Long Hard Road...
Out of Hell is what this market seems destined to have in 2016, after fiscal changes that led to a sales fever in the last months of 2015, this EV market has been suffering from a prolonged hangover period, with YTD sales falling 80% regarding the same period last year.
Looking at the models ranking, the Renault Zoe has been imune to the sales slide (Actually, its sales were up 26%), leading the ranking, followed by the Tesla Model S sport-sedan-sexy-thingy, and the VW e-Up!.
Two niches unaffected by the fiscal changes were Plug-in hybrids and Fuel Cell Vehicles, the first type of vehicles saw its sales grow 46% YoY, now representing 16% of all Plug-in sales (Last year they represented just 3%), while FCEV's continue to present symbolic numbers, in total there were 5 units delivered this year (3 Hyundai and 2 Toyota's).
| Pl | Denmark | March | YTD | % | '15Pl |
| 1 | Renault Zoe | 17 | 42 | 31 | 4 |
| 2 | Tesla Model S | 4 | 37 | 27 | 1 |
| 3 | Volkswagen e-Up! | 2 | 17 | 12 | 8 |
| 4 | Mercedes C350e e) | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| 5 | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Nissan Leaf | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia * | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 6 | Volkswagen e-Golf Volvo XC90 T8 | 2 | 5 5 | 4 4 | 6 N/A |
| 10 11 11 | Peugeot Partner EV Kia Soul EV Mercedes B250e | 1 | 2 1 1 | 1 1 1 | 17 12 9 |
| TOTAL | 43 | 137 | 100 |
Source: www.bilimp.dk
* - 3 LCV
Desolating!
ReplyDeleteIn the mean time, diesel cars saw their sell tax going down!
What an example of a Robin Hood foolish government at contrary. Taxing EV to relieve Diesel cars taxes! Logical!
market manipulation (either by the governments, under taxes & levies or at manufacturer & retailer level by some sorts of package deals & cash-backs) are always bad procedures, no mater if we are talking about local zero emissions vehicles (EV, Fuel Cell) or conventional ICEs.
ReplyDeleteBad habits always bring bad results.