Electric Feel - February Highlights

Denmark, January 2025

The Top 6 in the overall market was 100% BEV:

#1 - Toyota BZ4X, 689 units;
#2 - VW ID.4, 524;
#3 - VW ID.3, 363;
#4 - Skoda Enyaq, 338;
#5 - Cupra Tavascan, 301;
#6 - Tesla Model Y, 278.

On top of this, the VW ID.BUZZ was 8th and the Audi Q4 e-tron was 9th, thus making 8 BEVs on the Danish Top 10, in January.

Sweden, January 2025

VW ID.7 - 3rd overall, 655 units;
VW ID.4 - 6th, 419 units;
Volvo EX30 - 10th, 316.

Netherlands, January 2025

Kia EV3 - 1st overall, 1.757 units(!)
(#2 Kia Picanto had only 855 registrations...)
Volvo EX30, 4th overall, 724 units

Germany, January 2025

VW ID.7 - 8th overall, 3,140 units;
Skoda Enyaq - 9th, 3,056 units.

Romania, January 2025

Dacia Spring - 4th overall, 625 units.

Portugal, January 2025

Tesla Model 3 - 8th overall, 328 units.

Romania June 2020

Renault Zoe shines in hot market

Despite a falling overall market (-31% YoY), the Romanian PEV market is relentlessly growing, with June hitting 258 units (+30%), a new year best, in line with the positive 2020 (+40%), with the 910 registrations this year allowing a record 1,8% share in 2020 (2,5% in June), a significant jump over the 2019 score (1%).

As you might have noticed, all 5 models from this ranking are BEVs, a consequence of BEVs representing 68% of all plugin sales, making this one of the most BEV-friendly markets in Europe. Of course, generous incentives help in this...

Winner in 2019, the Renault Zoe continues to be a hot item this year, with the French EV representing 28% of the total plugin market, while we have a new player in the runner-up spot, with the Skoda Citigo EV shooting to #2, surpassing the 3 times (2016;'17;'18) winner BMW i3, now relegated to the last place of the podium. 

Outside the podium we have the Volkswagen e-Golf and Nissan Leaf, but right behind the Japanese EV, we have the two PHEV Best Sellers in 2020, with the Porsche Cayenne PHEV in #6, with 33 registrations, immediately followed by the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, #7, with 30 deliveries.

In the manufacturers ranking, Renault is comfortably ahead, with 28% share, with BMW (11%) in 2nd and Skoda (10%) in 3rd.

A few words on the current impass regarding the EU Recovery Plan, where the so called frugals say they don't want to give money to others, because it's money thrown out of the window, etc, etc, and their countries will be harmed because of this. 

Well, that can be demonstrated to be a fallacy, but i leave it to others, that are more in the know, what i wanted to show here, is that in the field of electromobility, the frugals are the ones being benefited and i give you one example: IONITY.

Ionity has received 39 million Euros from the Connecting Europe Facility for Transport fund, in order to pay 20% of the total cost of the network.

And who has benefited? A few examples:

Austria: 15 charging stations for a BEV fleet of some 32.000 units, making an average of 2,100 BEVs per station;

Denmark: 6 stations for a BEV fleet of 18.000 units, giving an average of 3,000 BEVs per station;

Sweden: 41.000 units for 18 stations, average 2.300 units per station;

Netherlands: 122.000 BEVs for 10 stations, 12.000 BEVs per station. A lot of BEVs per station, isn't it?


And who hasn't? A few examples:

Romania: It has 2.700 BEVs, without counting 2nd hand imports. Ionity Stations? (Big fat) Zero stations; 

Poland: A large country to cross, with 3.400 BEVs, not counting 2nd hand imports, Zero Ionity stations;

Spain: Yes, it has Ionity stations, 4 of them, which is insufficient for a large country like this (just try to do La Coruña - Murcia), and it's not like there aren't BEVs in the country...There's 31.000 units, making an average of 7,700 units per station, doubling or tripling the ratio of Austria, Denmark, and Sweden...

...But not the Netherlands. But fret not Netherlands, there is one country in worse condition, Portugal has 18,000 BEVs and...Zero Ionity Stations! If Portugal were to have the same density (BEVs per station ratio) as the Netherlands, it would have 1,5 stations! 

So, while i can understand some concerns on funding others, (some) people need to understand that things aren't black and white, and while in some things they will lose, in others they are already being priviliged regarding others.

