Austria September 2016

BMW bulldogs i3's headed to Austria

Hot i3 Edition

This is currently one of the hottest markets in the world, with almost 600 new EV's being registered in Austria last month, up 166% YoY, with 3.846 units sold this year, placing the EV Share at a record 1.53%.

Looking at the models ranking, the Renault Zoe remained the leader in the YTD ranking, but the Best Seller in September was the BMW i3, scoring a best ever 152 registrations, while allowing it to climb to the Third Place, if the Renault Zoe seems too far away to be caught, the 33kWh version will likely allow the i3 to displace the Tesla Model S from Second Place.

Looking at the rest of the competition, the Mercedes B250e climbed to #6, but the main news belonged to the Tesla Model X, now #11 and looking for a Top 5 position.

In the manufacturers ranking, Renault is the leader (20% Share, down 2%), with the Second Placed Volkswagen (18%, down 2%) becoming increasingly menacing, while Tesla and BMW (Both with 15%) are running for the Third Spot. 

Unlike other fast-growing European markets, where the bulk of growth comes from PHEV's, in Austria plug-in hybrids remain significantly behind BEV's, with only 20% share, having inclusively lost 7% share YoY...

Pl	Austria	Sep.	YTD	%	'15Pl
1	Renault Zoe	26	641	17	3
2 3 4	Tesla Model S BMW i3 * Volkswagen e-Golf	57 152 33	511 472 367	13 12 9	1 2 6
5	Nissan Leaf	9	265	7	5
6	Mercedes B250e	54	231	6	8
7 8 9 10 11 12 13	Kia Soul EV Volkswagen Golf GTE e) Audi A3 e-Tron e) Volkswagen Passat GTE e) Tesla Model X BMW 225xe Act. Tourer e) Renault Twizy e)	14 20 15 20 67 15 4	213 167 140 109 77 70 61	6 4 4 3 2 2 2	4 16 9 N/A N/A N/A 7
14 15	Volkswagen e-Up! Renault Kangoo ZE e)	5	57 55	1 1	12 N/A
16 17 18 19 20 20 20 23	Mercedes C350e   e) Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Porsche Cayenne Plug-In e) Mitsu. Outlander PHEV e) Peugeot iOn BMW i8 Volvo XC90 T8 e) Audi Q7 e-Tron e)	10 9 5 5 4 3 9 15	55 48 45 36 34 34 34 29	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	N/A 15 17 9 15 20 N/A N/A
24 25	Citröen C-Zero Volvo V60 Plug-In	5 5	24 23	1 1	19 9
26 27 28	BMW 330e Smart Fortwo ED Porsche Panamera Plug-In	10	10 8 6	0 0 0	N/A 14 18
29 29 29 29	BMW 740e BMW X5 40e Mercedes GLC350e Mercedes GLE500e	5 5 5 5	5 5 5 5	0 0 0 0	N/A N/A N/A N/A
33 33	Mitsubishi I-Miev Volkswagen XL1	2	2 2	0 0	22 22
	TOTAL	591	3.846	100

Source: http://myampera.wordpress.com

* - 146 BEV + 6 REX

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Belgium September 2016

The Three SUV's Of the Apocalipse that lead the Belgian EV market

Records Galore Edition

September was a record month in Belgium, with plug-ins prolonging the 2016 hot sales trend for another month, with 1.006 units, up 224%(!), with the EV Share up to a record 1.7%, a stark departure from the 0.7% of last year.

As usual in this fashion-victim market, trendy Tesla and SUV's continue to rule, with 6 out of the top 7 places in September belonging to such vehicles: The BMW X5 PHEV (170 units, personal record) won another Monthly Best-Seller trophy, followed by the arch rival Volvo XC90 T8 (132 units) and the Tesla Model S (74), while tied in #4 we have the Tesla Model X and BMW 330e, with 72 units. In #6 we have the Porsche Cayenne Plug-in (67 units), followed by the Audi Q7 e-Tron (58), another model that seems destined for success in this market.

Next to all these shiny & trendy plug-ins, the BMW sedan almost looks like a plebeian...

Looking at the YTD ranking, no surprises in the top positions, we have to go down to #12 to see some changes, with the VW Passat GTE (22 units) rising one position to #12, but the headline news are the Tesla Model X shooting 13 positions to #15 and the Audi Q7 e-Tron up 9 positions to #17

Underlining the never-ending appetite of this market for SUV's, the Mercedes GLC350e (34 units, pb) was also up, to #19.

Another model with a great start is the BMW 740e, which scored 51 units, with only two months on the market, is already ahead of the F-segment, leaving the Merc S500e to shame...

In the manufacturers ranking, leader BMW (30%, up 1%) continues to increase share, while Volvo (20%) is Second. There is an interesting race for Third Place, with Porsche (10%), Mercedes (10%) and Tesla (9%) all running for the last place of the podium.

Looking at the BEV/PHEV breakdown, Belgium is starting to look more and more like the Netherlands, with plug-in hybrids increasing their share to 74%, up 21%(!) regarding last year. 

Pl	Belgium	Sept.	YTD	%	'15Pl
1	Volvo XC90 T8	132	1.296	18	13
2	BMW X5 40e	170	999	14	15
3 4	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Tesla Model S	67 74	657 531	9 7	2 1
5	Nissan Leaf	22	393	6	8
6	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	40	373	5	N/A
7	BMW 330e	72	325	5	N/A
8	BMW i3 *	37	284	4	3
9	Mercedes C350e	18	239	3	16
10	Mercedes GLE500e	22	216	3	27
11	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	13	171	2	6
12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Volkswagen Passat GTE Renault Zoe Audi A3 e-Tron Tesla Model X Volvo V60 Plug-In Audi Q7 e-Tron BMW i8	22 11 2 72 9 58 10	165 164 101 99 98 97 94	2 2 1 1 1 1 1	33 18 7 N/A 4 N/A 9
19 20 21 22 23	Mercedes GLC350e Volkswagen Golf GTE Mercedes B250e BMW 740e Mercedes S500e	34 9 8 51 2	93 82 81 69 68	1 1 1 1 1	N/A 5 11 N/A 14
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34	Toyota Prius Plug-In Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia ** Renault Twizy Porsche Panamera Plug-In Renault Kangoo ZE  Volkswagen e-Golf Kia Soul EV Peugeot iOn Citroen C-Zero Volkswagen e-Up! Citröen e-Mehari Others	20 6 12 1 1 2 2 4 1 2	66 65 62 56 44 34 25 18 14 13 7 21	1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	25 21 15 10 N/A 17 23 20 24 21 N/A
	TOTAL	1.006	7.120	100

Source: FEBIAC

* - 21 Bev + 16 Rex
** - 3 Pass + 3 LCV

Plug-Ins Versus Regular Hybrids

Pl	Model	Sept. 2016
1	Toyota RAV4 Hybrid	277
2	Toyota Auris Hybrid	249
3	BMW X5 40e	170
4	Toyota Yaris Hybrid	152
5	Volvo XC90 T8	132

If we combine September regular hybrid sales with plug-ins, the Toyota Hybrids lost the last place of the podium to the BMW X5 PHEV, while the trendiest of the Toyota's, the RAV4, retained highest place of the ranking.

Last month there was a second plug-in joining this Top 5, with the Volvo XC90 T8 reaching the Fifth Place, ahead of the Toyota Prius (112 units).

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