China May 2014 (Updated with Tesla)

The Rise and Rise of the Qin Edition

Based on certified data and past performances, the presumed Top 5 goes like this, the BYD Qin continues to impress, selling 1.008 units in May (First time a plug-in sells in the thousands), while the other players post solid numbers, allowing the Chinese EV market to register another sales record (Third in a row), with 2.778 units.

To put it in perspective, this was the second best result of an individual market in May, behind the unattainable USA (12.053 units), but ahead of the Netherlands, third with 1.909 units sold.

A final mention for Tesla, its Model S made it to #5 thanks to the 532 units sold in May, and the April numbers are still missing...

Pl	Model	YTD '14
1	BYD Qin	4.302
2	Chery QQ3 EV (e)	3.216
3	BYD e6	1.134
4	Zotye Zhidou E20	648
5	Tesla Model S e)	534

(e) - Estimate

Sources: Best Selling Cars Blog; http://www.greenchipstocks.com/articles/tiny-cheap-electric-cars-beat-tesla-nasdaqtsla/2232

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Spain May 2014

A Rush of Wind Edition

There were 119 units sold in May, a surprising result (In the previous month sales mounted just to 64), being the best result of the year and pulling the EV Share to 0,10%, this is probably already the result of the announced governmental aids.

The greatest beneficiary of this sales rush was the Nissan Leaf, with 67 registrations, a personal best, followed by the Twizy (20 units, best result of the year) and the BMW i3 (18 sales, also best month of the year).

Final mention for the Renault Zoe, registering 11 units (Best result of the year), and climbing to #4 YTD.

Pl	Spain	May	YTD'14	%	'13Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	67	117	36	1
2	BMW i3	18	64	20	11
3	Renault Twizy	20	48	15	2
4	Renault Zoe	11	24	7	3
5	Volvo V60 Plug-In		18	6	N/A
6	Tesla Model S	3	12	4	16
7	Mitsubishi I-Miev		11	3	4
7 9 10 11 12 12 12	Porsche Panamera Plug-In Smart Fortwo ED Toyota Prius Plug-In Opel Ampera Citröen C-Zero Renault Fluence ZE Chevrolet Volt		11 9 6 3 1 1 1	3 3 3 1 0 0 0	12 9 10 13 8 5 15
	TOTAL	119	326	100

Source: ANIACAM; Manufacturers

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