BMW i3 UK Sales Split - With Or Without Range Extender

The BMW i3 has been on sale over here for almost a year now (figures below upto end of June 14) and I thought I'd give you a sales split between the pure BEV only and the Range Extender versions;

BEV i3: 339
RE i3: 433

Total Sales for first 6 months of 2014 is 598 which is low compared to Nissan and their Leaf (1,712 sales in 6 months) and higher than the Tesla S at 245 for the same period.

How Many Left?
NISSAN LEAF (model family) - How Many Left?
TESLA (manufacturer) - How Many Left?

Not sure what any of this proves

 

Comparison of the Prius against BEV and plug in competition. Other hybrids excluded as previously discussed.

Renault Zoe EV: £18,443
VW e-Up: £19,525
Leaf: £21,490 to £23,590
Prius: £21,995 to £25,295
Nissan e-NV200 Combi: £22,859 to £25,643
BMW i3: £25,680 or £28,800 with range extender
VW e-Golf: £26,145
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV: £28,249
Prius PIP: £28,395
Ford Focus EV: £28,580
Vauxhall Ampera (Chv Volt): £28,750
Tesla S: £49,380 to £76,400

All prices are 'on the road' including tax, delivery, prep and 20% vat/sales tax and are after deduction of £5,000 incentive. Individual price is base model. All prices include the HV battery. Cheaper purchase options are available on some models if the HV battery is leased.

 

Well I found this list that's total and monthly BEV and PHEV sales in Europe. Notice that the Outlander PHEV is comfortably ahead, and the Ford Focus EV is a total laggard; 200 sales for the whole of Europe compared to 12k Leafs. The Kia Soul EV has sold more than the Focus EV and it's only been out for a couple months.

Europe Electric Vehicle Sales (October) | CleanTechnica

 

Maybe, maybe not. They sell it so they say they're a forward looking company, but you'll be hard pushed to buy one. It's hidden on the Ford UK website and sold by 2 dealers. Strange way of working unless they're going to say later that they tried, they didn't sell and will concentrate on hydrogen fuel cells in future.

It would have been better just to have not bothered selling them in RHD than over price their product and not advertise it, and a difficult to find page on their website. Ford UK just don't want to bother with hybrids or BEVs it seems. I think they're too influenced by the Clarkson ideals. The Mondeo hybrid is well expensive and again, I didn't realise they had released one and I thought I was on top of such news. It's never been advertised but is on the website: Cars Mondeo 2015 | Ford UK Not cheap though at £25,000 ($38,900)

You're right about Fiat though. The 500 was a hit in Europe before it was sold in the US and the 500c is a CA car only. They might sell here if they were inclined, though who'd by an electric Fiat?!!? You just know it would be a nightmare and if the car wasn't, the dealers would be.

 

I think it is. The Mondeo and Fusion and now virtually identical (a step up from the Mondeo/Contour days 20 years ago) with the non hybrid built in Spain. I don't think it's just import duties that bump up the Mondeo cost as it's a fully loaded model. There's a trend here for hybrid models to be range toppers (other than Toyota), which prices them out of the majority of owners.

The same seems to apply with the half hearted BEV sellers. Nissan, BMW, Renault all offer BEVs starting at a good price with a number of models in the range. Others like Kia and Ford have priced their BEV as a fully loaded premium model. Guess which are selling

One thing I've noticed is that the price of the UK Tesla S has come ever so slightly. All helps.