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BMW i3 Tops EV Sales Chart In Europe


Tesla Model S slips to 6th place in Europe


Complete sales figures for the whole of Europe usually lag behind by a month or two, but now that we have full results for November 2016, we can declare the BMW i3 the overall winner for plug-in vehicle sales Europe-wide in November.

The figures come to us via BMWBLOG:

“For the month of November, 2016, the BMW i3 was by far the best-selling electric vehicle in the EU, selling 2,092 units. The second closest EV was the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, which sold 1,512 units. That’s quite a big difference, considering it’s 580 units more.”

You may be wondering how Tesla fared, right? Well, neither the Model S nor the Model X sell in volume even remotely close to the BMW i3. In November, Tesla sold only 603 Model S sedans in Europe. Meanwhile, Model X sales were just 387.

Some other notables sales figures (remaining 5 of the Top 7) Europe-wide for November 2016 include:

Renault ZOE: 1,438
Volkswagen Passat GTE: 1,067
Nissan LEAF: 1,030
BMW 330e: 982
Volkswagen Golf GTE: 886