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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV was top selling plug-in car in the UK in Q2 2016

The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV continues to dominate the plug-in electric vehicle market with 21,708 of the vehicles licensed in the UK at the end of Q2 2016.

The Outlander PHEV makes up 33% of the total of 66,374 plug-in grant eligible vehicles on the road. In second place after the Outlander comes the pure battery-electric Nissan Leaf at 12,837.

In third place is the BMW i3 (4,457) which is available with a choice of drive trains: pure battery electric or a range extended version (where a petrol internal combustion engine is used to recharge the battery on long journeys).

The Renault Zoe (4,339) is fourth most common, followed by the Mercedes-Benz C350e (3,337) which has leapt ahead of the Tesla Model S (3,312) and Volkswagen Golf GTE (2,657) to take fifth place.

The Outlander, Mercedes-Benz C350e and BMW 330e were the only three cars to increase their licensed numbers by more than a 1,000 in Q2 2016.

Four of the five vehicles with the highest growth in licensed numbers over the quarter were plug-in hybrid versions of regular cars:

– Mitsubishi Outlander (PHEV) – 1,763
– Mercedes-Benz C350e (PHEV) – 1,439
– BMW 330e (PHEV) – 1,113
– Golf GTE (PHEV) – 687
– Tesla S (pure battery powered) – 486

This is the list of all 41 vehicles that are, or have been, eligible for the government’s plug-in car and van grant schemes and which were on the road in the UK at the end of Q2 2016 (the most recent date for which figures are available).

RankMake and ModelQ2 2016Q1 2016Q4 2015Q3 2015Q2 2015
1Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (all variants)21,70819,94516,10014,09912,066
2Nissan Leaf12,83712,46911,21910,4419,310
3BMW i3 (of which are range extended versions)4,457 (3,131)4,065 (2,855)3,574 (2,440)2,943 (1,940)2,484 (1,579)
4Renault Zoe4,3393,9183,3272,4012,062
5Mercedes-Benz C350e3,3371,89862812819
6Tesla Model S3,3122,8262,0871,3461,047
7Volkswagen Golf GTE2,6571,9701,3591,025350
8Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid1,6551,6511,5801,5011,439
9Audi A3 e-tron1,6341,4451,2181,033570
10Nissan e-NV200 (all variants)1,4871,2431,047896705
11BMW 330e1,479340––
12BMW i81,3071,1631,022964823
13Vauxhall Ampera1,2671,2611,2721,2791,250
14Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine81356138––
15Renault Kangoo ZE785755740731719
16Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid475454395361336
17Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid (all variants)410366337314299
18Peugeot Ion405383374371368
19Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive30319316215761
20Mitsubishi i-Miev252257251250252
21Smart ForTwo Electric Drive215214212216215
22Citroen C-Zero213192167199205
23Kia Soul EV1931701458353
24BMW 225xe16365––
25Volkswagen e-up!154150142133124
26Mercedes-Benz S500 Hybrid125129157159138
27Volkswagen e-Golf1231201149888
28Chevrolet Volt119122122119125
29Renault Fluence7978707171
30Ford Focus Electric2219192123
30Daimler Mercedes-Benz Vito E-Cell2223232127
32Mia (all variants)1515151412
33Toyota Mirai11942
34Volkswagen Passat GTE11
35BYD e6–––––
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=BD Otomotiv eDucato–––––
=Citroen Berlingo EV–––––
=Peugeot ePartner–––––
=Smith Electric Smith Edison–––––
=Mahindra e20––
Total66,37458,47047,92041,37635,241

Note: Some of the vehicles above might have been bought without the grant. Some might be licensed to manufacturers and dealers rather than customers. The total number licensed is below the total number of grants claimed because of the lag between an order being placed and the car being delivered.

[source: RAC Foundation]
Sep 19, 2016Blagojce Krivevski
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Blagojce Krivevski is physicist and green technology lover. Keep in touch with Blagojce through his email, web site, Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook and Google+.

September 19, 2016 Electric Car Newsev sales, Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, Outlander PHEV, plug-in sales, Plug-in Vehicle Sales, UK
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