World Top 10 September 2014

Kandi: The Electric Car Of The People?

Models - A Different Dimension

The Leaf, BMW i3 and the ever-improving BYD Qin (ninth consecutive record), all conquered new sales records, with two cars outside of the Top 10 also deserving mention, the Zotye E20 blew away its previous record (780 before vs 1.621 last month), while the Renault Zoe barely missed a new sales record (1.358 in June '13 vs 1.356 in Sept. '14). 

Looking to the models ranking, we can see two new Dimensions appearing:

China is Rising

The BYD Qin in #6 and Zotye E20 in #7.

Looking at the YTD ranking, the BYD Qin is doing wonders, having climbed one position to #8, and don't forget that in #12 we have the Chery QQ3 EV and in #13 there's another rising star, the Zotye E20... 

The numbers needed to reach the Top positions are increasing

Last month, the #5 (BMW i3) best selling car sold 2.152 units comparing this with what happened twelve months ago, the #5 then (Volvo V60 Plug-In) had sold 877 units...

Pl	WORLD	Sept	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	6.794	44.848	20	1
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	3.915	24.304	11	5
3	Tesla Model S	3.827	21.486	9	4
4	Chevrolet Volt (1)	1.579	16.429	7	2
5	Toyota Prius Plug-In	1.451	16.070	7	3
8	BYD Qin	1.700	9.473	4	40
9	Ford Fusion Energi	650	9.408	4	9
10	Ford C-Max Energi	692	6.640	3	8
	TOTAL	38.243	229.828

Manufacturers -  

Pl	WORLD	Sept	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Nissan	6.835	45.122	20	1
2	Mitsubishi	4.267	27.400	12	3
3	Tesla	3.827	21.486	9	5
4	Ford	1.820	18.088	8	7
5	Chevrolet	1.630	17.357	8	2
6	Toyota	1.576	17.045	7	4
7				7	N/A
8	BMW	2.304	11.646	5	13
9	BYD	1.902	11.520	5	11
10	Renault	1.899	11.040	5	6

(1) - Includes Holden Volt, Opel and Vauxhall Ampera;

p) - Production numbers


Questions for October

1 - Will Kandi continue to amaze everyone? 

2 - Who will improve their sales records?

3 - Can Kandi reach #4 in the models ranking?...

4 - ...And reach Toyota in the manufacturers ranking?