Belgium June 2015

Top Dogs in Belgium

Dynamic Duo Edition

With 483 EV's sold, this was yet another record month in Belgium, with YoY sales up 140% and the EV Share rising again to 0,84% (Also record numbers), will we see it pass the 1% barrier by year end? I wouldn't bet against it.

The main reason for this record were the top two models, the Tesla Model S and the Porsche Cayenne Plug-In, both registering record performances (159 units for the first, 121 for the second), with the american car setting a new all time high for monthly sales of a single model.

But they weren't the only to shine, the Mercedes B-Class ED sold a record 12 units, jumping three positions to #14, while the little VW e-Up! changed positions with the Merc, dropping from #14 to #17. Maybe it's time for the german carmaker to give a haircut on the e-Up! high price...

In the manufacturers ranking, Porsche continues to lead (23%), followed Tesla (21%) and BMW, with 16%.

Pl	Belgium	June	YTD	%	'14Pl
1	Tesla Model S	159	448	21	1
2	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	121	401	19	14
3 4	BMW i3 * VW Golf GTE	45 29	234 176	11 8	2 23
5	Volvo V60 Plug-In	14	131	6	6
6	Nissan Leaf	11	120	6	4
7	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	13	117	6	5
8	BMW i8	12	105	5	9
9	Audi A3 e-Tron	17	90	4	15
10	Porsche Panamera Plug-In	7	70	3	3
11	Renault Twizy	8	33	2	8
12	Mercedes S500 Plug-In e)	4	32	2	N/A
13 14 15 16	VW e-Golf Mercedes B-Class ED Smart Fortwo ED Renault Zoe	4 12 8 5	25  22 19 18	1 1 1 1	10 N/A 10 7
17 18 18 20 21 22 22 24 24	VW e-Up! Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Kia Soul EV Mercedes C350e Porsche 918 Ford Focus Electric Opel Ampera Volkswagen XL1 McLaren P1	2 1 2 4 1 1 1 2	16 7 7 5 4 3 3 2 2	1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	12 18 18 N/A 21 N/A 16 N/A 23
	TOTAL	483	2.090	100

Source: febiac.be

* - 19 Bev + 26 Rex

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Intel and QNX Software Systems talk connected cars

By Megan Alink, Marketing Communications Director for Automotive

How many collaborations in embedded have lasted more than three decades? Our relationship with Intel comes immediately to mind.

I’m told it all began in 1981, when the first IBM PCs ran the Intel 8088 microprocessor and the OS could be swapped out for QNX. A quick trip to your local Sears, ComputerLand or IBM Product Center, followed by an order to QNX Support, and the most reliable computer the market could offer was all yours.

The first IBM PC: 21lbs without the diskette drive and complete with a cassette player jack.
Photo credit: https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_album.html

Fast forward 34 years, and QNX and Intel are still changing the technology landscape. Earlier this summer, Intel announced their plans to work with us on technologies for a variety of connected car applications, including infotainment systems, digital instrument clusters and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Right around that same time, our Andrew Poliak, global director of business development, met up with Ken Obuszewski, director of automotive marketing for Intel, at TU-Automotive Detroit, where they spoke on camera with Bill Hampton from The AutoBeat Group. The topic was, of course, the connected car, and both gentlemen made compelling comments about the future of this exciting aspect of automotive and our mutual plans to deliver:

“With the evolution of the connected car, the capabilities that you’re seeing in the vehicle are really starting to expand dramatically…QNX is a long-time leader in the automotive market, Intel – we’re one of the technology leaders making a large investment in automotive, [so] it’s very natural for us to expand our working relationship and to bring consumers great technologies going forward.” — Ken Obuszewski

“Making systems that can be upgradable and updateable even after you purchase the vehicle so that way it stays fresh and current over the life of the vehicle is really a key foundation of a software platform running in a real[ly] flexible architecture like Intel’s.” — Andrew Poliak

Check out the entire video below. Many thanks to our friends at Intel for this opportunity to talk about our shared vision.

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