Hong Kong October 2014

- ...Begin...HK...invasion...
- Yes, Master.

What The... Edition

Hong Kong hasn't been much on the radar here on EVS, but it looks things will change, after reporting that in September BMW and Tesla were taking over this little EV market, October came and left us with an unbelievable result from BMW, 69 registrations is by miles away the best result any individual EV had in a single month and it's also the first time that this kind of cars appear on the general ranking radar, these numbers earned the little i3 a #15 place in last month general ranking, being the second best selling BMW in Hong Kong, only outsold the 3-series.

We don't have official numbers from Tesla, but there are signs that their sales are also taking off, so it looks that we will have a sudden awakening of this small market, which is already being translated on the EV Share, now at 0,37%, way higher than the 0,18% recorded a couple of months ago and closer the 0,39% of last year, record that will most likely be shattered this year..  

Further down, there is only one registration, a Mitsu I-Miev was sold, while all sales seem to have been dried out by the new Top Dogs. 

Pl	Hong Kong	Oct.	YTD	%	'13Pl
1 1	BMW i3 Tesla Model S e)	69 20	87 38	53 23	N/A N/A
1	Nissan Leaf		18	11	3
4	Renault Twizy		13	8	7
5 6	Mitsubishi I-Miev Mitsubishi Minicab Miev	1	5 3	3 2	6 5
TOTAL		90	164

Source: HKMTA

e) Estimate

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Canada October 2014

For the First Time Edition

Another good month for the Canadian EV Market, with some 431 units sold, pulling the EV Share slightly up to 0,28%.

At the top, the Nissan Leaf finally won a monthly Best Seller Title, beating the Chevy Volt by six units, one should expect that the japanese hatch should repeat this title in the next few months, at least until the Volt 2.0 lands.

Looking at the BEV vs PHEV tally, pure electrics are gaining ground, having increased their share from 51% last year to the current 57%. Thank Nissan and Smart for that little gain, you pure electric lovers...

Pl	Canada	Oct.	YTD	%
1	Chevrolet Volt	107	1.401	32
2	Nissan Leaf	113	918	21
3	Smart Fortwo ED e)	100	654	15
4	Tesla Model S e)	35	572	13
5	Ford C-Max Energi e)	14	239	5
6 7	BMW i3 e) Ford Fusion Energi e)	25 10	164 143	4 3
8	Mitsubishi I-Miev	12	98	2
9	Toyota Prius Plug-In	5	68	2
10	Ford Focus Electric e)	5	51	1
11	Cadillac ELR	5	36	1
12 13 13	Chevrolet Spark EV Fisker Karma Porsche 918	2	15 5 5	0 0 0
	TOTAL	431	4.369	100

e) Estimate

Sources: Greencarreports; Good Car Bad Car

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