Thursday, November 5, 2020

Sweden October 2020

 


36% Share!


The local plugin market continues on fire, jumping 182% YoY, to 10.170 registrations, its second record performance in a row, with last month scoring a record 36% share for plugins, pulling the 2020 PEV share to 29%. Unfortunately, the bulk of grownth comes from PHEVs, that shooted 321% last month, to 7.840 units, against just 2.330 units from BEVs (+33%), with these last ones only representing 23% of plugin sales in October (28% YTD). Still, BEVs have 8% share of the total market (8.3% in October), while PHEVs have the remaining 21%.

Looking at the remaining fuels, in October, HEVs clocked a 12% share, versus 8% a year ago, while petrol lost 13% market share(!), now at 33%, while diesel was even worse, down 15% in share, to just 17%. 

At this pace, diesel will be död in Sweden by 2022...

Looking at last month Best Sellers, it's a PHEV fest, with Volvo securing a 1-2 win, this time with the XC60 PHEV overcoming its S/V60 PHEV siblings, while both had record performances (982 units for the XC60, 931 for the S/V60), while last month 3rd placed was the VW Passat GTE, that also secured a record score, with 882 registrations, making this a very consolidated (and mainstream) podium, as these three models also have the medal positions in the YTD ranking, and in the overall ranking, the Volvo S/V60 twins are also #1, with PHEVs representing 50% of the total sales, followed by the XC60 (of which, 66% of sales are PHEV), while the VW Passat (81% are PHEVs) is #4 (the 3rd placed is the VW Golf, with 49% of sales being PHEV and 11% BEV), so one can say that the top sellers in Sweden are merging fast with the overall market, and from now on, if someone wants to succeed in this market, it will have to be with plugins.

In the remaining positions, the VW Golf PHEV (it includes gen. 7 & 8 of the Golf GTE, plus the new eHybrid PHEV) jumped to 4th, with 761 registrations, a new record for the Golf nameplate, while in 5th, we have the Kia Ceed PHEV, benefiting from the popularity of the PHEV station wagon combo in Sweden, as the .

Interestingly, the new Golf VIII PHEV landed with a bigger bang than the brand's new ID.3 BEV (460 units in September, 212 in October), so it seems the plugin Golf will have an important role to play in a number of markets, this being one of them.


Pl
Model
Sales  
1
Volvo XC60 PHEV 
982
2
Volvo S/V60 PHEV
931
3
VW Passat GTE
882
4
VW Golf PHEV
761
5
Kia Ceed PHEV
373


Looking at the 2020 ranking, the top positions remained the same, with the only position changes happening in the Top 10 being the Kia Ceed climbing to #7, making it 3 Kias in the Top 7 spots, while the VW Golf PHEV (Gen. VII & VIII) jumped 4 positions, to #10.

On the second half of the table we have the BMW 330e jumping three spots, to #15, thanks to a record 370 deliveries, most of them being the new Touring (aka station wagon) version

But there were also some good news on the BEV side, with the Polestar 2 climbing one position, to #18, while the veteran Nissan Leaf, in #16, registered its best result this year, with 189 units, although that is nothing compared to the performance of another oldtimer, the VW e-Golf, that despite having its ID.3 successor already on the market, had its swan song last month, with 166 deliveries, its best score in 2 years(!), allowing it to reappear (momentarily, i would guess) in the table, in #20.

Outside the Top 20, besides the aforementioned 212 deliveries of the VW ID.3, we should mention also the ramp up of Mercedes, with two models (GLE350e/de - 132 units; GLC300e/de - 145) scoring record deliveries, while Audi is doing the same to the Q5 PHEV, by delivering 147 units, the model's second record score in a row, as the PHEV technology is fast becoming the immediate successor to the diesel best sellers. 

Interestingly, there is another Kia plugin hybrid rising to stardom, with the Xceed PHEV, a stylish hatchback desguised as crossover (so, it is a crossover between a compact hatchback and a...crossover SUV? Is it a Crossover crossover?), that delivered 302 units last month, while the niche MX-30 from Mazda had 103 registrations last month, proving to be a popular proposal, considering the leftfield thinking behind it.

In the manufacturers ranking, Volvo is comfortably in the lead, with 24% share (up 2%), thanks to the success of its midsize offerings, while Kia (19%, up 1%) keeps the 2nd place, and Volkswagen (13%, up 1%) closes the podium, ahead of Tesla (5%, down 2%).




13 comments:

  1. Quite disappointing that PHEV models are still beating equivalent BEV models in this market... I had hoped the bonus-malus system would fix that -- but apparently it still favours PHEVs too much :-(

    One positive bit is that the Niro EV outsold the PHEV again this month. Not nearly enough to catch up for the year -- but maybe it's the beginning of a more positive trend?...

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  2. Again what is going on with Tesla Model 3 sales were just 34. The same for Model3 sales in Germany just 250 sold (-14% yoy) in October. Is there a deeper reason for this trend?

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    1. leftovers form September, don't look too much into monthly Tesla sales, only quartely sales can be somewhat compared

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    2. Maarten VinkhuyzenNovember 06, 2020

      The deeper reason for you seeing this trend is your lack of knowledge about production and logistics processes.
      Stop seeing ghosts.

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    3. He doesn't lack the knowledge. He has been around long enough to know perfectly well. He's just a lying troll.

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  3. "Unfortunately, the bulk of grownth comes from PHEVs..."

    Such a poor choice of words and understanding of things!
    What unfortunate is in that?

    Mind you: 33% of the vehicles sold just use petrol and if you add those 12% unpluggable petrols, you end up with 45% of the new vehicle market unable to be replenished by the electric grid. THAT is VERY UNFORTUNATE.

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    1. It's unfortunate because these cars gobble up subsidies that should go to real EVs instead, while most of them are barely if ever charged, providing just a small fraction of the promised environmental benefits, if any.

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  4. Riddle:that do the Swedes carry in their station wagons?

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  5. Riddle n2:when will it stop?

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  6. Riddle n3:why has no one in the world thought of transferring what the Swedes carry?

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  7. Driving station wagons is a brilliant idea.Congratulations!

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  8. Skoda Enyak IV station wagon may be n°1 in 2021.

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    1. Enyaq is a crossover, not a station wagon.

      Looks like MG5 is the first EV station wagon coming to Europe... (Finally!)

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