Sweden March 2017

BEVs Charge In

We start the month with Sweden, which registered 1.434 units, a 15% improvement over the same period last year, with the EV Share down to 4.3%, but still comfortably ahead of the 3.6% of last year.

On March top sellers, we find the usual winner (Passat GTE) and runner-up (Outlander PHEV), but in Third we have a surprise, with the Nissan Leaf registering 185 units, its best result in over two years(!), Nissan must be selling them with deep discounts and one wonders how many more times will the Leaf reach three digits until September.

Not a surprise is the Fourth Place of the Tesla Model S (182 units, up 28% YoY), the relevant fact here is that it was the Californian best result in Sweden since its arrival, back in 2013. Despite this, the class best sellers (Audi A6, BMW 5-Series...) all sold 500-plus units last month, so Tesla still has a lot to grow to reach the class top sellers.  

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Volkswagen Passat GTE	272
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	188
3	Nissan Leaf	185
4	Tesla Model S	182
5	Volvo V60 Plug-In	104

Looking at the YTD models ranking, if the top two are already distancing themselves, behind them there's a lot to talk about, with BEVs on the rise: 

- The #3 Nissan Leaf and #4 Tesla Model S both climbed one position, at the expense of the Volvo V60 Plug-In, down two positions to #5;

- The Renault Zoe climbed to Ninth, thanks to a record 93 units month, most likely due to the massive arrival of the ZE 40 version;

- Korean Kia Soul EV is now #20, up one position.

The GLC350e fever seems to have arrived to Sweden, with the Mercedes model registering a record 28 units last month, shooting for #14 and aiming to reach the Top 10 in a few months. 

On the EV manufacturers ranking, the leader Volkswagen (33%, down 8%) had its leadership eroded, but the restyled Golf plug-ins are arriving to secure VW's #1. Mitsubishi (14%, down 1%) is in the runner-up place, while BMW (12%) is resisting in Third, with Volvo and Tesla (Both at 11%) just outside the podium.

Fuel Cells continue with symbolic numbers, as Toyota registered two Mirai last month, increasing its tally this year to four units. Add one Hyundai FCEV registered in February and we have five Fuel Cells registered this year in Sweden, making 0,01% of the total market.

Pl	Sweden	March	YTD '17	%	'16Pl
1 2 3	Volkswagen Passat GTE Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Nissan Leaf	272 188 185	1.182 555 314	31 14 8	1 2 6
4	Tesla Model S	182	283	7	5
5	Volvo V60 Plug-In	104	268	7	3
6	BMW 330e	74	189	5	7
7	Volvo XC90 T8	52	156	4	4
8 9 10 11	Tesla Model X Renault Zoe BMW i3 * BMW 225xe Active Tourer	75 93 32 17	155 154 111 73	4 4 3 2	11 10 8 13
12 13 14 15	BMW X5 40e Volkswagen Golf GTE Mercedes GLC350eKia Optima PHEV	27 5 28 31	64 57 53 51	2 1 1 1	12 9 29 19
16	Audi A3 e-Tron	13	40	1	29
17	Volkswagen e-Up!	6	34	1	16
18 19 20 21 21 23 24 25 26 26 26	Mercedes C350e Nissan Evalia / e-NV200 Kia Soul EV Mercedes E350e Audi Q7 e-Tron BMW 740e Volkswagen e-Golf BMW i8 Mercedes B250e Mercedes GLE500e Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	15 9 6 2 12 2 1 2 1	30 29 15 14 14 6 5 4 2 2 2	1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	18 21 24 34 20 31 17 27 30 31 26
	TOTAL	1.434	3.862	100

* - 17 Rex + 15 Bev

Plug-Ins Versus Regular Hybrids

Pl	Model	March
1	Toyota Auris Hybrid	783
2	Toyota C-HR Hybrid	305
3	Toyota Yaris Hybrid	286
4	Vokswagen PaSsat GTE	272
5 5	Kia Niro Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	188 188

Combining March sales of regular hybrids with plug-ins, it's a 100% Toyota podium, with the C-HR confirming its success and joining the Auris and Yaris to make a 1-2-3 win for the Japanese brand.

The best Plug-in in the ranking was the Passat GTE in Fourth, followed by the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, Fifth, with 188 units, tied with the Kia Niro.

Source: bilsweden.se