Sweden October 2016

Sweden's plug-in favorite

VW Passat GTE Thor-Solid Leader

We start the month with Sweden, the local EV market registered 1.228 units, an improvement of 62% over the same period last year, with the EV Share hitting once again record heights, at 3.4% and YTD registrations entering for the first time ever the five digit area, with 10.873 units.

Looking at the monthly models ranking, the VW Passat GTE increased its already impressive record by scoring 474 units (And 32% of all Passat sales), followed by the Outlander PHEV, with 182 registrations, representing 74% of all of the Japanese SUV sales.

The impressive performance of the Passat GTE is starting to make itself noticed in the global ranking, as the record 474 sales would place it at #12 in the general models ranking, and #3 in the Midsize/D-Segment, only behind the ICE Passat and the Volvo S/V60 series.

Looking at the remaining seats of the Top 5, the Nissan Leaf was a surprising Third, with 78 units, its best result in six months (Stock clearance?), followed by the usual Volvo plug-ins.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Volkswagen Passat GTE	474
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	182
3	Nissan Leaf	78
4	Volvo V60 Plug-In	74
5	Volvo XC90 T8	72

Looking at the YTD ranking, the leader Passat GTE is in a league of its own, with 3.359 units and 31% share, the German midsize model has already beaten the YTD record for a single model (3.297 units, set by the Outlander PHEV last year) with two months still to go, while distancing itself from the runner-up by some 2.000 units(!). With this demonstration of power, the Passat GTE seems destined to reach some 4.000/4.500 units by December, 31st.

There were little changes in the ranking, with the VW Golf GTE climbing one position to #8, the Tesla Model X up one position too, now at #12, while the Mercedes C350e went up to #17.


On the EV manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen (36%, up 1%) had a good month, cementing the leadership, followed by Volvo (16%, down 1%) and BMW (12%) in Third.

On the Fuel Cell front, there were a record 5 Hyundai ix35 FCEV registered, pulling the South Korean model to a grand total of 13 units, adding the 2 units of the Terminator Mirai, we have 15 Fuel Cells registered this year, making it 0,005% of the total market. 

Pl	Sweden	Oct.	YTD '16	%	'15Pl
1 2 3	Volkswagen Passat GTE Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Volvo V60 Plug-In	474 182 74	3.359 1.276 981	31 12 9	11 1 4
4	Volvo XC90 T8	72	764	7	12
5	Nissan Leaf	78	702	6	3
6	Tesla Model S	35	655	6	2
7	BMW 330e	53	493	5	N/A
8 9 10 11	Volkswagen Golf GTE BMW i3 * Renault Zoe BMW X5 40e	45 16 18 34	369 367 310 203	3 3 3 2	5 7 6 16
12 13 14	Tesla Model X BMW 225xe Active Tourer Renault Kangoo ZE	35 18 10	174 170 130	2 2 1	N/A N/A 14
14	Audi A3 e-Tron	15	130	1	8
16	Volkswagen e-Golf	7	107	1	10
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 33	Mercedes C350e Volkswagen e-Up! Kia Optima PHEV Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia ** Peugeot Partner EV Toyota Prius Plug-In Audi Q7 e-Tron Renault Twizy Kia Soul EV Porsche Cayenne Plug-In BMW i8 Mercedes B250e Mercedes GLE500e Mercedes GLC350e BMW 740e Porsche Panamera Plug-In Mitsubishi I-Miev Mercedes S500e Others	17 6 3 8 11 2 4 2 1 1 2 3 3 2	103 95 94 75 47 45 43 37 28 26 22 15 13 12 9 4 3 3 9	1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	17 13 N/A 9 24 15 N/A 18 19 N/A 20 21 27 N/A N/A 26 N/A 24
	TOTAL	1.228	10.873	100

* - 16 Rex + 0 Bev

** - 2 pass + 1 lcv

Plug-Ins Versus Regular Hybrids

Pl	Model	Oct.
1	Volkswagen Passat GTE	474
2	Toyota Auris Hybrid	406
3	Toyota Yaris Hybrid	201
4	Mitsu. Outlander PHEV	182
5	Kia Niro	150

If we combine October sales of regular hybrids with plug-ins, the VW Passat GTE and the Outlander PHEV are the plug-in representatives, with the Volkswagen plug-in outselling regular hybrids and reaching the Number One spot, while the Outlander PHEV ended in Fourth.

As for regular hybrids, the Toyota big sellers ended in Second (Auris) and Third (Yaris), while the Kia Niro Hybrid registered 150 units last month and is becoming a frequent customer of the ranking.

Source: bilsweden.se