Denmark March 2016

Long Hard Road...

Out of Hell is what this market seems destined to have in 2016, after fiscal changes that led to a sales fever in the last months of 2015, this EV market has been suffering from a prolonged hangover period, with YTD sales falling 80% regarding the same period last year.

Looking at the models ranking, the Renault Zoe has been imune to the sales slide (Actually, its sales were up 26%), leading the ranking, followed by the Tesla Model S sport-sedan-sexy-thingy, and the VW e-Up!.

Two niches unaffected by the fiscal changes were Plug-in hybrids and Fuel Cell Vehicles, the first type of vehicles saw its sales grow 46% YoY, now representing 16% of all Plug-in sales (Last year they represented just 3%), while FCEV's continue to present symbolic numbers, in total there were 5 units delivered this year (3 Hyundai and 2 Toyota's).

Pl	Denmark	March	YTD	%	'15Pl
1	Renault Zoe	17	42	31	4
2	Tesla Model S	4	37	27	1
3	Volkswagen e-Up!	2	17	12	8
4	Mercedes C350e   e)	5	10	7	7
5	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	4	7	5	10
6	Nissan Leaf	5	5	4	5
6	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia *	3	5	4	3
6 6	Volkswagen e-Golf Volvo XC90 T8	2	5 5	4 4	6 N/A
10 11 11	Peugeot Partner EV Kia Soul EV Mercedes B250e	1	2 1 1	1 1 1	17 12 9
	TOTAL	43	137	100

Source: www.bilimp.dk

* - 3 LCV

Iceland March 2016

Nissan Leaf #1

The Icelandic EV market started the year with over 100 newplug-ins sold in the First Quarter, 21% above the same period last year, so the prospects for the rest of the year are optimistic.

Looking at the models ranking, the Nissan Leaf is back at the leadership, running ahead of the PHEV pack (Golf GTE, Outlander PHEV and Volvo XC90 T8) that is chasing the Best Seller title.

The aforementioned picture makes Iceland another market where plug-in hybrids are on the rise (49% share vs 36% in 2015), something which isn't strange to the fact that there are many more to choose from and in different sizes...

Looking at the remaining models, the Kia Soul EV is not fulfilling the expectations created by the good performance in the last months of 2015, something that can also be said by the VW e-Golf, leader last year and now in a discrete #5.

In the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen (30%) continues in the lead. followed by Nissan (24%) and Mitsubishi (17%).

Pl	Iceland	March	YTD	%	'15Pl
1 2	Nissan Leaf Volkswagen Golf GTE	10 8	23 21	22 20	2 7
3 4	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV	8 6	18 12	17 11	3 N/A
5 6	Volkswagen e-Golf Audi A3 e-Tron	1 6	9 7	9 7	1 5
7 8	Kia Soul EV Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	3 1	6 5	6 5	4 6
9	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia		2	2	10
10	Volkswagen e-Up!		1	1	9
10	Renault Kangoo ZE		1	1	N/A
	TOTAL	43	105	100

Source: us.is

Norway March 2016 (Updated)

The Rise and Rise of Norway Edition

The record spree of the Norwegian EV market continues in its never ending trend, in March there were 4.684 EV's sold, up 24% YoY, with the EV Share growing yet again to 30%, with the bulk of growth coming from PHEV's, which have seen their share in the overall market grow from 5% last year to the current 12%.
  

Underlining the previous thoughts, and looking exclusively at the EV monthly models ranking, the surprising Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (686 units, all-time record for a plug-in hybrid) has won the Monthly Best Selling title, a first for a plug-in hybrid, while the recovering Leaf has made it to Second Place, with 676 units, its best score in well over two years, with the VW e-Golf dropping to Third, almost being caught by its plug-in hybrid brother, the Golf GTE, that with 526 units, not only has beaten its previous record (362 units, last July), but came close (As in 14 units close) to surpass for the first time its all electric brethren.

The big disappointment of the month was the Tesla Model S, despite the 487 units registered, it ended the month only in Fifth, far from the outrageous performances of previous years (1.140 units in March '15, 1.493 units in March '14). Is Tesla getting too expensive for Norway, or are buyers there just waiting for the Model X?

