Belgium September 2014

Tesla is doing well over here 

Tesla #1 Again Edition

144 ev's were sold last month in Belgium, an average month that actually made the EV Share rise slightly (0,01% to be more accurate) to 0,41%.

Looking at the September models ranking, if Tesla doesn't surprise by being the Best Seller, with 28 units, the second spot from the VW e-Golf, with 23 units, is a sign that actual sales are starting to hit the roads and just not demonstration vehicles.

The BMW i3 sales were below expectations, selling 18 units, having to share the #3 monthly podium with the Nissan Leaf, which had its best performance since last April.

In the second half of the ranking, the Opel Ampera had its best sales month since October '13, selling 5 units, in what it might be a stock clearance from the Belgian importer...

Finally, there's one newcomer to point out, the Kia Soul EV landed and made its first registration. 

Pl	Belgium	Sept	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Tesla Model S	28	361	24	2
2	BMW i3 *	18	247	16	7
3	Porsche Panamera Plug-In	11	204	13	12
4	Nissan Leaf	18	147	10	3
5	Volvo V60 Plug-In	5	122	8	1
6	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	11	121	8	19
7	Renault Twizy	8	85	6	4
8	Renault Zoe	3	48	3	5
9	Volkswagen e-Up!	4	39	3	14
10	BYD e6	1	36	2	N/A
10	Smart Fortwo ED	2	36	2	6
12	Volkswagen e-Golf	23	33	2	N/A
13	Opel Ampera	5	10	1	8
14 15 16 16 16 16 20 20 20 20 20 20	BMW i8 Mitsubishi I-Miev Peugeot iOn Nissan e-NV200 Fisker Karma Porsche 918 Citröen C-Zero Toyota Prius Plug-In McLaren P1 Renault Fluence ZE Kia Soul EV Mia Electric	3 1 1 1 1	9 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1	1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	N/A 10 14 N/A 9 N/A N/A 14 N/A 11 N/A 13
	TOTAL	144	1.515	100

Source: febiac.be

* - 11 Bev + 7 Rex

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Austria September 2014

Renault Twizy in the Alps

Below Average Edition 

After several months selling in the hundreds, the Austrian EV market sold only 94 plug-ins last September, still a 12 units improvement over the same month last year, but nevertheless it dragged down the EV Share to 0,51%, down 0,02% share.

But there is another good news to report, the total sales this year (1.202) is now in record territory, with still three months to improve the score, not bad, eh?

Looking at the models ranking,the bavarian  i3 continues to hold the leadership, being the best seller for the third month in a row, while the previous the leader Renault Zoe (15 units) had its slowest selling month this year, apparently happy with its current runner-up position.

Speaking of runner-ups, last year #2, the Renault Twizy, rose to #8, changing positions with the Outlander PHEV, which isn't the best selling plug-in hybrid here, that credit goes to the #6 Volvo V60 Plug-In. Is Mitsu austrian importer under-performing or are austrians not that into the japanese SUV?

Looking into the manufacturers ranking, BMW (27% share) opened slightly the gap to 2% regarding Renault (Up 1% to 25% share), while Volkswagen in #3 (15%) is waiting desperately for the e-Golf to step up sales. 

Pl	Austria	Sept.	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	BMW i3 *	36	320	27	8
2	Renault Zoe	15	235	20	1
3	Volkswagen e-Up!	12	182	15	11
4	Tesla Model S	7	101	8	5
5 6	Nissan Leaf Smart Fortwo ED	3 4	83 63	7 5	3 4
6	Volvo V60 Plug-In	8	63	5	7
8	Renault Twizy	1	61	5	2
9	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	3	55	5	N/A
10	Opel Ampera	3	26	2	6
11	Mitsubishi I-Miev		3	0	9
12 12 12 12 16 16	Kia Soul EV Nissan e-NV200 Renault Fluence ZE Ford Focus Electric Chevrolet Volt Volkswagen e-Golf	1 1	2 2 2 2 1 1	0 0 0 0 0 0	N/A N/A 10 15 14 N/A
	TOTAL	94	1.202	100

* - 28 BEV + 8 REX

Source: http://myampera.wordpress.com

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