Finland March 2016

Running Hot

A total of 390 EV's were sold in the first three months in Finland, up an amazing 162% regarding the same period last year, with the EV Share jumping to 1.18%, a significant departure from the 0.61% of last year.

Looking at the models ranking, the hottest seller is the Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV, with 111 units, at this rapid pace, the swedish SUV will beat the all-time yearly record of 146 units by May...

In the remaining positions in the ranking, two additional surprises, with the Nissan Leaf in the runner-up position, with 42 units, followed by the VW Passat GTE rookie, being warmly received by Finnish buyers.

Further down in the ranking, we see the good performance of the BMW X5 PHEV (#6, with 25 units) and of its Mercedes rival, the GLE500e (#10, 16 units), while on the other hand, the Volvo V60 Plug-in, Best Seller in 2013, is down to #15, with only three units, is the XC90 PHEV, stealing sales from its older brother?

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Volvo is First, with 29% share, followed by Volkswagen (15%) and Nissan (12%).

Looking at the BEV / PHEV breakdown, this traditionally PHEV-friendly market has seen this trend increase even more, with plug-in hybrids currently at 80%, vs 63% of last year.

Pl	Finland	March	YTD '16	%	Pl '15
1 2	Volvo XC90 T8 Nissan Leaf	21 7	111 42	28 11	12 5
3	Volkswagen Passat GTE	15	36	9	N/A
4 5	Tesla Model S Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	18 9	30 27	8 7	1 2
6	BMW X5 40 PHEV	15	25	6	18
7	Mercedes C350e	8	19	5	7
7 7 10	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Volkswagen Golf GTE Mercedes GLE500e	7 3 6	19 19 16	5 5 4	3 4 N/A
11 12 12 14 15 16 16 16 19 19 19	Audi A3 e-Tron BMW 225xe Active Tourer Mercedes S500e BMW 330e Volvo V60 Plug-In Volkswagen e-Golf Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Toyota Prius Plug-In BMW i3 BMW i8 Volkswagen e-Up!	5 4 2 2 1 1 1	14 8 8 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1	4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0	6 N/A 10 N/A 8 9 14 11 N/A 17 15
	TOTAL	125	390	100

Source: trafi.fi