Canada July (& August Preview)

Nissan Leaf Climbs to Third

Canada's plug-in market continues to grow, with 1.322 new registrations being made in July, up 21%YoY, with the YTD EV Share at 0.7% share. 

Will we see this market breach the 1% barrier for the first time this year? I wouldn't bet against it.

With the Volt comfortably seated on the Best Seller seat, Chevrolet should have been focused in delivering its new baby, the Bolt, but with only 117 deliveries last month (Fourth drop in a row), Chevy's BEV model seems to have hit a deliveries bottleneck, let's hope that this downward trend ends soon and GM finally decides to allocate enough units to satisfy demand. Or is it something else driving this drop?

Looking at the remaining models, the Nissan Leaf had a year best(!) performance, with 148 registrations, rising to Third, while the Hyundai Ioniq Electric climbed to #8, thanks to 102 deliveries, the Korean importer seems to have been awarded with enough units that could allow the BEV to reach #6 by year end. 

Also shining is the Ford Focus Electric (Yes, that same one), with 87(!!) units, its third monthly record in a row(!), allowing it to climb another position, to #11.

In the manufacturers ranking, Chevrolet has its leadership secured, with 35% share, followed by Tesla (18%) and Nissan (9%). 

Looking into August preliminary results, the big news were the dismal performance of the Chevrolet Bolt, with only 82 units, its worst result since January, and far from the result of its Volt (295 units) sibling. 

As for Toyota, the local importer provided 91 units (Quebec-Only data), once production catch up with demand, we could see it in the Top 8 soon.

Pl	Canada	July	YTD	%
1	Chevrolet Volt	231	2.229	24
2	Chevrolet Bolt	117	983	11
3 4	Nissan Leaf Tesla Model S	148 50	859 841	9 9
5	Tesla Model X	68	828	9
6 7 8 9	Audi A3 e-Tron Kia Soul EV Hyun. Ioniq Electric Volvo XC90 PHEV	52 41 102 41	366 341 311 288	4 4 3 3
10 11	Chr. Pacifica PHEV Ford Focus Electric	7 87	267 259	3 3
12 13 14	Toyota Prius Prime Ford C-Max  Ener. e) Por. Cayenne PHEV	98 30 32	242 210 205	3 2 2
15 16	Ford Fusion Ener. e) BMW i3	25 37	175 170	2 2
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 25	BMW X5 PHEV Volkswagen e-Golf BMW i8 BMW 330e Mitsubishi I-Miev BMW 530e Mercedes GLE550e Mercedes S550e BMW 740e Hyun. Sonata PHEV Mini Count. PHEV Others	16 84 11 8 6 15 2 4 1 2 7	164 123 64 59 41 38 28 21 14 14 14 11	2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
	TOTAL	1.322	9.165	100

Source: Greencarreports

Finland August 2017

Scandinavian Classic, now with a Plug in it

Record Month

Finland has become one of my favorite markets to report, because news are always good, and August confirmed the trend, with a total of 258 EV's sold, a new record, with sales up 211% regarding the same month last year, with YTD numbers doubling the 2016 result, with the EV Share up again to a record 2,1%.

Looking at the models ranking, the Mercedes GLC350e is the unchallenged ruler, rising from #15 in 2016 to an undisputed leadership (24% share, 15% above the runner-up), with 352 units.

But the runner-up place is pretty much up for grab, with the VW Passat GTE running to keep several players behind it, like the #3 Audi Q7 e-Tron (12 units behind), the #4 Volvo XC90 PHEV (-26 units), or even the #5 BMW 530e, that with a record 34 units in August, it is by far the year Rookie of the Year, and was last month's runner-up model, if the German midsizer continues at this pace, he will most likely win this year Silver Medal.

Other models had good performances in August, with the Porsche Panamera PHEV (22 deliveries, new pb) jumping to #12, while the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV delivered 18 units, its best result in over three years.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Mercedes (27%) is in the lead, followed by BMW (26%) in Second, with Volkswagen in Third Place, with 12% share.

