UK September 2014 (Draft)

The Outlander PHEV has made a brilliant performance in th Old Albion 

Record Edition

Apart from the Leaf numbers, i don't have accurate data for the UK ev market, but the global numbers were so high, that i just had to publish it.

3.093 plug-ins were sold last month in the UK, not only it has broken its record by a mile (The previous record was around 1.000 units), but it is only the third market in Europe to reach such heights (The others were Norway and the Netherlands), as a consequence, the EV Share jumped to 0,42%, well above the 0,16% recorded last year.

The Leaf sold 851 units last month, its best performance ever in any european market, while the Outlander PHEV made a dutch-like performance, selling in the four digits area.

Pl	UK	Sept	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	851	2.969	37	1
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	1.200	2.341	29	N/A
3 4 5	BMW i3 Tesla Model S Renault Zoe Others	400 150 50 442	1.451 371 275 836	18 5 3 10	12 N/A N/A
	TOTAL	3.093	8.243	100

e) Estimate

Source: smmt.co.uk; samochodyelektryczne.org

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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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