USA September 2014

With the help of increased production, Tesla is gunning for higher places

Better Luck Next Time Edition

10.551 plug-ins were sold in the US last month, which a bit far from the 12.000 needed to beat the current sales record, but Chevrolet and especially Toyota had bad performances last month, with the japanese maker selling 800 Prii less than the same month last year, making this the worst sales month (353 units) for the Plug-In Prius since 2012. Nevertheless, the EV Share continues to progress, now standing at 0,70%

Ford also under-performed, mostly due to the Fusion Energi selling just 640 units, its worst month since January.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Nissan Leaf	2.881
2	Tesla Model S e)	2.500
3	Chevrolet Volt	1.394
4	BMW i3	1.022
5	Ford C-Max Energi	677

But not everything was bad news, as predicted, Tesla sales climbed to unheard heights, selling some 2.500 units, recovering with it the #4 that it had lost to the Fusion Energi, and if the Prius continues to sell below average, we might even see the Model S resing to #3 soon.

There were just a few changes in the YTD ranking, the runnout mode Toyota RAV4 EV climbed one position to #11 at the expense of the Chevy Spark EV, while the bottom of the ranking the surprisingly slow-selling Merc B-Class ED switched positions with the Mitsu I-Miev, climbing to #17, and the BMW i8, in its first full sales month, sold 58 units, which was more than the Porsche 918 (Naturally), I-Miev (Stock issues), Fit EV (Runnout mode), Accord Plug-In (Who?) and even the Spark EV (Whaaat?). 

If in next months the i8 beats the Panamera Plug-In, we might have found a new six-figure-priced champion... 

Pl	USA	Sept	YTD	%
1	Nissan Leaf	2.881	21.822	25
2	Chevrolet Volt	1.394	14.540	17
3	Toyota Prius Plug-In	353	11.842	14
4	Tesla Model S e)	2.500	11.000	13
5	Ford Fusion Energi	640	9.323	11
6	Ford C-Max Energi	677	6.486	7
7	BMW i3	1.022	3.104	4
8	Smart Fortwo ED	182	1.780	2
9	Ford Focus Electric	176	1.534	2
10	Fiat 500e	137	1.438	2
11	Toyota RAV4 EV	125	967	1
12 13 14 15	Chevrolet Spark EV Cadillac ELR Porsche Panamera PHEV Honda Fit EV	51 111 82 27	895 885 694 345	1 1 1 0
16 17 18 19 20	Honda Accord Plug-In Mercedes B-Class ED Mitsubishi I-Miev BMW i8 Porsche 918	42 65 15 58 13	309 157 149 67 32	0 0 0 0 0
	TOTAL	10.551	87.369	100

Source: insideevs.com; Good Car Bad Car

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Sweden September 2014

The V60 recovered its #2 spot

V60 Strickes Back Edition

388 new EV's were registered last month, down 35% regarding the month before, dragging the  EV Share fractionally down to 1,67%. But numbers are numbers, and looking at them from another perspective, the same month last year saw just 115 sales...

The Outlander PHEV (143 units) continues to rule the market, winning every single monthly trophy since last November, its first full sales month in Sweden. Talk about a suiting market...

If last month the Nissan Leaf sales went through the roof, this time it was Volvo's turn to respond, with the V60 Plug-In registering 94 sales, its best result since March '13, and even the thought dead C30 Electric had one registration to show...This sales peak allowed the V60 to recover the YTD Second Spot, relegating the Leaf back to #3.

Third this month we had the Tesla Model S (31 sales) and Fourth we have the Renault Zoe, now a regular presence in the monthly Top 5, while in #5 we have a little surprise, with the Prius Plug-In registering its best result since May, with 19 units sold. 

At the bottom of the table we see two landings, the Citröen Berlingo Electrique (EV) sold its first nine units in Sweden, while the Kia Soul EV had landed, selling its first unit here.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	143
2	Volvo V60 Plug-In	94
3	Tesla Model S	31
4	Renault Zoe	29
5	Toyota Prius Plug-In	19

Pl	Sweden	Sep	YTD '14	%	'13Pl
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	143	1.739	47	6
2	Volvo V60 Plug-In	94	459	12	1
3	Nissan Leaf	8	377	10	3
4	Volkswagen e-Up!	9	178	5	8
4	Toyota Prius Plug-In	19	178	5	2
6	Tesla Model S	31	172	5	14
7	BMW i3 *	16	171	5	11
8	Renault Kangoo ZE	13	167	4	4
9	Renault Zoe	29	119	3	N/A
10 11 12 12 14 14 16 17 17 17 20 21 21 23 23	Renault Twizy e) Opel Ampera Volvo C30 Electric Volkswagen e-Golf Porsche Panamera Plug-In Citröen Berlingo EV Mitsubishi I-Miev Citröen C-Zero Saab 9.3 NEVS BMW i8 Porsche 918 Peugeot iOn Ford Focus Electric Peugeot Partner EV Kia Soul EV	5 2 1 4 2 9 1 1 1	69 15 13 13 9 9 6 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1	2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	5 9 7 N/A N/A N/A 10 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A 15 N/A N/A
	TOTAL	388	3.705	100

* - 9 BEV + 7 Rex

Source: bilsweden.se; 

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