Italy May 2014

Surprises Edition

Two abnormalities this month in Italy, possibly derived from fleet deals, the Smart Fortwo Jumps to #1 YTD with 74 units in May (Personal Best), while the thought-dead Renault Fluence ZE also scores record sales, with 16 units, allowing it to climb to #7.

Pl	Italy	May	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Smart Fortwo ED	74	117	20	4
1	Renault Twizy e)	20	117	20	1
3	Nissan Leaf	14	112	19	2
4	BMW i3 *	21	86	15	7
5	Renault Zoe	8	69	12	3
6	Tesla Model S	1	23	4	11
7	Renault Fluence ZE	16	21	4	8
8	Volvo V60 Plug-In		15	3	5
9	Peugeot iOn		6	1	10
10 10 12	Mia Electric Volkswagen e-Up! Citröen C-Zero		4 4 2	1 1 0	14 N/A 6
	TOTAL	154	576	100

e) Estimate

Source: greenstart.it

* - 14 Bev + 7 Rex

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Belgium April 2014

David beats Goliath(s) Edition

The BMW i3 (39 units, 22 BEV's + 17 REx), was the best selling EV in Belgium last April, repeating the pole-position it had last February and beating larger cars (Panamera Plug-In, Model S, just to name two), despite this second monthly trophy, the american Sports-Sedan is still #1, resisting for the moment at the attacks from BMW's City-MPV-with-hot-hatch-genes and Porsche's Four-Door-Coupe-Thingy.

The last year leader, the Volvo V60 Plug-In, is slowly recovering (30 units, best result of the year) and it's now tied with the Nissan Leaf in #4.

Pl	Belgium	April	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Tesla Model S	10	146	20	2
2	BMW i3	39	134	19	7
3	Porsche Panamera Plug-In	34	107	15	12
4	Nissan Leaf	20	86	12	3
4	Volvo V60 Plug-In	30	86	12	1
6	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	17	52	7	19
7	Volkswagen e-Up!	3	26	4	14
7	Renault Twizy	9	26	3	4
9	Renault Zoe	6	24	3	5
9	Smart Fortwo ED	11	24	3	6
11	Opel Ampera	1	4	1	8
12	Mitsubishi I-Miev		3	1	10
13	McLaren P1		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	0 0 0 0 0	9 N/A 14 14 11
	TOTAL	179	724	100

Source: febiac.be; Manufacturers

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