Germany March 2015

"BIG IN GERMANY"

Springtime Records -Deutsch Edition

The 2.076 EV's sold this March were a new record for the German EV Market, with YTD sales now at 4.444 units, doubling last year result in the same period.

Looking at the monthly ranking, plenty of surprises, as always, the Niisan Leaf made a smash result, by selling 409 units, beating a record that lasted since the 2012 Twizy fever, while also winning again the Monthly Best Seller Trophy after a 19 month hiatus.

The #2 Mitsu Outlander PHEV sold 243 units, its best result since last May, while the #3 Tesla Model S also hit a record, never before had the american car sold so much in a single month here, but 211 units are also a respectable performance in the highly competitive full-size-luxury-sport-sedan German General Ranking, to put this result in context, the Merc CLS sold 532 units last month, the #2 Audi A7 sold 426, while the BMW 6-series sold only 12 more units (223) than the Tesla. As for the Panamera, is was behind the Model S, with 153 units...

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Nissan Leaf	409
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	243
3	Tesla Model S	211
4	BMW i3	177
5	Audi A3 e-Tron	160

As for the YTD ranking, there was a last minute leadership change, with the BMW i3 dethroning the Golf GTE by just two units, while the Mitsu Outlander PHEV is Third, only 11 units behinfd the leader, all three have 11% share, making this the most fragmented market in the world.

The Nissan Leaf shot through the competition to #4 (Up 10 positions!), while the VW e-Golf dropped to #6 (It was #3 in January), the Tesla Model S climbed two positions to #7, while both the Kia Soul EV and the Smart Fortwo ED were down two positions, to #9 and #8 respectively.

Looking to the second half of the ranking, the Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia jumped four positions to #16, underlining a brilliant performance from Nissan this month.

Pl	Germany	Mar.	YTD'15	%	'14 Pl
1	BMW i3 *	177	497	11	1
2	Volkswagen Golf GTE	143	495	11	13
3	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	243	486	11	5
4	Nissan Leaf	409	458	10	7
5	Audi A3 e-Tron	160	351	8	10
6	Volkswagen e-Golf	82	297	7	8
7	Tesla Model S	211	294	7	6
8	Smart Fortwo ED	92	251	6	2
9	Kia Soul EV	86	240	5	28
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26	Renault Zoe BMW i8 Volkswagen e-Up! Mercedes B-Class ED Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Mercedes S500 Plug-In Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Volvo V60 Plug-In Renault Twizy e) Toyota Prius Plug-In Porsche Panamera Plug-In Mitsubishi I-Miev Volkswagen Passat GTE Opel Ampera Peugeot iOn Renaul Fluence ZE Ford Focus Electric	70 58 57 37 36 57 19 20 10 10 13 7 6 2 1	77 196 153 113 111 89 85 70 64 62 47 36 21 14 8 3 2 1	4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0	3 11 4 16 19 20 21 12 9 15 14 17 N/A 18 23 31 26
	TOTAL	2.076	4.444	100