Friday, October 27, 2017

Italy September 2017

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Panamera PHEV: Hot Seller in Italy


BMW 225xe A. Tourer Jumps to #1 


The Italian PEV market is increasing the pace, in September sales went up 74%, to 523 units, pulling the YTD tally to 3.503 units (+70% YoY), although the 2017 PEV share is still at a low 0.2%. 

With last month closing at  only 0.3%, Italy needs to step up registrations significantly, if it wants to catch the fast running plug-in train.

While growth is always good, especially in a low share market like this one, it is sad to see that this previously BEV-predominant market now dominated by PHEVs (59% share), which are growing faster (+85% vs +50%) than BEVs. 

Lack of charging infrastructure?

Further proof of the PHEV rise is visible in the models ranking, with the BMW 225xe Active Tourer reaching the leadership, thanks to 89 deliveries (Best performance in 19 months), displacing the veteran Nissan Leaf to Second Place.

The other headlining change was the hot selling Porsche Panamera PHEV registering 25 deliveries and jumping to #12, while another large car made an impression in the second half of the ranking, with the BMW 530e delivering a record 21 units and climbing to #19, with a Top 15 place possible until year end.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, BMW is in the lead, with 41% share, followed by Nissan (17%) in a distant Second Place, while Mercedes (16%) is looking to surpass the Japanese automaker soon. 

Interestingly, if we add Mini (already with 9%) to the Bavarian automaker tally, the BMW Group now has 50% share of the market. Long gone are the days when Renault-Nissan had the same 50% share...

Pl
ItalySep.     YTD%'16Pl
1BMW 225xe Active Tourer 89426182
2
3
4
5
Nissan Leaf
Mercedes GLC350e 
BMW i3 
Renault Zoe
15
44
42
36
382
303
268
265
16
13
11
11
1
25
5
6
6
7
8
Mini Countryman PHEV
Tesla Model S
Tesla Model X 
28
28
24
215
202
144
9
8
6
N/A
4
26
9
BMW 330e 111105
9
10
11
12
Audi A3 e-Tron
Volkswagen Golf GTE
Porsche Panamera PHEV 
16
15
25
103
102
87
4
4
4
19
7
31
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
19
21
22
23
Volvo XC90 T8
Citröen C-Zero
Smart Fortwo ED
BMW X5 40e
Audi Q7 e-Tron
Volvo V60 Plug-In
BMW 530e
BMW 740e
Toyota Prius PHEV
Volkswagen e-Up!
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
7
5
11
16
3
1
21
4
4
14
5
77
74
65
62
48
47
46
42
42
40
39
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
12
8
39
13
24
20
N/A
21
N/A
18
10 
24Kia Optima PHEV536230
25
25
27
Citroen E-Mehari
Volkswagen Passat GTE
Mercedes C350e
7
8
3
29
29
23
1
1
1
33
14
36
27Porsche Cayenne Plug-in223120
29

Mercedes B250e 
Others
2
34
22
146
1
6
11


TOTAL5233.503100


Source: greenstart.it; unrae.it

1 comment:

  1. PEVs and gas fired engines are (wrongly) perceived by many Italiens as two sides of the same (clean) coin?

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