Germany March 2014

BMW i3 is the 2014 EV King in Germany. Until the e-Golf arrives, of course...

Springtime Records - Fourth Chapter

With 941 plug-ins sold in March, the German EV market has beaten by a small margin its EV Sales record, a sign of things to come? We just have to wait and see, but for now the EV Share is at 0,32%, a significant departure from the 0,22% of last year.

The BMW i3 (229 units sold) was #1 in March, increasing the lead in the YTD chart, with the second spot going for the Model S, with 143 units...That's right, the american full-size-sporty-sedan-thingy finally breaks into the three digit area, being the best foreign car here and now it must be eyeing on two main goals: 

1 - Reach the i3 numbers to win the Best Selling EV title;

2- Reach the 300-400 units/month of the other full-size-sporty-sedan-thingy (Think Audi A7, Porsche Panamera, etc.) and become the best selling car of that particular segment. Sign of the times, Tesla is now going after ICE best-sellers...

In #2 YTD we have the e-Up! (119 units), defending VW colors and waiting for the e-Golf to arrive, followed at a close distance by the Smart Fortwo ED (108 units), defending itself from the most recent competition, while further down the ranking Volvo had a great sales month, with the V60 Plug-In beating its own personal best score and selling 54 units, and even the now jurassic C30 Electric has sold 7 units, also a personal best performance.

Pl	Germany	March	YTD'14	%	'13 Pl
1	BMW i3	229	637	28	5
2	Volkswagen e-Up!	119	329	15	9
3	Smart Fortwo ED	108	298	13	1
4	Tesla Model S	143	239	11	8
5	Nissan Leaf	131	226	10	3
6	Renault Zoe	95	205	9	2
7	Volvo V60 Plug-In	54	116	5	11
8	Renault Twizy e)	15	56	2	4
9	Toyota Prius Plug-In	19	34	2	N/A
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 18	Opel Ampera Porsche Panamera Plug-In Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Ford Focus Electric Chevrolet Volt Citröen C-Zero Volvo C30 Electric Mitsubishi I-Miev Peugeot iOn	3 8 4 2 3 7 1	22 18 17 12 11 9 7 7 6	1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0	6 16 N/A 14 15 7 N/A 10 13
	TOTAL	941	2.249	100

e) estimate

Source: kba.de; Manufacturers

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Japan February 2014

Duel in the (Rising) Sun Edition 

Just a little bit late, i can now report the February numbers in Japan, which is one of the the best selling months and this year continued the trend, with 4.085 units registered, 10% behind last year, but still the second best selling month ever for plug-ins, leaving the EV Share at 1,28%. 

Looking at the models ranking, the Nissan Leaf is fighting a hard race with the Outlander PHEV for the Best Selling EV title in Japan, with one monthly win for each (January for the Mitsu SUV, February for the Nissan Hatch) this year, and just 216 units separating them on the YTD chart.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Mitsubishi (49%) benefits from the Miev family to win those extra sales and stay ahead of Nissan (42%).

Pl	Japan	Feb.	2014	%	Pl '13
	Nissan Leaf	1.903	3.144	45	1
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	1.630	2.928	42	2
3	Toyota Prius Plug-In e)	200	400	6	3
4	Mitsubishi I-Miev	238	293	4	4
5	Mitsubishi Minicab Miev	98	140	2	5
6	Mitsub. Minicab Miev Truck	9	33	1	6
	TOTAL	4.085	6.938	100

e) Estimate

Source:http://evn.blog.eonet.jp; Manufacturers; http://www.samochodyelektryczne.org/

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