Thursday, October 12, 2017

Canada August 2017 & September Preview

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Tesla Month

The big news were of course both Teslas surpassing the Nissan Leaf, with the Model S now in the last place of the podium, while the Nissan Leaf stumbled to #5, having registered only 50 units, its worst result in 30 months. t seems the local importer is now in Leaf II waiting mode.

But other important changes occurred in the Top 10, with the Prius Prime joining the club in #9, thanks to 91 units, while the irregular Chrysler Pacifica PHEV joined the Volvo XC90 PHEV in #10.

Looking into September preliminary results, we have the leader Chevrolet Volt returning to form, with an all-time record of 483 units, followed by its younger Bolt relative, clocking 227 registrations, its best result since March, all while the Prius Prime maintained its pace (88 units), the Leaf confirmed to be in “waiting mode”, with only 19 deliveries, and the recently arrived VW e-Golf registered a surprising 122 units, an impressive feat that could mean the German hatch has major ambitions in this market.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Chevrolet (24%) is stable at the Throne, keeping Tesla (18%) at just enough distance.

In Third Place we have Nissan, with 9% share, doing its best to save its Bronze Medal from Ford (7%) and BMW (6%).

  
Pl
Canada
August
YTD
%
1
Chevrolet Volt
295
2524
24
2
Chevrolet Bolt EV
82
1065
10
3
Tesla Model S  
105
946
9
4
Tesla Model X
95
923
9
5
Nissan Leaf
50
909
9
6
Audi A3 e-Tron
27
393
4
6
Kia Soul EV  
52
393
4
8
Hyundai Ioniq Electric
73
384
4
9
Toyota Prius Prime
91
333
3
10
Volvo XC90 PHEV
44
332
3
10
Chrysler Pacifica PHEV
65
332
3
12
Ford Focus Electric
67
326
3
13
Ford C-Max Energi   e)
30
240
2
14
Porsche Cayenne PHEV
14
219
2
15
Ford Fusion Energi   e)
25
200
2
16
BMW  i3
18
188
2
17
BMW X5 PHEV
10
174
2
18
Volkswagen e-Golf
40
163
2
19
BMW i8
7
71
1
20
BMW 330e
11
70
1
Others
34
215

TOTAL
1.238
10.406


Source: Green Car Reports 


Tesla Model S & Others

Pl
Model
Aug.
Sales  
1
 Mercedes E/CLS-Class
360
2
              BMW 5-Series
269
3
Tesla Model S
105
4
Porsche Panamera
67
5
Volvo S90
66

Looking at the full-size vehicles general ranking, the top two continue in their usual positions, with the Model S collecting another Bronze Medal, but below it, the remaining competition is well behind, with new faces showing up in the Top 5: The Porsche Panamera was Fourth and the Volvo S90, Fifth.

If all is (good) business as usual in Model S territory, the Model X on the other hand, is having a much harder time, failing once again to make an impression, this time it has even fallen out of its class Top 10, recording only 95 deliveries in a fast growing segment. 


3 comments:

  1. August was not exactly a Tesla month: both the S (107)and the X (102) were down compared to August 2016, while the EV market was up from 1081 to 1238. Tesla sold less cars and lost even more marketshare.

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  2. Additionnal information: in the recent months, the demand in Canada is way higher than the numbers tell. People are waiting many months to get their hands on the Bolt, the Ioniq, the e-Golf, even the Prime, and also the Pacifica or the Focus EV. And the Leaf is nowhere to be seen almost until the Leaf 2.0 arrives.

    As you pointed out, the best month since March for the Bolt, allocations by GM seem to get better lately and the numbers should be good during the fall.

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    1. It's the same in Sweden and probably many other countries. 6-9 month waiting time on Ioniq, new orders on e-golf will maybe get them before summer and Bolt/Ampera-e is nowhere to be seen.

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