Pl	Finland	Aug.	YTD '17	%	Pl '16
1 2 3 4	Mercedes GLC350e Volkswagen Passat GTE Audi Q7 e-Tron Volvo XC90 T8	37 16 7 13	352 130 118 104	24 9 8 7	15 2 9 1
5	BMW 530e	34	100	7	N/A
6 6	BMW 330e Tesla Model S	16 5	90 90	6 6	3 5
8	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	18	84	6	6
9 10 11 12 12 14	BMW 225xe Active Tourer Tesla Model X Nissan Leaf BMW X5 40e Porsche Panamera PHEV Renault Zoe	9 2 7 3 22 11	68 65 61 48 48 41	5 4 4 3 3 3	7 14 7 4 N/A N/A
14	BMW i3	2	41	3	15
16 17 18 18 20 20	Hyundai Ioniq Electric Mercedes E350e Volkswagen Golf GTE Porsche Cayenne PHEV Kia Optima PHEV Volvo S/V90 PHEV Others	5 1 9 1 6 10 23	39 36 32 32 30 30 115	3 2 2 2 2 2 7
	TOTAL	258	1.749	100

Source: trafi.fi

Romania August 2017

BMW i3 Shines 

If temperatures across Romania are starting to fall, the local EV market is hot as ever, with August signaling a year best(!) for plug-ins, with 43 units, up 153%, pulling the 2017 sales to 144 units, up 87% YoY. True, the starting base is small, but growth is always good, right?

With the EV Share at a record 0.25%, plug-ins in Romania are starting to move the needle, will we see it move in a more significant way next year?

If last year BMW and Mercedes were the big players, with both counting 69% of last year sales, in 2017 the domination has eroded a bit (They have 61% of the market), but the podium still belongs to them, with the BMW i3 shining in August, thanks to 14 deliveries (Year best), and reaching the leadership, tied with the Mercedes B250e. 

Romania is the only market where the Mercedes BEV is leading the ranking and also where it places two models in the podium, as the GLC350e joins the B250e, in Third. Kudos for the local Mercedes importer. 

In a market strongly driven by SUV's, where five of the Top 10 belong to that category, it is interesting to see that BEVs are now outselling PHEVs, with 75 units vs 69, when in 2016 plug-in hybrids trounced all-electrics by 93 to 69.

Three models contributed to this rise, with the #2 Mercedes B250e, #4 Renault Zoe and #6 VW e-Golf all climbing in the ranking. 

In the manufacturers ranking, Mercedes and BMW are the only two relevant brands, with the first winning over the current Title bearer by 32% vs 27% share. The distant Third Placed is Renault, with 10%.

Pl	Romania	Aug.	2017	%	Pl '16
1	BMW i3	14	19	13	1
1 3	Mercedes B250e Mercedes GLC350e	4 1	19 18	13 13	14 8
4	Renault Zoe	13	15	10	8
5	BMW X5 40e		10	7	2
6	Volkswagen e-Golf		9	6	N/A
7 7 9 10 10 10 13 13 13 13 17 17	Audi Q7 e-Tron Mercedes GLE500e Volvo XC90 T8 Tesla Model X BMW 225xe Active Tourer BMW 740e Porsche Panamera PHEV Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Smart Fortwo ED Volkswagen e-Up! Mini Countryman PHEV Tesla Model S Others	2 1 1 1 3 1 2	8 8 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 5	6 6 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 3	N/A 3 6 8 17 12 N/A 14 N/A N/A N/A 14 N/A
	TOTAL	43	144	100

Source: http://www.drpciv..ro/

Netherlands August 2017

Tesla does a 1-3 podium

Looking at August results, numbers dropped 27% YoY, to 696 units, with the Tesla Model S winning another Best Seller award, with 157 deliveries (Up 22% YoY), with the Hyundai Ioniq Electric staying in Second Place, with 107 units (New pb), while the Tesla Model X was Third, with 99 deliveries, followed by the Renault Zoe and VW e-Golf. 

