In Opel Ampera Ford Focus Electric Chevrolet Volt Tesla Model S	4 2 1 1	27 14 6 5 2 1	2 1 0 0 0 0	N/A N/A 8 N/A 11 N/A
	TOTAL	61	1.274	100

Source: Autoblog.es; 

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Belgium December 2013

Volvo won the EV Best Seller title in Belgium

Photo-Finish Win Edition

Thanks to the valuable contribution of our reader Piet Roobrouck, we have more exclusive data on the EV market in Belgium, allowing a full year ranking.

824 plug-ins were sold, with an EV Share of 0,17%, far from the numbers of their northern neighbors, but respectable numbers nevertheless.

In a fragmented market, where the leader had just 19% share, the Volvo V60 Plug-In won the Best Seller Title with 153 units, followed very closely by the Tesla Model S, just 5 units behind.

In third was the Nissan Leaf, also close to the top (141 units, just 12 units behind Volvo).

Further down the ranking, we see two newcomers making an impact, the BMW i3 was #2 in December, with 17 units and the Panamera Plug-In landed with 6 registrations, a good start for Porsche.

Looking at the brands ranking, Renault ended at #1 with 25% share, followed by Volvo (19% share) and Tesla (18%).

Looking ahead, it will be entertaining to see the 2014 race in Belgium, with plenty of candidates at #1, not only we have the Top 3 of this year (V60, Model S and Leaf), but the BMW i3 and Outlander PHEV will also make an impact here. 

Pl	Belgium	Dec.	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Volvo V60 Plug-In	17	153	19	N/A
2	Tesla Model S	39	148	18	N/A
3	Nissan Leaf	11	141	17	4
4	Renault Twizy e)	5	115	14	1
5	Renault Zoe	12	85	10	N/A
6	Smart Fortwo ED	3	59	7	N/A
7	BMW i3	17	32	4	N/A
8	Opel Ampera	1	31	4	2
9	Fisker Karma		13	2	7
10	Mitsubishi I-Miev		12	1	10
11	Renault Fluence ZE		8	1	5
12	Porsche Panamera Plug-In	6	6	1	N/A
13	Mia Electric		5	1	10
14 14 14 14 18 19 19	Peugeot iOn Chevrolet Volt Toyota Prius Plug-In Volkswagen e-Up! Think City Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Ford Focus Electric	1	3 3 3 3 2 1 1	0 0 0 0 0 0 0	3 8 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A
	TOTAL	112	824	100

e) Estimate

Source: febiac.be; Manufacturers

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