Germany April 2013

Smart electric cars and bikes in front on Brandenburg Gates

Nissan Leaf Superstar - German Edition

This year the german EV market is eventful, with already four different leaders (Smart Fortwo ED in January, Citröen C-Zero in February, Renault Twizy in March and Nissan Leaf in April) and a new YTD leader, the Smart Fortwo ED, looking to recover the #1 place it had in 2010.

This month the Nissan Leaf scored for the first time the best selling trophy, with a personal best 191 units, followed by the Twizy with 106 units and looking to recover some positions it had lost during the Winter (It is now in third place YTD, behind the #1 position it had last year). Dropping 3 places to #5, the Opel Ampera is losing steam, just like its Volt cousin, which still has his scorecard in blank.

The Renault Zoe scored a respectable #4 in April and now is #5 YTD, something tells me that the french supermini is heading for the top three spots in the coming months.

By brands, Renault has a 22% share, down from 56% in '12, losing the #1 place to Smart (29%).

Pl	Germany	April	YTD	%	'12Pl
1	Smart Fortwo ED (e)	30	390	29	7
2	Citröen C-Zero	2	262	19	4
3	Renault Twizy	106	256	19	1
4	Nissan Leaf	191	241	18	5
5	Opel Ampera	19	100	7	2
6	Renault Zoe	28	43	3	N/A
7	Mitsubishi I-Miev	24	39	3	9
	TOTAL	413	1.381