Belgium October 2014

The Renault Zoe Was the Star of the Month

Surprise Win for Zoe

142 ev's were sold last month in Belgium, another average month in the 100-something units, keeping the EV Share at 0,41%.

Looking at the monthly models ranking, the Renault Zoe came out of nowhere (It had sold just 3 units in the previous month) to win the Best Seller Trophy, the first time it did so, with a record 37 units being sold, does this sudden surge means that Renault is finally selling the car with batteries included? Let's hope so.

The BMW i3 was the second best selling car of the month, with 19 units, followed in #3 by the Mitsu Outlander PHEV, with 13 units, and in #4 we have another surprise, with the BMW i8 selling 12 units and jumping one position on the YTD table to #13, switching positions with the runnout-mode Opel Ampera.

Speaking of the YTD chart, the VW e-Golf jumped two positions to #10 and it's now looking to overcome its smaller brother, the e-Up!, and reach #9 before the year end.

Finally, two new additions to the ranking, the Audi A3 e-Tron had a good landing month, registering nine units, while the Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid (Aka Plug-In), made its first 4 sales and it is looking in 2015 to join the Panamera in the front positions. 

Pl	Belgium	Oct.	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Tesla Model S	6	367	22	2
2	BMW i3 *	19	266	16	7
3	Porsche Panamera Plug-In	8	212	13	12
4	Nissan Leaf	9	156	9	3
5	Volvo V60 Plug-In	4	126	8	1
6	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	13	134	8	19
7	Renault Twizy	9	94	6	4
8	Renault Zoe	37	85	5	5
9	Volkswagen e-Up!	2	41	2	14
10	Volkswagen e-Golf	6	39	2	N/A
11	Smart Fortwo ED	1	37	2	6
12	BYD e6		36	2	N/A
13	BMW i8	12	21	1	N/A
14 15 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 20 20 20 20 20	Opel Ampera Audi A3 e-Tron Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Mitsubishi I-Miev Kia Soul EV Peugeot iOn Nissan e-NV200 Fisker Karma Porsche 918 Citröen C-Zero Toyota Prius Plug-In McLaren P1 Renault Fluence ZE Mia Electric	2 9 4 1	12 9 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1	1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	8 N/A N/A 10 N/A 14 N/A 9 N/A N/A 14 N/A 11 13
	TOTAL	142	1.657	100

Source: febiac.be

* - 13 Bev + 6 Rex

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Finland September 2014

Tesla really needs the AWD versions to revive the Model S sales

Leaf surprise #1

With one month delay, we have the numbers from Finland, with 37 plug-ins sold and 308 units YTD (0,35% EV Share), this small market is doubling sales regarding last year, this growth exists despite some plug-in friendly brands being absent, like Renault or BMW, by the way, does anybody know why this is happening?

The Nissan Leaf made a Personal Best in September, selling 15 units and performing a surprising Best Seller title in September, ahead of the new poster-boy of this market, the 4x4 Mitsu Outlander PHEV, which has almost double the sales of the #2 YTD, the Model S from Tesla, which is counting with the AWD versions coming next year to have a say in the leadership race.

The other AWD Plug-In, the Volvo V60 Plug-In is #4, with 12% share, which together with the 36% of the japanese SUV, make 48% of the market with Four Wheel Drive, something that leaves promising signs for the PHEV Cayenne and Volvo XC90, or the AWD Teslas.

Pl	Finland	Sept '14	YTD '14	%	Pl '13
1 2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Tesla Model S	9 7	111 65	36 21	N/A 7
3	Nissan Leaf	15	51	17	3
4	Volvo V60 Plug-In	1	36	12	1
5	Toyota Prius Plug-In	3	18	6	2
6	Opel Ampera	2	13	4	4
7	Porsche Panamera Plug-In		7	2	8
8 9 10	Ford Focus Electric Mitsubishi I-Miev Fisker Karma		4 2 1	1 3 1	N/A 5 8
	TOTAL	37	308	100

Source: trafi.fi

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