Norway August 2014 (Updated)

e-Golf Rule Edition

1.897 EV's were sold in Norway, making it the second best selling month in history, only behind the historical landmark (3.128 units sold) set last March, with the EV Share rising as a result by 0,10% to 14,51%.

The VW e-Golf  continues to shine, collecting its second monthly #1, with 467 sales, shooting for the monthly EV leadership and if their sales were to be split from the ICE Golf, it would end up in #2 in the General Ranking. 

The VW e-Up! continues to sell like hot cakes, ending in #3 on the electric chart, behind the Nissan Leaf, #3 in the General Ranking, which finally had a decent month (400 units), coming close to the YTD electric leadership, with only 53 separating it from the under performing Tesla Model S (Only 183 sales).

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Volkswagen e-Golf	467
2	Nissan Leaf	400
3	Vokswagen e-Up!	297
4	BMW i3	202
5	Tesla Model S	183

In a monthly ranking with a decidedly  german accent, there's a good show by the BMW i3, with 202 units, losing the B-Class leadership for the Toyota Yaris for just two units, also  there was a surprising performance by the Peugeot Ion, selling 50 units, its best performance since October 2012, beating the Renault Zoe (34 sales in August) both in the YTD and in the monthly ranking...

The BMW i8 registered 5 cars, which is a positive sign on the acceptance of this six-figure sports car.

A newcomer has landed in this crowded EV Market (24 models!), the Kia Soul EV registered its first nine units, it will be interesting to see how Kia works on electric cars, considering they are late party crashers. 

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen is closer to the leadership, with 22% share, behind Nissan and Tesla, both with 25%. Will we see the german automaker leading in September?

Pl	Norway	Aug	YTD '14	%	'13Pl
1	Tesla Model S	183	3.431	25	2
2	Nissan Leaf	400	3.378	24	1
3	Volkswagen e-Up!	297	2.130	15	3
4	BMW i3	202	1.485	11	13
5	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	123	1.047	8	N/A
6	Volkswagen e-Golf	467	925	7	N/A
7	Citroen C-Zero	7	321	2	9
8	Mitsubishi I-Miev	56	320	2	4
9	Peugeot Partner EV	12	162	1	7
10	Peugeot iOn	50	151	1	10
11	Renault Zoe	34	142	1	N/A
12 13 13 15 16	Ford Focus Electric e) Citröen Berlingo EV Nissan e-NV200 e) Volvo V60 Plug-In Toyota Prius Plug-In	21 5 11 4 5	130 50 50 36 33	1 0 0 0 0	11 N/A N/A 5 6
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24	Renault Kangoo ZE Opel Ampera Kia Soul EV Renault Fluence ZE BMW i8 Renault Twizy Chevrolet Volt Smart Fortwo ED	1 9 5	21 16 9 8 6 5 2 2	0 0 0 0 0 0 0	8 12 N/A N/A N/A 14 N/A 16
	TOTAL	1.897	13.863	100

e) Estimate

Source: ofvas.no, gronnbil.no; elbil.no