Saturday, August 30, 2014

World Top 10 July 2014 & Top 12 by Automotive Groups (Updated)

The Leaf can do Summer too

Models - Leaf Shines

There were some 25.100 plug-ins sold last month, representing the fourth best sales month ever for plug-ins, behind last May (26.8k), December '13 (28.7k), and the all-time record achieved this June (29.6k).

Despite some individual bad results (Tesla...), there were bright spots, with the Nissan Leaf reaching a new sales record, with 5.630 units sold, the Chevy Volt making its best sales month of the year (2.193 units), and the chinese duo, Kandi and Qin, breaking yet again their respective sales records. 

Looking to models ranking, we can see the Volt closing in on the #4 Prius Plug-In, while the Kandi EV seems unstoppable, climbing another position to #8 and already biting the #7 BMW i3 (Less than 100 units between them). Will we see the chinese start-up reach #6 soon?

A final mention for Ford being the only manufacturer with two representatives in the Top 10, not bad for a brand that has been a bit conservative regarding ev's...

PlWORLDJulyYTD%'13Pl
1Nissan Leaf5.63032.809201
2Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV2.06318.538115
3Tesla Model S1.24316.032104
4Toyota Prius Plug-In1.61612.54783
5Chevrolet Volt (1)2.19312.08472
6Ford Fusion Energi1.2367.53159
7BMW i31.1666.915420
8Kandi EV e)1.5006.8294N/A
9BYD Qin1.1006.457440
10Ford C-Max Energi8464.86438

TOTAL25.099163.694


Manufacturers - Ford Climbs Again 

In the Manufacturers ranking, the star of the month was Ford, #4 with 2.310 units sold last month and running away with the #4 from Toyota, which, by the way, has Chevrolet (#3 in July) breathing down its neck, thanks to the discounts second life of the Gen1 Volt.

BYD continues to improve with yet another sales record (Now at 1.325 units/month), placing Renault back on #8, with only 19 units separating them, the fight between these two is as hot as the summer days in Texas...

In #10 there's Kandi, only 220 units behind the #9 BMW.


PlWORLDJulyYTD%'13Pl
1Nissan5.71333.002201
2Mitsubishi2.46420.977133
3Tesla1.24316.032105
4Ford2.31013.64887
5Toyota1.68413.16184
6Chevrolet2.32112.87882
7BYD1.3258.074511
8Renault1.0508.05556
9BMW1.2397.049413
10Kandi e)1.5006.8294N/A





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

e) - Estimate


Questions for July

1 - Which model will be #4?

2 - How much positions will Kandi rise?

3 - Who will beat their record sales?

4 - Will Chevrolet surpass Toyota? 

5 - Car Renault recover the #7 position?

6 - Can BMW resist Kandi attacks?




Sales By Automotive Groups

Besides sales by individual brands, i've decided to see how they look if we group them according to each Automotive empire Group, to make things more interesting, there are different time lapses to see, making it easier to see who is climbing or falling in the ranking. 

PlGroupJuly '1420142013All Time
1Renault - Nissan6.76341.057 66.251 176.326
2General Motors2.51413.47428.83978.930
3Mitsubishi2.46420.97724.84271.056
4Toyota1.68413.16124.01866.030
5Tesla1.24316.03222.21243.518
6Ford2.31013.64815.45333.723
7Geely1.94010.7537.52418.566
8
9
BYD
Chery
1.325
600
8.074
4.693
2.831
5.007
15.731
15.407
10Daimler6153.0444.21311.751
11
12
BMW
Volkswagen
1.239
1.123
7.049
5.727
1.411
1.766
9.833
7.632

Renault-Nissan (Or is it Nissan-Renault?), is by far the dominant force regarding plug-ins, but the next positions are more controversial, with GM being #2 by volume, but this year it has weakened a lot (Already waiting for 2nd Gen Volt?), with Cadillac unable to recover the damage of its lower priced sister.

Mitsubishi, on the other hand, is #3 in volume, but this year is selling more than its direct competition, being a strong #2 in 2014.

Toyota, historical #4, is also losing big this year, only #6 in the ranking and with no perspective of a brighter future. Fuel Cells are their thing now...

For every loser, there's a winner, or in this case, two. Tesla and Ford, respectively #5 and #6 until this year, are now above Toyota and GM, putting them in #3 and #4 in the 2014 ranking.

Geely, or Volvo plus Kandi, is in #7, but with Kandi selling like hot cakes, who knows where they will be heading?

In #8 we have Build Your Dreams, or BYD, that has been profiting on the sales rise in China to consolidate a Top 10 position among the Big Boys.

Chery is a consistent #9, while in #10 we have something of a surprise, the best selling german auto group here is...Daimler, thanks to the Smart storied investment in the Electric Drive version. Now that Mercedes is starting to roll off the B-Class ED, expect these numbers to go higher, and in deed they should, because BMW and Volkswagen (VW + Porsche), #11 and #12, respectively, are pressing hard the sales accelerator (Yes, VW is only #12 in the ranking, that's how late they came to the EV scene...).

2 comments:

  1. what is the ratio PHEV/pure-EV now?

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    1. 59 BEV vs 41 PHEV, in 2013 it was 57/43, in '12 - 50/50 and the all-time ratio is too at 59/41.

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