Iceland December 2015

VW e-Golf #1 (Or is it?)

The Icelandic EV market ended the year with over 400 new EV's on the road, twice as much as it did in 2014, with the EV Share (2,93%) at record levels, the fourth highest in the world.

Looking at the models ranking, there aren't yet definitive numbers from the e-Golf, but it looks that the German EV has surpassed the previous leader Nissan Leaf by...One unit.

If this is the case, it is one more reason to call this market "Little Norway", as besides the high market share of EV's and clean electricity both countries have, it will the only two markets where the e-Golf is the sales leader...

Looking at the remaining models, in Third we have the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, with the Kia Soul EV ending in a brilliant #4.

In the manufacturers ranking, it seems Volkswagen (32%) inherited Nissan's (25%) throne, with the Third Place remaining in the good hands of Mitsubishi (11%).

The BEV / PHEV breakdown, plug-in hybrids have grown significantly their share to 36%, up from 18% in 2014, beating the 2013 record of 26%.

For 2016, the race for Number One will continue between the top two, with the Kia Soul EV possibly getting in the way. As for a forecast for the total sales number, i would go with 600-800 units.

Pl	Iceland	Dec.	YTD	%	'14Pl
1 2	Volkswagen e-Golf e) Nissan Leaf	4 4	94 93	23 23	N/A 1
3 4	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Kia Soul EV	3 1	47 38	11 9	2 9
5 6	Audi A3 e-Tron Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	1 5	31 30	8 7	N/A N/A
7 8	Volkswagen Golf GTE Tesla Model S	6	27 19	7 5	N/A 4
9 10	Volkswagen e-Up! Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia		10 9	2 2	6 3
11	Toyota Prius Plug-In	2	6	1	9
12 13 13 13 13 13	Mercedes C350e BMW i3 Chevrolet Volt Opel Ampera Mercedes S500e Mitsubishi I-Miev	1	2 1 1 1 1 1	0 0 0 0 0 0	N/A N/A 6 9 N/A N/A
	TOTAL	27	411	100

Source: us.is