Belgium March 2014

Springtime Records - Chapter Six

Thank you to Piet for the contribution on this EV ranking.

A new record was set in Belgium, with 252 plug-ins sold in March, increasing the EV Share to 0,37%, a great result considering there's no governmental incentives to buy EV's here.

The Tesla Model S was the winner of the month, with 81 registrations (Personal Best) and #2 in March was the surprising Nissan Leaf, scoring 49 sales, also a personal best, something that the #3 BMW i3 also did, selling 46 units.

There was a leadership change in the YTD ranking, with the Model S climbing to #1, followed by the BMW i3, relegating the former leader Panamera Plug-In to #3.

The Nissan Leaf climbed two positions to #4 and it's now putting pressure on Porsche, while last year leader, the Volvo V60 Plug-In, is in a distant #5.

Looking at the brands ranking, Tesla jumped to #1 with 25% share, followed by BMW (17%) and Porsche (13%).

Pl	Belgium	March	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Tesla Model S	81	136	25	2
2	BMW i3	46	95	17	7
3	Porsche Panamera Plug-In	13	73	13	12
4	Nissan Leaf	49	66	12	3
5	Volvo V60 Plug-In	18	56	10	1
6	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	8	35	6	19
7	Volkswagen e-Up!	17	23	4	14
8	Renault Zoe	7	18	3	5
9	Renault Twizy	7	17	3	4
10	Smart Fortwo ED	3	13	2	6
11	Opel Ampera	1	4	1	8
12	Mitsubishi I-Miev		3	1	10
13	McLaren P1	1	1	0	N/A
13 13 13 13 13	Fisker Karma Citröen C-Zero Toyota Prius Plug-In Peugeot iOn Renault Fluence ZE	1	1 1 1 1 1	0 0 0 0 0	9 N/A 14 14 11
	TOTAL	252	545	100

Source: febiac.be; Manufacturers

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Portugal March 2014

BMW i sub-brand is doing great in Portugal

Leaf is Back Edition

After more than two years(!) away from the leadership, the Nissan Leaf is back at #1 in the portuguese YTD EV ranking, after selling 13 units in March, its best monthly performance since...2011.

But the leadership came with company, as BMW also has 19 sales of its hot hatch i3, the bavarians are really pushing sales of the little car and it wouldn't be a surprise if the Bimmer came First by the end of the year.

In third came the Renault Zoe, selling 8 units, its personal best score in Portugal. By the way, in a general market up 47% year-on-year, the 29 plug-ins sold in March aren't that much of a big deal, as seen in the YTD EV Share at 0,18%, still three tenths behind last year (0,21%).

An entertaining fact is that the three top manufacturers are separated by just 2% share, with Nissan and BMW tied in #1 with 33% share and just behind we have Renault in Third with 31%, it will be an entertaining race to see between these three...

Pl	Portugal	March	2014	%	Pl '13
1	Nissan Leaf	13	19	33	3
2	BMW i3	3	19	33	7
3	Renault Zoe	8	13	22	5
4	Renault Twizy	4	5	9	1
5	Opel Ampera	1	2	3	8
	TOTAL	29	58	100

Source: Best Selling Cars Blog

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