With Mitsubishi, Renault-Nissan is world’s largest maker of all-electric cars
2017 Nissan Leaf
The controlling interest in carmaker Mitsubishi it acquired last year has helped the Renault-Nissan Alliance to solidify its position as the global leader in sales of battery-electric cars.
The Nissan Leaf is the best-selling all-electric car in history, while the Renault Zoe has achieved consistent strong sales in Europe.
At the same time, Mitsubishi has continued to sell its i-MiEV electrified car.
Add them all together, and you get the world’s largest maker of battery-electric vehicles by far.
Including Mitsubishi sales, the Renault-Nissan Alliance has sold 424,797 electrical cars through the end of 2016, according to a company press release.
In two thousand sixteen alone, the three automakers sold a combined 94,265 electrified cars.
2017 Mitsubishi i-MiEV
In comparison, Tesla delivered 76,230 electrified cars last year, missing its low-end guidance of 80,000 units.
And BMW crossed 100,000 cumulative electric-car sales in 2016, after a total three years of production.
The clear leader among the three automakers’ electrified models remains the Nissan Leaf, which has racked up more than 250,000 global sales since its December two thousand ten launch.
That total includes versions of the Leaf sold as the Venucia E30 in China under a joint venture with local automaker Dongfeng.
In addition to the Leaf, Nissan sells the e-NV200 electrified van, albeit in much smaller numbers.
Essentially an NV200 puny van with a Leaf powertrain, the e-NV200 is sold primarily in Europe and Japan.
2017 Renault Zoe
Nissan sells the gasoline NV200 in the U.S., but has no apparent plans to sell the e-NV200 here.
While the Leaf leads in global sales, the Renault Zoe remained the top-selling electrical car in Europe last year, with 21,735 sold.
The Renault brand sold a total of 25,648 electrical vehicles in Europe last year, an increase of eleven percent.
That total excludes the Twizy low-speed electrical vehicle.
Renault is in the process of rolling out an updated version of its Kangoo ZE electrical van, as well as a fresh ZE electrical version of the larger Master van.
Renault-Nissan announced plans to acquire a 34-percent stake in Mitsubishi in May 2016, shortly after that company admitted to cheating on Japanese fuel-economy tests for many years.
2017 Renault zero-emission lineup: Twizy, Zoe hatchback, Kangoo ZE van, and fresh Master ZE van
The sale of that stake was finished in October, making the Renault-Nissan Alliance Mitsubishi’s largest shareholder.
As it works to integrate Mitsubishi, Renault-Nissan is evaluating using its fresh playmate’s hybrid technology across all three brands.
Mitsubishi has considerably more practice with plug-in hybrids than do Renault and Nissan, having sold its Outlander Plug-In Hybrid in Europe and Japan since 2013.
U.S. sales of that model have been delayed numerous times, albeit it proceeds to suggest the plug-in hybrid SUV will ultimately make it here this year.
A future Mitsubishi electrified car may also use a platform developed by Nissan and Renault.
With Mitsubishi, Renault-Nissan is world s largest maker of all-electric cars
With Mitsubishi, Renault-Nissan is world’s largest maker of all-electric cars
2017 Nissan Leaf
The controlling interest in carmaker Mitsubishi it acquired last year has helped the Renault-Nissan Alliance to solidify its position as the global leader in sales of battery-electric cars.
The Nissan Leaf is the best-selling all-electric car in history, while the Renault Zoe has achieved consistent strong sales in Europe.
At the same time, Mitsubishi has continued to sell its i-MiEV electrical car.
Add them all together, and you get the world’s largest maker of battery-electric vehicles by far.
Including Mitsubishi sales, the Renault-Nissan Alliance has sold 424,797 electrified cars through the end of 2016, according to a company press release.
In two thousand sixteen alone, the three automakers sold a combined 94,265 electrical cars.
2017 Mitsubishi i-MiEV
In comparison, Tesla delivered 76,230 electrified cars last year, missing its low-end guidance of 80,000 units.
And BMW crossed 100,000 cumulative electric-car sales in 2016, after a utter three years of production.
The clear leader among the three automakers’ electrical models remains the Nissan Leaf, which has racked up more than 250,000 global sales since its December two thousand ten launch.
That total includes versions of the Leaf sold as the Venucia E30 in China under a joint venture with local automaker Dongfeng.
In addition to the Leaf, Nissan sells the e-NV200 electrical van, albeit in much smaller numbers.
Essentially an NV200 puny van with a Leaf powertrain, the e-NV200 is sold primarily in Europe and Japan.
2017 Renault Zoe
Nissan sells the gasoline NV200 in the U.S., but has no apparent plans to sell the e-NV200 here.
While the Leaf leads in global sales, the Renault Zoe remained the top-selling electrified car in Europe last year, with 21,735 sold.
The Renault brand sold a total of 25,648 electrical vehicles in Europe last year, an increase of eleven percent.
That total excludes the Twizy low-speed electrical vehicle.
Renault is in the process of rolling out an updated version of its Kangoo ZE electrical van, as well as a fresh ZE electrical version of the larger Master van.
Renault-Nissan announced plans to acquire a 34-percent stake in Mitsubishi in May 2016, shortly after that company admitted to cheating on Japanese fuel-economy tests for many years.
2017 Renault zero-emission lineup: Twizy, Zoe hatchback, Kangoo ZE van, and fresh Master ZE van
The sale of that stake was ended in October, making the Renault-Nissan Alliance Mitsubishi’s largest shareholder.
As it works to integrate Mitsubishi, Renault-Nissan is evaluating using its fresh playmate’s hybrid technology across all three brands.
Mitsubishi has considerably more practice with plug-in hybrids than do Renault and Nissan, having sold its Outlander Plug-In Hybrid in Europe and Japan since 2013.
U.S. sales of that model have been delayed numerous times, albeit it resumes to suggest the plug-in hybrid SUV will eventually make it here this year.
A future Mitsubishi electrical car may also use a platform developed by Nissan and Renault.