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Europe July 2015 (Updated)

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Rise Of The Empire Edition

Close to 13.000 units were sold last month in the European EV market, and now with the Belgium numbers, there's a 75% improvement YoY, so the plug-in force continues to run strong in the Old Continent.

Looking at the monthly models ranking, the Outlander PHEV returned to the Best Seller seat, selling 1.711 units, followed closely by the VW Golf GTE (1.611 units).

The business-suit Golf GTE Audi A3 e-Tron continues to impress: Thanks to a second consecutive personal best performance (980 units in June, 1.310 now), the Ingolstadt model climbed for the first time to a podium seat and joined the short-listed club of four digit sales models.

Final mention for the good performance of the Tesla Model S, scoring for the first time a thousand-something result in a first month of the quarter (1.106 units, to be precise), rising 130% YoY, a significant result for a model that starts in the high 60.000's of euros.

PlModelSales  
1Mitsu Outlander PHEV1.711
2Volkswagen Golf GTE1.611
3Audi A3 e-Tron1.310
4Tesla Model S1.106
5Nissan Leaf1.038

Looking at the YTD ranking, the VAG Group products are rising, the VW Golf GTE is now dangerously close to the #4 Tesla Model S, the Audi A3 e-Tron is up one position to #7, while the VW e-Up! is back at Tenth spot, making four VAG models in the Top 10, not bad, considering that only ten months ago it had just one representative...

On the Losers side, besides the (Soon to be) discontinued models like the Smart Fortwo ED, Opel Ampera and the like, there are two models that deserve a special attention, the Volvo V60 Plug-In sold only 349 units, its worst result of the year, while the BMW i3, on top of losing one position to the Audi A3 e-Tron (It is now #8 versus #4 twelve months ago), was down 11% YoY, which is a bad sign when you are in a fast growing market. Is the little Bimmer starting to show its first wrinkles?

Looking at the brands ranking, Volkswagen is now officially the holder of Europe's EV Manufacturers Throne (18%), followed closely by the now dethroned Mitsubishi (17%).

As for the Third Place, Renault (13%) won just a little more distance from its japanese cousin, Nissan, in Fourth with 12%.

PlEuropeJuly2015%'14Pl
1Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV1.71115.580171
2Nissan Leaf1.0389.672102
3Renault Zoe 1.0239.459103
4Tesla Model S1.1068.51394
5Volkswagen Golf GTE1.6118.361922
6Volkswagen e-Golf 9206.60679
7Audi A3 e-Tron1.3106.065 719
8BMW i37205.52465
9Volvo V60 Plug-In3492.81837
10Volkswagen e-Up!2321.86626
11Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia1811.814212
12Renault Kangoo ZE e)2001.81128
13
14
15
16
17
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In
Kia Soul EV
Mercedes B-Class ED
Renault Twizy e)
Smart Fortwo ED
250
337
342
150
111
1.726
1.712
1.570
1.288
1.270
2
2
2
1
1
28
23
29
11
10
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
BMW i8
Mercedes C350e Plug-In
Peugeot iOn
Bolloré Blue Car
Citröen C-Zero
Mitsubishi I-Miev
Toyota Prius Plug-In
Porsche Panamera Plug-In
Mercedes S500e Plug-In
Ford C-Max Energi
Goupil
Peugeot Partner EV
Opel Ampera
132
 376
148
74
65
35
23
31
36
113
40
24
7
1.241
1.142
736
551
493
444
369
363
352
337
250
186
160
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
15
N/A
21
13
20
17
14
18
31
N/A
24
25
16

TOTAL12.80892.790

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