Spain September 2014

The Leaf continues to be Miss Popularity in Spain

Autumn Leafs Edition

183 ev's were sold in Spain last month, which is a 80% increase regarding the same month last year, pulling the EV Share to 0,14%, not that distant from the 0,18% of last year, so this could be still a positive year for plug-ins here, let's see how the rest of the year goes.

The Nissan Leaf sales were hot, with 68 registrations, the best performance by any model this year and the best result for the japanese hatch since last October (80 units were sold then), and allowing Nissan to recover some of the lost ground to its Alliance partner Renault (28% share vs 31% from Renault).

The Renault Zoe was Second Best last month (35 units), with both the BMW i3 and Mitsu Outlander PHEV third, with 20 registrations.

Looking at the YTD table, the Number Two Renault Twizy is being chased by the i3 and Zoe, while the Outlander PHEV is the undisputed king of plug-in hybrids, and #5 in the chart.

At the middle of the ranking, Tesla is still to find its place here, it's only #9 and it's even behind the Panamera Plug-In, probably Tesla's brand perception is a weak point here, something that the successful BMW i8 can't complain, will we see it passing those two until the end of the year? 

Final mention for the six units registered by the BYD e6, most certainly a fleet deal (*Cough*Taxis*Cough), but what's important for the chinese brand is that their cars are zooming around in european streets, that might prepare the way for a more serious approach in the future...

Pl	Spain	Sept.	YTD'14	%	'13Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	68	256	28	1
2	Renault Twizy e)	15	141	16	2
3	BMW i3	20	138	15	11
4	Renault Zoe	35	129	14	3
5	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	20	98	11	N/A
6	Volvo V60 Plug-In	3	23	3	N/A
7	Smart Fortwo ED	5	21	3	9
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 16 17 18 18 19	Porsche Panamera Plug-In Tesla Model S Renault Fluence ZE Mitsubishi I-Miev Toyota Prius Plug-In BMW i8 BYD e6 Volkswagen e-Up! Volkswagen e-Golf Opel Ampera Citröen C-Zero Kia Soul EV Chevrolet Volt	1 1 4 6 2 1 1 1	18 16 13 11 9 8 7 7 4 3 2 2 1	2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0	12 16 5 4 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A 13 8 N/A 15
	TOTAL	183	907	100

Source: ANIACAM; Autoblog Español

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September Preview - France, Norway and Canada

Additions like these are making it harder to get the full picture

As plug-in markets grow in size and complexity, with ever-more new models appearing, it is becoming increasingly difficult to give you the full data at the first days of the month, as such, i have started this new column, entitled "Preview", where i will show raw data of some of the most important markets, as an appetizer of the complete article that will arrive later in the month.


France - Record numbers to present in the Auto Show?

Pl	Model	Sept. Sales
1	Renault Zoe	914
2	Nissan Leaf	294
3	Renault Kangoo ZE e)	250
4	Bolloré Blue Car	136
5	Smart Fortwo ED	64

Norway - Leaf beats for the first time the e-Golf

Pl	Model	Sept. Sales
1	Nissan Leaf	367
2	VW e-Golf e)	270
3	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	192
4	VW e-Up! e)	180
5	BMW i3	149

Canada - Smart and Tesla are getting closer to the top.

Pl	Model	Sept. Sales
1	Chevrolet Volt	145
2	Nissan Leaf	113
3	Smart Fortwo ED e)	80
4	Tesla Model S e)	70
5	BMW i3 e)	30

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