Luxembourg September 2016

1-2 for Tesla

237 new EV's were registered this year in Luxembourg, with the EV Share at 0.6%, a bit disappointing considering their neighbors, but the prospects for growth are good. 

The leader Tesla Model S won the Monthly Best Sellers trophy for the fourth month in a row, with 9 units registered in September, but the real surprise belonged to another Tesla, the Model X, landing last month with 7 units, with the Californian SUV allowing Tesla a 1-2 win in September.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, BMW leads (24%), followed by Tesla (20%) and Volkswagen (18%), but with the Palo Alto-based manufacturer now having two successful models, it seems a question of time until it displaces BMW from the leadership.

Pl	Luxembourg	Sept.	2016	%	Pl '15
1	Tesla Model S	9	40	17
2	BMW i3	3	23	10
3	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	3	19	8
4	Renault Zoe	4	18	8
5	Volkswagen Golf GTE	2	16	7
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 14 15 15 17 17 19 19 19 22 22 22 25 25 25 25 25	Volkswagen e-Up! Volvo XC90 T8 Nissan Leaf Mercedes C350e BMW X5 40e Volkswagen Passat GTE Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Tesla Model X Renault Twizy Mercedes B250e Mercedes GLE500e Audi A3 e-Tron Volkswagen e-Golf BMW i8 Mercedes GLC350e Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV BMW 330e Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Renault Kangoo ZE Kia Soul EV Mercedes S500e Porsche Panamera Plug-In Volvo V60 Plug-In Volkswagen XL1	2 2 7 1 1 1	13 12 11 10 9 8 7 7 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1	5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
	TOTAL	35	237	100

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Lithuania September 2016

VW e-Up! Leads in Lithuania

Today we welcome a new market on EV Sales, Lithuania. 

This EV market has registered 67 units so far this year, up 78% YoY, with the EV Share at 0.4%, 2016 is already the best year for EV's in this market.

The most popular plug-ins in this market are the VW e-Up!, Nissan Leaf and BMW i3, last year the Bavarian hot hatch took the trophy, with 15 units, but this year the race is between the first two, with the Volkswagen city car in the lead.

If the e-Up! ends up 2016 as the Best Seller, it will be one rare trophy for this model, which is a shame really, as it is a good product, hopelessly hampered by a exaggerated price. C'mon Volkswagen, it's time to price it around 22.000 €...If Smart (Forfour ED) can do it, why can't you? 

Other two models popular here are the Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia twins, currently #3, and the Tesla Model S, #4. Interesting is the fact that there are already two Model X running around Lithuanian streets, considering the small size of the market and the recent arrival, it seems Tesla's SUV will be a success story here. 

In a global European market heading for PHEV's, it is nice to see Lithuania as a strong BEV market, with plug-in hybrids accounting for only 8% of the market.

Pl	Lithuania	Sep.	YTD	%	'15Pl
1 2	Volkswagen e-Up! Nissan Leaf	1	21 16	31 24	7 2
3	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia		7	10	6
4 4 6 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10	BMW i3 Tesla Model S Kia Soul EV Tesla Model X BMW 225xe Active Tourer Renault Kangoo ZE BMW i8 BMW 330e BMW X5 40e Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Volkswagen Passat GTE Volvo XC90 T8	1 1 1	4 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1	6 6 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1	1 3 7 N/A N/A N/A 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
	TOTAL	4	67	100

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