World Top 10 February 2014

Models - Outlander prepares for battle

With 17.283 plug-ins sold in February, global sales are up 17% regarding the same month last year, a steady increase that is another step in the right direction to dump the pump.

On the models ranking, the Nissan Leaf has seen their new arch-rival Outlander PHEV come closer, maybe preparing another strike at the Number One position in the near future, but where things are really heating up is in the fight for #4 between Volt and PiP and for #8, where three(!) EV's are separated by less than 100 units.

Finally, there´s two newcomers this year to the TOP 10, the Big-In-China BYD Qin and the electric-hot-hatch BMW i3, the first seems to have a bright future ahead, so this will be a name to remember for the coming months.

On the other hand, Renault lost all representation in the Top 10, when last year it had two vehicles (Zoe and Kangoo ZE), and even three in '12 (Twizy, Kangoo and Fluence ZE)...

Pl	WORLD	Feb.	YTD'14	%	'13Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	3.553	7.299	23	1
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	2.263	3.731	12	5
3	Tesla Model S	2.021	3.114	10	4
4	Chevrolet Volt (1)	1.357	2.396	8	2
5	Toyota Prius Plug-In	1.305	2.380	8	3
6	BYD Qin	834	1.507	5	40
7	Ford Fusion Energi	779	1.332	4	9
8	BMW i3	645	1.050	3	20
9	Volvo V60 Plug-In	610	1.058	3	7
10	Ford C-Max Energi	552	1.023	3	8
	TOTAL	17.283	31.280

Manufacturers - Mitsubishi is #2 thinking in the leadership 

In the Manufacturers ranking, Mitsubishi is now firmly in #2 and expecting to continue to grow in order to remove Nissan from #1.

Further down the ranking we see Ford reaching #4 thanks to yet another record month (1.473 sales), while BYD secures #7 also with a personal best score (1.072 units).

Pl	WORLD	Feb.	YTD'14	%	'13Pl
1	Nissan	3.553	7.299	23	1
2	Mitsubishi	2.782	4.477	14	3
3	Tesla	2.021	3.114	10	5
4	Ford	1.473	2.607	8	7
5	Chevrolet	1.428	2.560	8	2
6	Toyota	1.406	2.544	8	4
7	BYD	1.072	1.871	6	11
8	Renault	715	1.280	4	6
9	Volvo	610	1.068	3	8
10	BMW	645	1.050	3	13

(1) - Includes Holden Volt, Opel and Vauxhall Ampera;
(e) - Estimate


Questions for March

1 - Which model will be #4? Prius or Volt?

2 - Which vehicle will be #8 YTD?

3 - Can Mitsubishi scare Nissan?

4 - Which brand will be #4 YTD?

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