Netherlands January 2016

Hangover Edition

After the historic month of December, the hangover was to be expected this January, and it did so happened, with 565 units, sales dived 78% regarding the same month last year, but looking at a comparable month, January 2014, the following month to the also historic December '13, sales actually doubled, so it's not all bad news.

Because of what has been said earlier, we shouldn't look too much into the current ranking, as it is an atypical month, but we still should mention a few facts:

- Last year leader, Mitsu Outlander PHEV, was only #7, with 30 units;

- The VW Passat GTE reached the ranking leadership for the first time, which might already be an indication for the remaining year;

- Two BEV's rounded up the podium, with the Model S in Second (Best selling version: 85D, with 31 units) and the Nissan Leaf in Third, will this be an early sign of BEV's new role in this market? 

Pl	Netherlands	Jan.	YTD	%	'15Pl
1 2	Volkswagen Passat GTE Tesla Model S	105 84	105 84	19 15	6 8
3	Nissan Leaf	83	83	15	13
4	Volvo V60 Plug-In	53	53	9	3
5 6	Volkswagen Golf GTE Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV	46 38	46 38	8 7	2 7
7	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	30	30	5	1
8 9 10	Renault Zoe Mercedes B250e Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	17 16 16	17 16 16	3 3 3	14 19 10
11	Audi A3 e-Tron	13	13	2	4
12	BMW i3	11	11	2	12
13	BMW X5 40e PHEV	10	10	2	11
13	Volkswagen e-Golf	7	7	1	28
15 16 17 18 19 20 20 20 20 20 20	Volkswagen e-Up! Ford C-Max Energi Kia Soul EV BMW i8 Mercedes GLE500e BMW 225xe Active Tourer Mercedes S500e Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Porsche Panamera Plug-In Smart Fortwo ED Toyota Prius Plug-In	6 6 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1	6 6 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1	1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0	28 28 24 20 27 17 18 15 21 15 22
	TOTAL	565	565	100

Source: RAI.nl

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Canada January 2016

Volt Back At #1 Edition

EV Sales started the year on positive note, with 314 new plug-ins zooming around Canadian streets, which represents a 16% increase regarding last year.

The Status Quo of a couple years ago made a comeback last month, with the Volt in #1, followed by the Leaf and Model S, will these positions be a thing to repeat in 2016? Let's wait and see..

Below the podium, the Audi A3 e-Tron had a nice introduction in the North American markets, as Audi seems to believe on the sales potential of its PHEV product, so the BMW i3 might have a strong competitor here for the race in the #4 position.

Pl	Canada	Jan.	YTD	%
1	Chevrolet Volt	94	94	30
2	Nissan Leaf	72	72	23
3	Tesla Model S e)	41	41	13
4	BMW i3  e)	29	29	9
5 5	Audi A3 e-Tron P. Cayenne Plug-In e)	20 20	20 20	6 6
7	Kia Soul EV e)	15	15	5
8	Mitsubishi I-Miev	7	7	2
9	BMW i8 e)	5	5	2
10 10 12	Ford Fusion Energi e) Ford C-Max Energi e) Cadillac ELR	5 5 1	5 5 1	2 2 0
	TOTAL	314	314	100

e) Estimate

Source: Greencarreports; Good Car Bad Car

Tesla vs The Others (Canada Edition)

As Elon Musk pointed out, the real competition of Tesla aren't other EV's, but the ICE best selling models, so let's look how the Model S stands in Canada (1): 

Pl	Model	Nov.
1	Mercedes CLS / E-Class	231
2	Cadillac CTS	78
3	Audi A6	44
4	BMW 5-Series	42
5	Tesla Model S e)	41

 Looking at the January numbers, Tesla came close to the Third Spot, while the Cadillac CTS was a surprise Second and the Mercedes CLS / E-Class duo continue far ahead of the competition. 

(1) - Unlike in markets across the pond, the full-size car market in Canada is much more diversified, with Chevy Impalas, Malibus, Chrysler 300, Dodge Chargers, etc, all theoretical adversaries to the Model S, but Tesla's direct competition isn't there, so the Model S is only compared with cars with similar price and concept.

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