Worldwide Plugin Sales Numbers

evnow · **Posted:** Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:32 pm

This thread is for reporting monthly sales of plugins from around the world. Pls do not discuss why & how of those sales. We will have separate monthly thread for that.

Here is the March '13 discussion thread : viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12031
Here is the February '13 discussion thread : viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11739
Here is the January '13 discussion thread : viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11397
Here is the December '12 discussion thread : viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11098
Here is the November '12 discussion thread : viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10774
Here is the October '12 discussion thread : viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10511
Here is the September '12 discussion thread : viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10161
Here is the August '12 discussion thread : viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9864

Here is the old sales numbers & discussion thread : viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2883

evnow · **Posted:** Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:32 am

April 2013

March 2013

February 2013

January 2013

December 2012

Volt : 2,633
Leaf : 1,489
PIP : 1,361
Energi :
FFE :
i : 77
Model S : 1,500*

Fit EV : 19
RAV4 EV : 52

November 2012

Leaf : 1,539
Volt : 1,519
PIP : 1,766
I : 42
FFE : 172
Model S : 400*
Fisker :
Energi : 1,259

CA Only

Fit EV : 26
Rav 4 EV : 32

October 2012

Volt : 2,961
PlugInPrius : 1,889
Leaf : 1,579
Model S : 290 (est)
Energi : 144
Karma : 75 (est)
FFE : 112
Mitsu I : 30

CA Only
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Honda Fit : 16
RAV 4 EV : 47

September 2012

Volt : 2,851
Leaf : 984
PIP : 1,652
Model S : 200 ?
Fisker Karma - 150 ?
FFE : 59
Mitsu I : 36
Honda Fit EV : 16

August 2012

Volt : 2,831
PIP : 1.047

Leaf : 685
i : 37

evnow · **Posted:** Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:33 am

From the previous thread :

Update for July-12 :

Leaf : 395
Volt : 1849
PIP : 688
FFE : 38
i : 33
Model S : ?

Update for June-12 :

Leaf : 535
Volt : 1760
PIP : 695
FFE : 89
i : 33
Model S : 10 ?

Update for May-12 :

Leaf : 510
Volt : 1680
PIP : 1086
i : 85

Update for Apr-12 :

Leaf : 370
Volt : 1462
PIP : 1654
i : 70

Update for Mar-12 :

Fisker Karma : 750 todate
Leaf : 27,000 worlwide todate

Update : Feb-2012
Volt - 1023
Leaf : 478
Mitsu i : ?
Fisker : ?
FFE : ?

Update : Feb-2012
Mitsu i : 36
Fisker : ?
FFE : ?

January Leaf sales in Japan: 987

January Leaf sales in Germany: 26

Update : Jan-2012
8 Ford Focus Electrics were sold to fleets in 2012

Nissan dealers delivered 59 Leafs in Canada during the month of December which exactly twice as many as the number of cubes delivered in the same month. Total for the year is 170.
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/901685/ ... s-for-2011

Mitsubishi sold 80 i's in Nov/December, the first months they were available.

Nissan says they sold a total of 21,000 Leafs world wide.

http://bestsellingcarsblog.com/2012/03/ ... available/

2011 in Europe : Fully electric cars make a discreet appearance in this year’s ranking but 2012 should see some of them really take off: the Mitsubishi i is #250 with 2,608 sales, followed by the Peugeot iOn at #258 with 1,926 units, the Citroen C-Zero at #260 and 1,830 sales, the Nissan Leaf at #264 with 1,726 units and the Opel Ampera at #304 and 304 sales.

Update : 12/12

Japan Nov # is 992

Update : 12/6

In France, November 2011 :

Nissan Leaf : 9
Volt : 18
Renault Kangoo : 677
Renault Fluence : 123
Bollore Blue Car : 171 (self-service in Paris)
Mia : 128
Mitsu iMiev/Peugeot Ion/Citroen C0 : 55
Tesla : 1

Update 12/02 : http://www.newswire.ca/en/organization/33080
42 Leafs in Canada for a total of 111 YTD.

Update 11/16:

In France, 17 Leaf in October, 67 from the beginning of year (sales started in August).
Chevrolet Volt : 1 in october
Opel Ampera (twin sister of GM Volt) : 1 in October.

Japan Oct : 832

Update 11/02 :

Canadian Leaf Sales (from http://www.newswire.ca/en/organization/33080)

July: 16
Aug: 9
Sept: 17
Oct: 27 (more than the 370Z @ 15 and not far from the Cube @ 35)

YTD: 69

Update 10/12 : Sep JPN sales for Leaf, Corrected Aug

Update 10/1 : Sep US sales for Leaf & Volt

Update 9/1 : Aug US sales for Leaf & Volt

Update 8/2 : July US sales for Leaf & Volt

Update 7/9 : June Japan number for Leaf

Update 7/1 : June US sales for Leaf & Volt

Update 6/29 : The JP MAY-11 number was 472 units http://yuzuru.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/auto/1306733489/392

Update 6/6 : The JP APR-11 number was 177 units http://yuzuru.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/auto/1306733489/106

Update 6/5 : Jan JP numbers changed thanks to Yoshi - http://response.jp/article/2011/02/04/151486.html

Update 6/4 : Dec, Mar unofficial JP numbers from here thanks to Yoshi - http://logsoku.com/thread/yuzuru.2ch.ne ... 03094/#760

Update 6/1 : For May, 1,142 for Leaf & 481 for Volt in the US.

Update 5/3 : For April, 573 for Leaf & 493 for Volt in the US.

Update 4/1 : For March, 298 for Leaf & 608 for Volt in the US.

