Finland October 2015

Tesla Leads Edition

For the first time this year, YoY sales were down in Finland, with October showing a 13% decrease, but with YTD sales at 571 units, sales are already 30% above last year result (440 sales), with the EV Share at 0,63%, a significant departure from the 0,42% of last year, if somewhat still lagging behind their scandinavian neighbors, all above 1% share.

Looking at the models ranking, if the podium remains the same, with the Tesla Model S leader, followed by the Mitsu Outlander PHEV and the Porsche Cayenne in #3, the rest of the ranking has seen two significant changes:

- The VW Golf GTE climbed one position to #4, displacing the Nissan Leaf;

- Instant success for the Mercedes C350e, already in #7.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Tesla leads with 23% share, looking to win its first title in Finland, while the current crown bearer, Mitsubishi, is Second with 16% and leading a group of four brands running close to each other: Volkswagen is #3 also with 16% share, Porsche is #4, with 14% and Nissan is #5 with 12%,

Looking at the BEV / PHEV breakdown, this traditionally PHEV-friendly market has seen plug-in hybrids increase share regarding last year, it is now at 61% / 39% vs the 57 / 43 of last year.

Pl	Finland	Oct.	YTD '15	%	Pl '14
1 2	Tesla Model S Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	15 7	131 90	23 16	2 1
3	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	4	73	13	8
4 5	Volkswagen Golf GTE Nissan Leaf	6	66 64	12 11	10 3
6	Audi A3 e-Tron	4	53	9	N/A
7	Mercedes C350e e)	8	23	4	N/A
8 9 10	Volkswagen e-Golf Volvo V60 Plug-In Mercedes S500e	1 4	15 14 11	3 2 2	N/A 4 12
11 12 12 12 15 15 17 18 18	Toyota Prius Plug-In Porsche Panamera Plug-In Mercedes B-Class ED BMW i8 Volkswagen e-Up! Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV Ford C-Max Energi Opel Ampera	2 1	6 5 5 5 3 3 2 1 1	1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0	5 7 N/A N/A 9 N/A N/A N/A 6
	TOTAL	51	571	100

Source: trafi.fi