Hong Kong December 2013

The nicer relifted Fluence ZE 

Alliance Stronghold Edition

This small EV market had 190 electric cars sold in 2013 (0,39% share), up from 89 last year, with the Renault-Nissan Alliance dominating sales, with 74% share.

The Renault Fluence ZE won a surprising Best Seller Title, with the BYD e6 in #2 and the Leaf in third with 31 sales. 

Further down, the Renault Kangoo ZE was #4 with 12 sales, followed by the Minicab Miev in #5  and finally in sixth place, we have the Mitsu I-Miev and Renault Twizy with just one unit sold.

In 2014 the Tesla Model S and BMW i3 will make an impact here, especially the american Sports Sedan, which reportedly has a 400(!) reservation list, so this market will grow exponentially to some 600-800 units and some 1,5% share!

Pl	Hong Kong	Dec.	2013	%	'12Pl
1	Renault Fluence ZE		97	51	N/A
2	BYD e6		45	24	N/A
3	Nissan Leaf	4	31	16	1
4 5 6 7	Renault Kangoo ZE Mitsubishi Minicab Miev Mitsubishi I-Miev Renault Twizy	1	12 3 3 1	6 2 2 1	N/A N/A N/A N/A
TOTAL		5	190

Source: HKMTA

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Canada December 2013

Another win for the Volt in Canada. But the competition will be stronger in '14...

Changes Edition

With 3.041 EV's sold in 2013, the Canadian market grew 54% regarding '12, reaching a respectable 0,18% EV Share, mostly thanks to increased sales from the Nissan Leaf (470 units in '13 vs 240 in '12), full year sales from Tesla and new models from Ford.

Despite this, #1 went for the Chevy Volt, but it's now far from the domination it had in 2012, when it owned 67% on the market.

The Second Placed Tesla Model S was the only model to bother the Chevy leadership, winning three monthly #1's (March, July and September) and that performance could have been better if Tesla didn't had production constraints....Just like the #3 Nissan Leaf, which also had them in the Tennessee factory. 

The rest of the ranking had several changes in the last days of the year, with the Ford C-Max Energi climbing to #5 and the Smart Fortwo ED to #6, with the I-Miev, which had a terrible month of December with just 2 units sold, dropped to #7, while the Fusion Energi climbed one position to #8.

For 2014, both Tesla and Nissan aren't expecting production constraints, so both of them can have a go at #1, testing for the first time Chevy leadership in Canada.

Pl	Canada	Dec.	2013	%
1	Chevrolet Volt	80	931	31
2	Tesla Model S e)	40	618	20
3	Nissan Leaf	28	470	15
4	Toyota Prius Plug-In	5	212	7
5	Ford C-Max Energi	35	199	7
6	Smart Fortwo ED e)	20	190	6
7	Mitsubishi I-Miev	2	168	6
8	Ford Fusion Energi	15	116	4
9	Ford Focus Electric e)	5	106	3
10	Fisker Karma		23	1
11 12	Chevrolet Spark EV Toyota RAV4 EV		5 3	0 0
	TOTAL	215	3.041	100

e) Estimate

Source: greencarreports.com

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