Update 3/? : Leaf for Feb in Japan is from JADA : http://www.jada.or.jp/contents/data/ranking/index.php

I'll keep this post updated. Pls post the numbers you see in the media along with links in this thread. We can also use this thread to discuss the numbers.

I'll keep track of other plug-ins like Volt as well.

If anyone figures out how to get the numbers for EU let me know.

JPVLeaf · **Posted:** Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:44 am

According to Andy Palmer, he puts global sales of Leafs at 45,000. Goes to show just how many more Leafs are being sold outside of both Japan and US(*), which the table in the OP only covers.

(*) currently at 31,180 through Aug 12, excluding JPN Aug 12 sales.

http://www.caradvice.com.au/189734/nissan-leaf-holden-volt-war-words-local-evs/

Quote:

When asked about Volt outselling Leaf in the US, (Andy) Palmer rolled his eyes and said: “Don’t read too much press.”

“Somehow or other we get compared month on month with the Volt in the United States. Volt sells in the United States and hardly anywhere else and Leaf sells all over the world,” Palmer said.

“For most of last year our monthly sales were ahead of Volt and a few months this year it has been behind, in the United States.”

“We have sold 45,000 Leafs globally, so it terms of overall sales the (pure) EV is way ahead.”
Palmer said that, in his opinion, the Volt isn’t even a proper electric vehicle.

“Volt is a plug-in hybrid, if you wanted to be kind it is a range extender,” he said.

“All of our emphasis is, does it have a tailpipe? If it has a tailpipe it is a hybrid, if it doesn’t then it is an electric car.”

Quote:

Palmer admitted the Leaf had not sold as well as Nissan was expecting last year.

”We had a few problems, not least an earthquake, that’s for sure,” he said.

“We are limited on what we can make right now, we are limited to 40,000 cars a year and they are all made in Japan.”

Sourcing from Japan meant Nissan had a “yen issue”, which affected profitability.

“From September this year we start manufacturing in the United States and from February next year we start manufacturing in the United Kingdom,” he said.

“That does two things: it lifts up capacity but it also gets you out of a yen-based currency.”

GRA · **Posted:** Sun Sep 09, 2012 2:52 pm

richard · **Posted:** Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:20 am

Thanks for keeping up this list, evnow.

I was wondering what the trend would look like if all the cars were combined, and came up with this:

If you just report by years, it looks like this:

Obviously we're in the early years of this generation of OEM plug-ins. But if you consider where we are compared to the early years of the hybrid rollout, the outlook is promising:

hybridcars.com

September · **Posted:** Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:42 am

Ireland registration (not sale, so include for example demo cars) stats:
2011
Apr 18
May 12
June 4
Jul 6
Aug 2
Sep 1
Oct 0
Nov 1
Dec 1
2012
Jan 4
Feb 2
Mar 7
Apr 7
May 9
June 12
Jul 12
Aug 6

Total BEVs registered:
2008 - 5 cars
2009 - 2 cars
2010 - 18 cars, 0.02% share
2011 - 46 cars, 0.05% market share
2012 - 128 cars, 0.17% market share

Unfortunately commercial vans have no statistical data based on fuel, however I think in 2012 there was 42 Renault Kangoo ZE registered.

Currently no PHEV are on sale in Ireland.

scottf200 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:24 am

nissan-admits-leaf-sales-short-of-goal-offering-steeper-discounts
http://insideevs.com/nissan-admits-leaf ... discounts/

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classifie ... 1997.story
Nice sales info outside of USA:

Quote:

Nissan has sold 37,285 Leaf since it was introduced. Of that figure, 17,710 have been sold in Japan; 13,921 in North America; 4,881 in Europe; and 773 in other markets, Nissan said.

edatoakrun · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:54 am

It has long been my opinion that LEAF sales in the numbers the Smyrna factory is now capable of producing will be based on the number of buyers/lessees who learn that a new LEAF is actually one of the least-expensive cars they can buy, in total cost of ownership.

Anecdotal report of increased October LEAF sales, and what is driving them, at the video below:

http://green.autoblog.com/2012/10/26/ni ... les-month/

Quote:

Our friend Paul Scott knows a thing or two about electric vehicles (EVs), having been involved with Plug In America for years. These days, he's a Nissan Leaf salesman and his top technique is to, as he puts it, put butts in seats. Once people drive an EV, they often walk away with a better understanding of the potential change that EVs offer. Since he's one of the top EV salespeople in the US – he works for Nissan of Downtown LA – we asked how things have been going recently. The short version, Scott told AutoblogGreen, is that things are going incredibly well.

"Sales are very good right now," he said. "Nissan's aggressive pricing has jump started the Leaf sales and especially the Leaf lease. I'm pretty sure we'll see a record month for the Leaf when the national numbers come in. If other dealers are experiencing what we're experiencing, it'll be a record for certain.

"When the monthly payment dropped to less than many people spend for gas, the phone began to ring constantly...

"A good measure of how well the car is doing is that employees of our dealership began leasing the cars. This is very important since they can now speak from experience when selling the car to customers. Their glee in saving money on gas is clearly evident when they speak to customers and this becomes infectious.

scottf200 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:21 am

Volt October Sales : 2,961

The link: http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/news ... sales.html
See this on right hand side: DOWNLOADS

Oct2012 GMNA Production by Plant.pdf
Production by Plant

Deliveries Oct 2012.pdf
Deliveries

Deliveries Oct 2012.xlsx
Deliveries Chart in Excel

Via: GM-volt's CarZin's

My Nissan Leaf Forum

The forum for all aspects of the Nissan Leaf

Worldwide Plugin Sales Numbers