Nissan’s Leaf, with 3,730 registrations, was the best-selling electric car in the whole of Western Europe during Q1

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WESTERN EUROPE
Battle mounts for Europe’s electric car sales crown
Nissan’s Leaf, with 3,730 registrations, was the best-selling electric car in the whole of Western Europe during Q1
Published: Tue, 29 April 2014 08:45:13 GMT
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Nissan Leaf, at this year’s 1st quarter stage, still leads West Europe’s tiny market for electric cars, but the Leaf, judged from recent developments in the region’s still low-charged electric car arena, could soon face the humiliation of being bumped off its already shaky throne by a model built by someone, who until fairly recently, has never built a car, let alone a high-tech electric version

This first quarter, Nissan’s Leaf, with 3,730 registrations, was the best-selling electric car in the whole of Western Europe, thanks in no small measure to its popular following in Norway’s still humming electric car market.

According to figures collected and monitored exclusively by AID every month, the Leaf’s first quarter share of West Europe’s electric car market touched the 30 per cent mark.

The second-placed Tesla Model S, already hard on its heels, took a further 24 per cent.

24%
Tesla Model S share of West European electric car market after 3-months this year

And that in turn was followed by BMW’s i3 and Renault’s ZOE with a respective 18 and 10 per cent first quarter segment share, AID’s own figures reveal.

Norway, by a very long stretch, remains the Leaf’s top market in Europe.

That’s driven home by data showing that so far this year some 1,559 Leafs were driven from Norwegian dealer premises to customers’ drives.

And it is here, given latest tell-tale developments, where the future leadership of Europe’s electric car market will likely come to a head....more

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by country March 2014 VS March 2013
by country Q1 2014 VS Q1 2013
by TOP SELLING MODELS Q1 2014

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24% Tesla Model S share of West European electric car market after 3-months this year

24%
Tesla Model S share of West European electric car market after 3-months this year