France May 2014

Getting Warmer Edition

As Spring closes to an end and the weather becomes warmer, the french EV market is also getting more comfortable numbers, with 1.358 units sold, it's the fourth consecutive sales improvement and it's on par with last year numbers.

The Zoe is growing at the same slow pace of the market, registering 492 units this May (Fourth consecutive sales improvement), the #2 Kangoo ZE (283 sales) it's also on the rise (Fourth consecutive sales improvement, do you see a pattern here?), while the #3 was handed to the usual Nissan Leaf (111 units), although a bit squeezed this month by Bolloré (105).

Pl	France	May	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Renault Zoe	492	1.493	29	1
2	Renault Kangoo ZE	283	975	19	2
3	Nissan Leaf	111	650	13	3
4	Bolloré Blue Car	105	449	9	4
5	Smart Fortwo ED	41	207	4	7
6	BMW i3 *	51	186	4	13
7	Goupil G3	22	170	3	6
8	Renault Twizy e)	30	148	3	5
9	Peugeot iOn	45	122	2	11
10	Tesla Model S	43	119	2	18
11	Opel Ampera		118	2	16
12	Volkswagen e-Up!	26	106	2	15
13	Citröen C-Zero	58	101	2	12
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23	Volvo V60 Plug-In e) Citröen Berlingo EV e) Mit. Outlander PHEV e) Porsche Panamera P.-In e) Toyota Prius Plug-In e) Peugeot Partner EV e) Mia Electric Ford Focus Electric Renault Fluence ZE Fisker Karma	10 10 15 5 5 5 1	79 52 52 43 37 24 11 6 2 1	2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0	9 N/A N/A 14 8 N/A 10 22 19 21
	TOTAL	1.358	5.151	100

e) Estimate

* - 12 Bev, 39 Rex

Source: Manufacturers, Avere France, Automobile Propre

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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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