Canada November 2015

Record Edition

As temperatures cool down in Canada, the EV Sales seem to get hotter every day, with a new record being set last month, as 755 new plug-ins started to zoom around Canadian streets, which represents a significant leap of 169% regarding last year, with the EV Share slightly up to 0,34%, keeping with this year positive trend.

The top three all get positive results, with the Tesla Model S and Chevrolet Volt near their year best, while the Nissan Leaf registered a record 148 units, an important feat for Nissan's hatch. 

Below the podium, the Fourth Spot is being hardly fought between between the BMW i3 and Kia Soul EV, with 11 units separating them before the last round, while the Smart Fortwo ED has been losing steam and dropped one position to #6, changing positions with the Kia.

In the depths of the table, a mention for the Chevrolet Spark EV, rising to #12, benefiting with the beginning of retail sales of this city-car-turned-electric-hot-hatch.

Pl	Canada	Nov.	YTD	%
1	Tesla Model S e)	250	1.932	32
2	Chevrolet Volt	178	1.249	20
3	Nissan Leaf	148	1.111	18
4	BMW i3  e)	30	326	5
5 6	Kia Soul EV  e) Smart Fortwo ED e)	50 20	315 308	5 5
7 8	BMW i8 e) P. Cayenne Plug-In e)	20 25	200 190	3 3
9 10	Ford Fusion Energi e) Ford C-Max Energi e)	10 10	136 125	2 2
11	Misubishi I-Miev	8	110	2
12 12 14 15 16	Ford Focus Electric Chevrolet Spark EV Cadillac ELR Porsche 918 McLaren P1	5 1	34 34 25 19 2	1 1 0 0 0
	TOTAL	755	6.116	100

e) Estimate

Source: Greencarreports; Good Car Bad Car

Tesla vs The Others (Canada Edition)

As Elon Musk pointed out, the real competition of Tesla aren't other EV's, but the ICE best selling models, so let's look how the Model S stands in Canada (1): 

Pl	Model	Nov.
1	Mercedes CLS / E-Class	276
2	Tesla Model S e)	250
3	BMW 5-Series	186
4	Audi A6	135
5	Cadillac CTS	109

  Looking at the November numbers, Tesla is closer to the leadership, with Mercedes needing the CLS and E-Class to be together in order to distance itself from the Model S, so the leadership for the Californian is something that could reach in the near future. 

(1) - Unlike in markets across the pond, the full-size car market in Canada is much more diversified, with Chevy Impalas, Malibus, Chrysler 300, Dodge Chargers, etc, all theoretical adversaries to the Model S, but Tesla's direct competition isn't there, so the Model S is only compared with cars with similar price and concept.