Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Norway April 2016

Tough life for these two EV's

PHEV's on the Rise Edition

In April there were 4.255 EV's sold, up 61% YoY, with the EV Share stable at 30%, with the bulk of growth coming from PHEV's, which have seen their importance grow from 25% last year to 42% right now, and it wouldn't be surprising to see PHEV's grow to over 50% before year end.
  
Underlining the previous thoughts, and looking exclusively at the EV monthly models ranking, the VW Golf GTE (602 units, new pb) has won the Monthly Best Selling title, the second consecutive time a plug-in hybrid wins that honor, with two other PHEV's appearing in the ranking: The Outlander PHEV was Third with 507 units, while the VW Passat GTE had a best ever score of 361 units and promises to be one of the surprises of this year.

The disappointment of the month was the VW e-Golf, the 489 units registered were its worst result in 16 months, a sign that middle-of-the-road buyers are returning to the Leaf and/or shifting to the plug-in hybrid GTE?

PlModelSales  
1Volkswagen Golf GTE602
2Nissan Leaf541
3Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV507
4Volkswagen e-Golf489
5
Volkswagen Passat GTE
361

Looking at the year to date EV ranking, the main news were the one position drop of the Tesla Model S to #7, changing places with the Audi A3 e-Tron, while the VW Passat GTE jumped five positions to #9 and is now looking to reach a Top 5 position soon.

A special mention for the good numbers of the BMW 225xe Active Tourer, with 147 units, its best month to date, allowing it to climb one position to #18.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen (32%, up 3%) continues in the lead, followed at a distance by Nissan (14%) and Mitsubishi (12%), with BMW (11%) on the lookout for a slip from the adversaries to join the podium.

PlNorwayAprilYTD%'15Pl
1Volkswagen e-Golf4892.254151
2Nissan Leaf 5411.954133
3Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV5071.832124
4Volkswagen Golf GTE6021.552106
5BMW i3 *22293465
6
7
Audi A3 e-Tron
Tesla Model S
196
96
812
801
5
5
7
2
8
9
Renault Zoe
Volkswagen Passat GTE
230
361
768
618
5
4
8
20
10BMW X5 40e138471319
11Kia Soul EV98454311
12
Volkswagen e-Up!
11341739
13Mercedes B250e118416310
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
29
31
32
33
33
33
Volvo V60 Plug-In
Mercedes C350e
Volvo XC90 T8 
Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia e)
BMW 225xe Active Tourer
Peugeot iOn
Citröen C-Zero
Mercedes GLE500e
BMW 330e
Renault Kangoo ZE
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In
Peugeot Partner EV e)
Mercedes GLC350e
Smart Fortwo ED
BMW i8
Ford Focus Electric
Mitsubishi I-Miev
Citröen Berlingo EV
Renault Twizy
Porsche Panamera Plug-In
Toyota Prius Plug-In
Mercedes S500e
54
41
72
40
147
28
20
20
33

11
10
37
7
3
10
11




1
344
292
284
262
240
146
103
78
72
59
56
42
37
25
19
18
18
7
5
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
22
N/A
14
N/A
13
16
27
N/A
17
24
18
N/A
15
25
21
26
23
29
N/A
28
30

TOTAL4.25515.399100

* - 220 Bev + 2 Rex

e) Estimate

A small note to Fuel Cells, two additional Hyundai ix35 FCEV were added, increasing the yearly tally to 7 registrations, 6 Hyundai ix35 FCEV and 1 Toyota Mirai, it looks that the japanese model didn't won much love in Norway. Is it the looks?



Models breakdown by Fuel Source

The percentage of plug-ins in the general ranking is so significant, that we've decided to make a separate table for the breakdown of models by fuel source:

PlModelSales  
1Volkswagen Golf ICE622
2Volkswagen Golf GTE602
3Nissan Leaf541
4Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV507
5
6
7
8
9
10
Volkswagen e-Golf
Toyota Auris
Skoda Octavia
Toyota Yaris
Volkswagen Passat GTE
Volkswagen Passat ICE
489
426
383
362
361
323

With 30% share, the EV's performance in the general ranking is becoming increasingly more relevant, of the 1.713 units sold by the leader VW Golf in March, only 622 didn't had a plug, meaning that 64% of all Golf's sold had plug-in capabilities.

If we split models by fuel source, the VW Golf ICE just managed to be the best selling model in April, outselling the Golf GTE by 20 units, followed by the Nissan Leaf, Outlander PHEV and VW e-Golf, making 4 out of the Top 5 models wearing a plug. Not bad, eh?

But this is not all, in #9 we have the VW Passat GTE, which managed to outsell for the first time the number of regular Passat's.


ICE - Regular gas and diesel versions

3 comments:

  1. Any reason for the drop in Tesla sales?

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    1. The Tesla Model S is becoming increasingly expensive in Norway, as the national coin is dropping value due to the drop of oil price.

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  2. AnonymousMay 12, 2016

    Any reason for the drop in Tesla sales?

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