Sweden March 2016

The new leader in Sweden

Well, That Was Fast... Edition

After a short hangover period from last December sales rush, the Swedish EV market has already recovered and pressed again the accelerator, with 1.272 units in March, up 81% YoY, making this the second best sales month ever, below the 2.080 units of last December.

As result of this unexpected performance, the EV Share jumped to 2.63%, already 0.01% above the 2015 record.

Looking at the monthly models ranking, the middle-managers newest plug-in darling, the VW Passat GTE, ensured its second leadership score, with 293 units (Personal Best), followed by the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S, both with 142 units.

Tesla's Model S result represent a 45% rise Year-on-Year, but its real competitors are still far, with each of the Three Mary's representatives (A6, 5-Series & E-Class) having sold around 500 units last month. 

Last year's Best Seller finally showed up in the ranking, with the Outlander PHEV scoring its first Top 5 of the year.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Volkswagen Passat GTE	293
2	Tesla Model S	142
2	Nissan Leaf	142
4	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	129
5	Volvo V60 Plug-In	103

Looking at the YTD ranking, this sudden influx of sales brought a number of changes to the table, with the most significant being:

- The Nissan Leaf jumped to #2 (Rising two positions) and the Tesla Model S to #3 (Up six positions), removing the local Volvo models from the Podium;

- After a two months break, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV has finally landed, jumping to #7;

- The BMW 330e surged seven positions and joined the Top 10 ranking, delivering positive signs for the future.

On the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen (30%) is stable in the leadership, followed by Volvo (17%) and BMW (14%) in Third.

Pl	Sweden	March	YTD '16	%	'15Pl
1 2	Volkswagen Passat GTE Nissan Leaf	293 142	508 225	23 10	11 3
3	Tesla Model S	142	198	9	2
4 5	Volvo V60 Plug-In Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV	103 74	191 190	9 9	4 12
6	BMW i3 *	73	146	7	7
7 8	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Volkswagen Golf GTE	129 82	129 106	6 5	1 5
9 10 11	Renault Zoe BMW 330e Audi A3 e-Tron	41 57 22	103 62 60	5 3 3	6 N/A 8
12 13	BMW 225xe Active Tourer BMW X5 40e PHEV	24 15	48 39	2 2	N/A 16
14	Renault Kangoo ZE	14	34	2	14
15	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia **	9	28	1	9
15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 24 24 28	Mercedes C350e Volkswagen e-Golf Volkswagen e-Up! Peugeot Partner EV Kia Soul EV Toyota Prius Plug-In Mercedes GLE500e Mercedes B250e Saab 9.3 NEVS Mitsubishi I-Miev Mercedes S500e Volkswagen XL1 BMW i8	16 5 4 7 6 2 3 4 2 1 1 2 1	28 26 23 12 8 7 5 4 2 2 2 2 1	1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	17 10 13 24 19 15 27 21 N/A N/A 24 N/A 20
	TOTAL	1.272	2.189	100

* - 32 Rex + 41 Bev

** - 8 Pass / 1 LCV

Source: bilsweden.se