http://www.autoblog.com/2015/04/07/vw-e-golf-new-sales-champ-europe-over-nissan-leaf/ Move over Nissan Leaf, VW E-Golf is the new sales champ in Europe Apr 7th 2015 Danny King
[images / Jonathon Ramsey http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/legacy_thumbnail/750x422/quality/95/http://www.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/333/485/4/S3334854/slug/l/01-2015-vw-e-golf-review-1.jpg (e-Golf EV) http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2015-volkswagen-e-golf-review/ Featured Gallery 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf: Review ] VW's Norway Advertising Push Was Key Western European sales of the Volkswagen e-Golf electric vehicle got just extra charged up, and not just with electricity. For the first two months of the year, the VW EV overtook longstanding EV leader Nissan Leaf in terms of sales on the Continent, Aid Newsletter says. In fact, the e-Golf's 2,150 units sold in Western Europe through February was 400 more than what the Leaf managed. Norway was the key country here. With lots of EV incentives, the Leaf (not to mention the Tesla Model S) have always sold well there, but Volkswagen, through a big advertising push, moved more than three times as many e-Golfs in Norway as Nissan did the Leaf. It's sure a far cry from the US, where the Leaf remains the best-selling electric vehicle. Through February, Nissan moved 2,268 Leaf vehicles in the US, compared to 311 e-Golfs sold here. March sales didn't do much to change the balance, with 195 e-Golfs sold versus 1,817 Leafs. The e-Golf, which retails for about $36,000 in the States, gets an EPA-rated 116 miles per gallon equivalent, barely edging out the Leaf's 114 MPGe rating. The e-Golf can also go 83 miles on a single charge. Our review of the e-Golf is available here. [© autoblog.com] http://www.eagleaid.com/AID-Newsletter-preorder-1506preview-a-Golf-dethrones-LEAF-as-Europes-top-selling-electric-car.htm Golf dethrones LEAF as Europe’s top-selling electric car Volkswagen’s all-electric Golf, during the opening two months of this year, has dethroned Nissan’s LEAF as the region’s top-selling electric car 30 Mar 2015 [image http://www.eagleaid.com/images/nl1506w150preview-b.jpg (eGolf & Leaf) ] Two months data from the 17 West European markets monitored exclusively by AID every month shows a change in electric car leadership. VW’s e-Golf, after a market presence of less than a year, took pole position in West Europe’s electric car market. The so-called e-Golf, with 2,150 regional registration during the opening two months of this year, took the coveted number one slot. 2,150 VW e-Golf's West European sales after 2-months this year The sector’s previous front-runner, Nissan’s LEAF, a true pioneer in the sector, had to make do with the runner-up slot with a slimmer 1,750 regional sales, according to AID’s exclusively compiled numbers. But there is more than first meets the eye. One factors in particular contributed to the victory of VW’s all-electric Golf. Thanks to a highly charged sales blitz in Norway - Europe’s only genuine electric car market - two months e-Golf sales in Norway soared to 1,716 units, whereas Nissan’s previously market dominating LEAF ended the same two months with a markedly slimmer 556 Norwegian sales...more For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2015/04/01/electric-vehicles-can-meet-the-daily-travel-needs-of-more-than-85-percent-of-us-drivers-berkeley-lab-scientist-samveg-saxena/ lbl.gov Saxena sez EVs can meet 85% of US drivers' daily travel needs http://eetd.lbl.gov/people/samveg-saxena http://www.echo.net.au/2015/03/electric-vehicle-revolution-is-coming-charged-by-aussie-technology/ Electric-vehicle revolution is coming: charged by Aussie technology http://www.delaware1059.com/story.php?id=15640 L2 EVSE Available @Lewes Ferry Terminal DE + EVLN: sarolea-racing.com SP7 e-Superbike ts:270kph 0-100kph:2.8s (v) {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-VW-E-Golf-is-the-new-sales-champ-in-Europe-tp4674957.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