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Tesla Model S	157
2	Hyundai Ioniq Electric	107
3	Tesla Model X	99
4	Renault Zoe	70
5	Volkswagen e-Golf	58

Looking at the YTD ranking, the Hyundai Ioniq Electric recovered the Third Place from the BMW i3, with the Korean now becoming the Best Selling regular-priced (<40.000 €) BEV, ahead of the aforementioned BMW i3, and the Renault Zoe, 98 units behind. Should be an entertaining race to see...

Another two BEVs are climbing the ranking stairs, with the Rookie of the Year Opel Ampera-e jumping to #12, while the Smart ForFour ED is now #26.

On the Best Selling PHEVs side, the Porsche Panamera PHEV was August Best Seller, with 23 units, allowing to reach #9, now only 25 units behind this year PHEV #1, the Volvo XC90 PHEV (110 units).

In the manufacturers ranking, Tesla is head and shoulders above the competition (32%), while in Second Place we have BMW (13%), with Hyundai now closing the podium, with 12% share (Up 1%), closely followed by Renault (10%).

Pl	Netherlands	Aug.	YTD	%	'16Pl
1 2	Tesla Model S Tesla Model X	157 99	1.025 617	20 12	5 15
3	Hyundai Ioniq Electric	107	602	12	23
4	BMW i3	46	544	11	14
5 6 7 8 9 10 10 12 13 14 14	Renault Zoe Nissan Leaf Volkswagen e-Golf Volvo XC90 PHEV Porsche Panamera PHV Mitsu. Outlander PHEV  Mercedes GLC350e Opel Ampera-e Mercedes B250e  Kia Soul EV  Porsche Cayenne Plug-in	70 27 58 3 23 2 7 27 4 1 3	504 416 266 110 85 75 75 59 55 47 47	10 8 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1	17 13 19 3 33 7 31 N/A 20 27 25
16 17 18 19 20 21	Volkswagen Passat GTE BMW 530e Mini Countryman PHEV Volkswagen e-Up! Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia T. Prius Plug-In (Gen I&II)	13 9 1 5 1	44 42 39 38 37 36	1 1 1 1 1 1	1 N/A N/A 24 16 22
22	BMW 225xe Act Tourer	2	28	1	11
23	Citröen C-Zero	1	24	0	38
24	Audi Q7 e-Tron		23	0	6
24 26 27 28	Mercedes C350e  Smart Forfour ED Mercedes E350e Smart Fortwo ED	5 5 3 3	23 21 20 19	0 0 0 0	4 N/A 10 38
29	Volvo S/V90 PHEV	1	18	0	N/A
30	BMW 330e Others	1 12	17 115	0 2	2
	TOTAL	696	5.071	100

       






































Source: RAI Vereniging

Regular Hybrids + Plug-ins Ranking

Pl	Model	Aug. Sales
1	Kia Niro	376
2	Toyota Yaris Hybrid	330
2	Toyota C-HR Hybrid	330
4	Toyota Auris Hybrid	162
5	Tesla Model S	157

If we add regular hybrids to plug-ins, the Kia Niro was the August Best Seller, with 376 units (Now imagine what a BEV Niro could do), with the Toyota trio (Yaris and Auris stalwarts, C-HR rebel kid) always present, while the Tesla Model S is in Fifth, being the only plug-in to regularly feature in this Top 5.

Tesla Model S & Others

Pl	Model	Aug. Sales
1	BMW 5-Series	317
2	Tesla Model S	157
3	Volvo S/V90	136
4	Mercedes E-Class	104
5	Audi A6	40

Looking at the E-Segment/full-size vehicles, the BMW 5-Series recovered the leadership, with the Tesla Model S rising to Second Place.

Considering the upcoming September last-month-of-quarter peak, will we see the Model S outsell the BMW 5-Series? 

Tesla Model X & Others

Pl	Model	Aug. Sales
1	Tesla Model X	99
2	BMW X5	29
3	Volvo XC90	26
4	Jaguar F-Pace	25
5	Range Rover Sport	15

Big SUV's had a big hit with the end of PHEV incentives, to the benefit of the Tesla Model X, which now has the big advantage of being the only model eligible to plug-in incentives, with the American Sports SUV outselling the Second Placed BMW X5 by a 3 to 1 ratio.