Italy October 2015

Best Seller in Italy?

Golf GTE Edition

Unlike other markets where sales are booming, the italian EV market is still far from its potential, having registered only 150 units last month, dropping 37% YoY, with the EV Share down to 0,15%.

Looking at the models ranking, the Nissan Leaf is in the same position of October'14, meaning in Numero Uno, followed by two Renault (Zoe in #2 and Twizy in #3), and the BMW i3.

The Volkswagen Golf GTE secured its second Best Seller of the Month trophy, tied with the Zoe, selling 28 units in October and climbing another position in the ranking to #5, making it the Rookie Of The Year in Italy.

As for the rest of the competition, only the Tesla Model S had significant sales, with 14 units sold last month.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, the chronic leader Renault is ahead, this time with 25% Share, the lowest share since 2011, followed by Nissan (18%) and BMW (13%).

Pl	Italy	Oct.	YTD	%	'14Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	25	352	17	1
2 3	Renault Zoe Renault Twizy e)	28 15	266 249	13 12	5 2
4	BMW i3 *	16	234	11	4
5	Volkswagen Golf GTE	28	156	8	N/A
6	Citröen C-Zero	1	137	7	14
7 8 9 10	Mitsu Outlander PHEV Smart Fortwo ED Tesla Model S Mercedes B-Class ED	6 6 14 8	129 110 96 72	6 5 5 4	6 3 8 N/A
11 12	Volkswagen e-Up! Volvo V60 Plug-In e)	1	45 36	2 2	9 7
13	BMW i8		35	2	N/A
14	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In		32	2	N/A
15 16 17 18 18 20 20 22 23 24	Audi A3 e-Tron Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Kia Soul EV Fiat 500e Volkswagen e-Golf Peugeot iOn Mercedes S500e Porsche Panamera Plug-In Mitsubishi I-Miev Ford Focus Electric	5 1 1	23 20 16 10 10 5 5 4 2 1	1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	N/A N/A N/A 16 15 11 N/A N/A 18 N/A
	TOTAL	150	2.045	100

Source: greenstart.it

* - 5 Bev + 11 Rex

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EAFO Project

Dear readers,

It is with great pride that i'm happy to announce the start of the European Alternative Fuels Observatory project, as part of the team that is helping to set up this website, i am inviting you to visit the "Under Construction" website and register for the upcoming newsletter, which will have my contribution in it.

Below you will find the official Press Release:

Jose Pontes

ps - This project won't affect EV Sales, this blog will continue in the next years, documenting the shift from the current ICE Age to the upcoming EV Era.

AVERE will lead the EAFO on behalf of the European Commission AVERE has won the tender of the European Commission to build and manage the European Alternative Fuels Observatory. AVERE is the project's coordinator and main partner and the consortium members are: POLIS - a leading association of cities -, the VUB and the consultancy TNO as research and analysis partners and Tobania as IT provider.

With the European Alternative Fuels Observatory, the European Commission intends to provide one central point of reference for data, information and news about alternative fuels in Europe, The short-term focus is on battery electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles while natural gas and other alternative fuels will also be covered in a second stage. The Observatory will help support the market development of alternative fuels in the EU and be a key tool for the implementation of Directive 2014/94/EU on the deployment of recharging and refueling stations. The Observatory will integrate all relevant statistical data concerning vehicles and infrastructure, relevant legislation, support and incentives programmes, periodical analyses and general information like news and publications. It will also feature a comprehensive event calendar. The web portal will go live latest in February 2016 and will be updated on a monthly basis. Users can already register at www.eafo.eu in order to receive newsletters and be informed when the portal goes live.

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