Switzerland April 2016

If the S is shaking the Swiss market, then imagine what the X will do...

Tesla Edition

The Swiss EV market registered some 400 units last month, down 28% YoY, with the EV Share also down to 1.82%.

Looking at the models ranking, the leader Tesla Model S had an off month, selling only 98 units, down 16% YoY, but enough to keep its YTD position (Second Place) in its size class, ahead of the Audi A6 (469 units) and Mercedes E-Class (509), but behind the leader BMW 5-Series (589 units).

In a market with a soft spot for high powered sports cars, the BMW i8 performance this year is a bit disappointing, having registered 32 units, 9 less than in the same period last year and far behind the six-figures-class best sellers, like the Porsche 911 (478 units!), Mercedes-AMG GT (100) or even the Ferrari 488 GTB (61).

In the manufacturers ranking, Tesla is comfortably ahead, with 29% share, down 1%, followed by Volkswagen and Audi, both tied with 13% share.

Pl	Switzerland	April	YTD	%	'15Pl
1 2	Tesla Model S Audi A3 e-Tron e)	98 50	528 230	29 13	1 4
3 4	Volkswagen Golf GTE  e) Renault Zoe	30 40	170 141	9 8	3 5
5 6	Nissan Leaf Mitsu. Outlander PHEV e)	27 25	97 95	5 5	11 6
7	BMW i3	21	88	5	2
8	Volvo V60 Plug-In e)	15	60	3	7
8 8	Mercedes B-Class ED e) Porsche Cayenne Plug-In e)	15 15	60 60	3 3	8 10
11 12	Kia Soul EV e) Volkswagen e-Golf e)	10 10	45 40	2 2	9 12
13 14 15	Mitsubishi I-Miev BMW i8 Renault Twizy e)	13 6 5	35 32 24	2 2 1	20 14 13
16	Mercedes C350e  e)	5	20	1	21
16	Renault Kangoo ZE e)	5	20	1	16
16	Volkswagen e-Up! e)	5	20	1	18
19	Volvo XC90 T8  e)	5	15	1	N/A
19 19 22 23 24 25 25	Peugeot iOn Citröen C-Zero Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia e Opel Ampera Mercedes S500e Porsche 918 Cadillac ELR	5 9	15 15 10 7 5 2 2	1 1 1 0 0 0 0	25 22 17 19 27 24 N/A
	TOTAL	409	1.836	100

Source: auto-suisse.ch

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Czech Republic April 2016

 BMW i3 in Prague

BMW i3 #1

The EV Market in Czech Republic is down 18%, with 107 units sold this year, with the EV Share down to 0.13% a significant drop from the 0.18% of 2015.

Looking at the models ranking, the BMW i3 is once again head and shoulders ahead of the competition, looking well positioned to win its third consecutive Best Seller title in 2016.

The Nissan Leaf jumped to the Second Position, followed by the surprise of the year, the Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV is Third, confirming once again the good reception the Swedish plug-in SUV is receiving across Europe.

Good performance by the #6 BMW i8, registering 6 units, three of them last month, it might not sound much, until you realize the Porsche 911 registered the same number of units in April and other six-figure-sports-car-heavyweights like the Mercedes-AMG GT (2 units) or Audi R8 (1 unit) sold even less...

In the brands ranking, BMW (47%) has got this market covered since 2014, winning the laurels of believing in this market when no else one did, Nissan follows in Second, followed by Volkswagen, both with 15% share.

Looking at regular hybrids, only Toyota hybrids outsold plug-ins last month, with the Toyota Auris Hybrid (32 units), Yaris Hybrid (28) and the RAV4 hybrid (14), above the best selling plug-in, the Nissan Leaf (9).

Pl	Czech Republic	April	YTD	%	'15Pl
1 2	BMW i3 Nissan Leaf	6 9	36 13	34 12	1 4
3 4	Volvo XC90 T8 Tesla Model S		10 8	9 7	N/A 2
5	Volkswagen e-Up!	1	7	7	3
6 7 8 9 9 9 9 13 13 15 15	BMW i8 BMW X5 40e Volkswagen Golf GTE Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Mercedes GLE500e BMW 330e Volkswagen e-Golf Volkswagen Passat GTE Kia Soul EV Mercedes S500e	3 3 2 2 1 1	6 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1	6 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1	7 16 19 9 10  N/A  N/A 5  N/A 10 13
TOTAL		28	107	100

Source: sda-cia.cz

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