Nissan has announced that the Leaf EV had a record-breaking year in 2013 in Europe, with a total of 11,120 sales, 5,600 more than in 2012. Nissan says the Leaf is the EV market leader in Europe with 25% more sales than the next best-selling battery-powered model.
Thanks to the Leaf, Nissan now have a market share of 33% in electric vehicle passanger car market, but in some countries, the share is even bigger. In Norway, the Leaf was the third best-selling passenger car overall last year, and the trend seems to continue this year when the Leaf became Norway’s top-seller with 650 units sold at the end of January 2014.
Norway’s advanced EV infrastructure and government incentives continue to spur strong sales of electric vehicles in the country and the rest of Europe isn’t far behind. In 2013, the Nissan Leaf was also the EV market leader in many other countries including Spain, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.
In the United Kingdom, where the European version of the Leaf is built, sales rose by more than 1,000% in January compared to the previous year. Meanwhile in France, Leaf sales rose 240% in January as well, with the Nissan becoming the EV market leader for the first time. 100,000 Leaf’s have been sold globally since the car was first launched in December 2010.
Source: carscoops