Romania August 2019

Nissan Leaf Shines in record month

The Romanian PEV market is on fire, with August hitting a new record(!), with 270 units being registered, with the 1.2% share of last month representing a new record, allowing the 2019 share to jump to 1%.

As you might have noticed, all 10 models from this ranking are BEVs, a consequence of BEVs representing 91% of all plugin sales, making this one of the most BEV-firendly markets anywhere.

The Renault Zoe is leading the way, ahead of the Nissan Leaf and the BMW i3, with these last two scoring record performances in August, so the French hatchback could be overthrown in the coming months by its Japanese relative. 

Volkswagen is gaining ground, thanks to the rising VW e-Golf, that hit a record 32 deliveries last month, while the Jaguar i-Pace joined the Top 10, making this a 100% Top 10.

In the manufacturers ranking, Renault is ahead, with 22% share, closely followed by Nissan (21%) and Volkswagen (15%).

Pl	Romania	August	YTD	%
1	Renault Zoe	53	260	22
2	Nissan Leaf	79	240	21
3	BMW i3	30	123	11
4	VW e-Golf	32	102	9
5	VW e-Up!		64	6
6	Smart Forfour EV	3	59	5
7	Smart Fortwo EV	1	39	3
8	Tesla Model 3	3	33	3
8	Tesla Model S	1	33	3
10	Jaguar i-Pace	7	21	2
	Others	61	183	16
	TOTAL	270	1157	100

Romania August 2018

Nissan Leaf Shines, but BMW i3 is still #1

The Romanian PEV market has cooled down a bit, with the current 466 Plug-ins registered so far this year representing only a 221% jump regarding last year. With four months to go, this year market has already beaten last year record of 374 registrations.

Because of this sales slowdown regarding the Q1 2018, the PEV Share dropped from a record 0.8% then, to the current 0.5%, which is still better than the 0.3% of last year.

Last year Best Seller BMW i3 (108 units, already more than the 71 recorded in 2017) is once again in the lead, in its bid to win a third consecutive Best Seller title, but this time it seems that the 2017 runner-up, the Renault Zoe (87 units, doubling the sales of last year), is giving some fight, with both far ahead of the Third Placed Smart Fortwo ED (38 units). 

In fact, Smart is betting heavily in Romania, as its other model, the ForFour is...Fourth. 

But a new model that might soon stir things in the top positions is the new Nissan Leaf, that registered 15 units last month (Personal best), jumping to #7, and becoming August Best Seller.

Should this performance repeat in the coming months, and the Japanese hatchback could be eligible for the Bronze Medal, something that might depend more on the product allocation of Nissan Europe than anything else, as demand should be more than enough to reach the Third Spot. 

In a BEV-friendly market, where the top four best selling models are BEVs, all electric models are increasing (+3%) their share regarding PHEVs (66% vs 34%), while the best selling PHEVs is only #5.

In the manufacturers ranking, BMW is headed for a third consecutive title, having a large 36% share of the market, while Renault and Smart are running for #2, with the first having 19% share and the seconfd 16%, while Volvo is a distant Fourth Placed, with 8% share.

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Romania March 2018

BMW i3 Shines in Red Hot Market

The PEV market is boiling hot in Romania, with the current 228 Plug-ins registered so far this year representing a nine-fold(!) jump regarding last year, with this market selling in just three months what it hadn't in the first nine months of 2017...

Because of this exponential growth, the PEV Share jumped to a record 0.8%, and it's not even higher, because the mainstream market is also growing fast (+28%).

Last year Best Seller BMW i3 started once again in the lead, in its bid to win a third consecutive Best Seller title, but this time it seems that the 2017 runner-up, the Renault Zoe, is running closer, having registered already 43 units, not far from the 49 delivered last year. 

Smart is betting heavily in Romania, with its two models in Third and Fourth respectively, the brands best positioning anywhere. 

In a market strongly where the top four best selling models are BEVs, all electric models are outselling PHEVs (63% vs 37%), while the best selling PHEVs are only #5, with 12 units.

In the manufacturers ranking, BMW is headed for a third consecutive title, having a large 37% share of the market, while Smart and Renault are running for #2, with both having 19% share and 43 units, while Volvo is a distant Fourth Placed, with 7% share.

Source: http://www.drpciv..ro/