Europe February 2014 (Updated)

Balanced Edition

4.878 EV's were sold last month in Europe, 38% above the same month last year, positive numbers that prove that the EV tide is continuing to fill up.

Looking at the models ranking, February shows a pretty balanced ranking, with less than 100 units separating the surprising #2 BMW i3 (645 units) from the #5 Volvo V60 Plug-in (560 units), while the Nissan Leaf sits high above them in #1, with twice the YTD sales of their competitors.

There were some changes in the ranking, with the excellent Second Place of the i3 and the Outlander PHEV back to the podium (#3 with 633 units), preparing itself to take on the Leaf as soon as it gets enough units in stock. The Model S also rose to #4 and with the announced price cut on their way, the podium might be a obtainable goal in the future.

On the german duel, the Bimmer seems to have the upper hand, having sold twice as much as the small e-Up!, now about that e-Golf...

Further down the ranking, we see the Prius Plug-in at #12 (A year ago it was #3), but things are even worse for the Opel Ampera, down to #16 with just 32 units...

The Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid, or Panamera Plug-in, is now on radar at #16 (#13 YTD), thanks to their good performance in Belgium.

Looking at the brands ranking, Renault lost #1 for Nissan (24% share), with the french manufacturer dropping to Second Place with 14% share, followed closely by BMW (12%) and Volvo (11%).

Pl	Europe	Feb.	YTD '14	%	'13Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	870	2.131	24	1
2	BMW i3	645	1.050	12	12
3	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	633	833	9	2
4	Tesla Model S	601	859	10	7
5	Volvo V60 Plug-In	560	958	11	4
6	Renault Zoe	337	600	7	2
7	Volkswagen e-Up!	301	668	7	11
8	Renault Kangoo ZE	268	450	5	5
9	Smart Fortwo ED	144	311	3	9
10	Renault Twizy	79	185	2	10
11	Mitsubishi I-Miev	76	128	1	14
12	Toyota Prius Plug-In	65	143	2	6
13	Goupil G3	48	79	1	18
14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Peugeot iOn Citröen C-Zero Porsche Panamera Plug-In Opel Ampera Peugeot Partner EV Citröen Berlingo EV Renault Fluence ZE	46 42 39 32 30 21 10	76 72 95 82 61 39 15	1 1 1 1 1 0 0	17 15 21 8 22     26 19
	TOTAL	4.878	8.953

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Luxembourg & Others 2012

Yes, you have read it right, this about sales in 2012, but i believe the sales data i've stumbled a few days ago is worth noting, as they come from countries out of the usual Green Car Media focus. To me it's the first insight into their plug-in sales and i believe it is also the first time they go public.

Here they go:

Luxembourg

The highest waged country in the EU registered 85 plug-in cars in 2012 with Renault leading the charge.

Pl	Model	2012
1	Renault Kangoo ZE	23
2	Opel Ampera / Chev. Volt	20
3	Citröen C-Zero	20
4	Renault Fluence ZE	9
5 6	Fisker Karma Mia Electric	2 1

Slovenia

The PSA (Peugeot and Citröen) brands did a lot to push EV's in Central and Eastern Europe, here's another proof of that.

Pl	Model	2012
1	Citröen C-Zero	16
2	Opel Ampera	9
3	Nissan Leaf	2

Slovakia

Just 6 units were registered in 2012 here, when in neighboring Czech Rep. 98 units were sold that year. 

Pl	Model	2012
1	Opel Ampera	4
2	Citröen C-Zero	2

Hungary

Again Opel and Citröen testing the waters for plug-ins here.

Pl	Model	2012
1	Opel Ampera	9
2	Citröen C-Zero	5
3	Nissan Leaf	2

Final mention for Turkey, 92 Renault Fluence ZE were sold in 2012 there, a small drop in the general Turkish market, but nevertheless it was enough to make it one of the top markets for the french sedan.

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