Belgium August 2014

BYD found a doorway in Belgium for its e6 MPV

BYD Edition

Vacation time in Belgium, with only 123 ev's sold, but comparing with the same month of 2013, sales were up by 60%, so no real reasons to worry, in fact the EV Share increased to 0,40%!

Looking at the models ranking, the top three are in cruise speed, with just enough sales to keep the competition at bay, but in the middle of the chart, one model impresses for the second month in a row, the chinese BYD e6 was the second best selling model last month, with 16 units, and it's already inside the Top 10, if this brilliant performance replicates in the following months, we could see this MPV reaching as high as #8...Not bad, eh?

There's one newcomer to refer, the Nissan e-NV200 had made its first registration and its mission is to help Nissan reach the podium in the manufacturers ranking, for now dominated by makers of the Premium variety, with Tesla (24% Share) leading, followed by BMW (17%) and Porsche (14%), right now the japanese automaker is #4 with 9% share and has Renault (#5, also with 9%) and Mitsubishi (#6, with 8%) breathing down his neck...

Pl	Belgium	Aug	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Tesla Model S	26	333	24	2
2	BMW i3 *	11	229	17	7
3	Porsche Panamera Plug-In	11	193	14	12
4	Nissan Leaf	14	129	9	3
5	Volvo V60 Plug-In	4	117	9	1
6	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	7	110	8	19
7	Renault Twizy	10	77	6	4
8	Renault Zoe	11	45	3	5
9	Volkswagen e-Up!	1	35	3	14
9	BYD e6	16	35	3	N/A
11	Smart Fortwo ED	3	34	2	6
12	Volkswagen e-Golf	5	10	1	N/A
13	BMW i8	3	6	0	N/A
14 15 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17	Opel Ampera Mitsubishi I-Miev Peugeot iOn Nissan e-NV200 Fisker Karma Citröen C-Zero Toyota Prius Plug-In McLaren P1 Renault Fluence ZE Porsche 918 Mia Electric	1	5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	8 10 14 N/A 9 N/A 14 N/A 11 N/A 13
	TOTAL	123	1.371	100

Source: febiac.be

* - 3 Bev + 8 Rex

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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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