Switzerland April 2015

Tesla Edition

The Swiss EV Market registered a second 400-plus sales, with the EV Share jumping yet again to 1,28%, well above the 0,75% of last year.

The Tesla Model S continues to impress, thanks to 117 registrations last month, being the fourth time that this model reaches three digits in one month, something that the competition is yet to experience. 

The BMW i3 had a brilliant result, selling 66 units, fueling it up two positions to #2, leaving the working class hero Renault Zoe in #3, while the Nissan Leaf is now #5, thanks to a record month (51 registrations).

In the manufacturers ranking, Tesla extended their lead, with 24% share, followed by BMW (15%) and VW (15%)

Pl	Switzerland	Apr.	2015	%	'14Pl
1 2	Tesla Model S BMW i3	117 66	315 158	24 12	1 3
3	Renault Zoe	43	151	12	4
4	Volkswagen Golf GTE e)	30	127	10	N/A
5	Nissan Leaf	51	90	7	6
6	Mitsu. Outlander PHEV e)	15	62	5	2
7	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In e)	15	61	5	N/A
8	BMW i8	11	42	3	9
9	Audi A3 e-Tron e)	10	41	3	N/A
9	Volkswagen e-Golf e)	10	41	3	N/A
11 12	Renault Twizy e) Mitsubishi I-Miev	5 14	27 24	2 2	5 7
12	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia e)	5	24	2	N/A
12	Renault Kangoo ZE e)	5	24	2	N/A
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 23 23 26 26	Smart Fortwo ED e) Volvo V60 Plug-In e) Volkswagen e-Up! e) Opel Ampera Porsche 918 Volkswagen XL1 Citröen C-Zero Mercedes B-Class ED Mercedes S500 Plug-In Porsche Panamera Plug-In McLaren P1 Peugeot Partner EV Citröen Berlingo EV	5 5 5 3 1 1 1	23 21 20 14 12 6 5 3 2 2 2 1 1	2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0	N/A N/A N/A 8 11 16 12 N/A N/A N/A 12 N/A N/A
	TOTAL	418	1.219	100

Source: auto-suisse.ch

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China April 2015

From XL to XS, from posh SUV's to commercial vehicles, BYD is determined to cover every possible EV niche 

"All About That BYD" Edition

After an historic month in March, the Chinese EV sales fell some 2.000 units regarding the previous month to 9.000 units, which is still the third best month ever and a whole lot more than the 3.800 registrations made a year ago, so the market continues on record pace and the EV Share is above 0.4%.

Looking at the models ranking, while most models sales declined regarding March, the #1 BYD Qin just keeps on going in its never-ending record spree (Now at 2.625 units) that has been happening every month since its introduction in December '13!

One might say that achieving those numbers in a market as large as China is easy, but remember, if the Qin was only #157 in the General Ranking, the best selling EV in the US last month (Model S) was #158!

The good news for BYD didn't ended there, with the veteran e6 (With improved range soon), performing a year best, by selling 890 units and securing the Bronze Medal in the Monthly Ranking, behing the much cheaper Zotye E20, while rising at the same time three positions in the YTD ranking, to #5.

There were also other moves in the ranking, the Zotye E20 climbed to #2, the Chery QQ EV recovered a bit of protagonism, recovering to #4, all while JAC had its best month in two years(!), selling 584 units and joining the Top 10 at the same time.

With the Qin and e6 running at full speed, BYD doesn't even need to promote the Denza bastard or rush the Tang landing, as it continues to rule the market, with 37% Share, well ahead of the #2 Zotye, with 17%, and #3 Chery, with 11%.

Pl	China	Apr.	YTD	%	'14Pl
1	BYD Qin	2.625	8.944	29	1
2	Zotye E20	1.131	3.058	10	4
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	BAIC E-Series EV Chery QQ EV BYD e6 Zotye Z100 EV Roewe 550 PHEV Tesla Model S e) Chery eQ JAC I EV Others	847 667 890 447 479 300 262 584 713	2.797 2.096 1.989 1.973 1.921  1.629 1.323 1.086 3.591	9 7 7 6  6 5 4 4 12	5 3 6  N/A 9 6 12 10
	TOTAL	8.945	29.666	100

Source: China Auto Web

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