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	686
2	Nissan Leaf	676
3	Volkswagen e-Golf	540
4	Volkswagen Golf GTE	526
5	Tesla Model S	487

Looking at the year to date EV ranking, the main news are the rise of the Golf GTE to #4, dropping the BMW i3 (A telling tale of the current market trend is that the Rex version is starting to gain traction) to #5, while last year runner-up, the Tesla Model S, climbed five positions to a more suitable Sixth Place, with the Kia Soul EV experiencing a good month, climbing three positions to #9.

A special mention for the good numbers of the VW Passat GTE, with 173 units, its best month to date, allowing it to climb four positions to #14

With 30% share, the EV's performance in the general ranking is becoming increasingly more relevant, of the 1.411 units sold by the leader VW Golf in March, only 345 didn't had a plug, meaning that 75% of all Golf's sold had plug-in capabilities.

If we split models by fuel source, the Outlander PHEV was the best selling model in March, followed by the Nissan Leaf and VW e-Golf, with the Golf GTE closing a 100% Plug-In Top 4 in the overall ranking.

But this is not all, after the #5 Toyota Auris, we have the Tesla Model S in #6, and a bit lower, the Renault Zoe in #9, making 6 plug-ins in the Top 10! Sooner than later, i will have to make an overall Top 10 ranking to follow all these EV's...

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen (29%, down 1%) continues in the lead, followed at a distance by Nissan (14%) and Mitsubishi (12%), with this last one replacing BMW in the lowest plce of the podium.

Pl	Norway	March	YTD	%	'15Pl
1	Volkswagen e-Golf	540	1.765	16	1
2	Nissan Leaf	676	1.413	13	3
3	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	686	1.325	12	4
4	Volkswagen Golf GTE	526	950	9	6
5	BMW i3 *	177	719	7	5
6 7	Tesla Model S Audi A3 e-Tron	487 217	705 616	6 6	2 7
8	Renault Zoe	291	538	5	8
9	Kia Soul EV	144	356	3	11
10	BMW X5 40e PHEV	114	333	3	19
11	Volkswagen e-Up!	81	304	3	9
12	Mercedes B250e	129	298	3	10
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 29 31 31 33	Volvo V60 Plug-In Volkswagen Passat GTE Mercedes C350e Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Peugeot iOn BMW 225xe Active Tourer Citröen C-Zero Renault Kangoo ZE Mercedes GLE500e Porsche Cayenne Plug-In BMW 330e Peugeot Partner EV Smart Fortwo ED BMW i8 Ford Focus Electric Mitsubishi I-Miev Citröen Berlingo EV Porsche Panamera Plug-In Toyota Prius Plug-In Mercedes S500e	71 173 81 41 59 31 66 18 1 13 9 39 15 5 2 4 1 7 1	291 257 251 212 199 118 93 83 59 58 45 39 32 18 16 8 7 7 3 3 2	3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	12 20 22 N/A 14 13 N/A 16 17 27 24 N/A 18 15 25 21 26 23 N/A 28 30
	TOTAL	4.684	11.110	100

* - 174 Bev + 3 Rex

e) Estimate


A small note to Fuel Cells, to date, there were 5 registrations this year, 4 Hyundai ix35 FCEV and 1 Toyota Mirai, with this tally making 0.01% of the total market.

Italy March 2016

The 30kWh version has given the Leaf a welcome boost

 
 30 kWh Edition

Unlike others, the Italian EV market continues stuck in the slow lane, with sales dropping 19% regarding 2015.

Looking at the models ranking, the Nissan Leaf was the first this year to reach the three digit area in one month, with 126 units last month, with the 30 kWh & 250 kms-range version being a welcome addition to the lineup, nevertheless, the japanese hatch sales were actually down YoY, because in March '15 the Leaf had collected 147 units...

Below in the ranking, the highlights go for two newcomers that arrived with a bang: The Volkswagen Passat GTE was the third Best Selling model in March, with 49 units, but even more impressively, the BMW 330e jumped right to Second Place in March and #4 Ytd, thanks to na impressive 61 units delivered in its debut month, the question now is: ls this a waiting list derived blip or something to continue?

As for the established players, two models shine, the Mercedes B250e registered 22 units, its second best performance in Italy, while Tesla delivered 27 Model S, its best performance yet.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, BMW is still in the lead, with 29% Share, but it's now closely followed by Nissan (26%), while Volkswagen (15%) has extended its lead over Citroen (10%) while last year leader, Renault (#5, with 8%), has been seeing its models languishing in the middle of the ranking (Zoe is #11 vs #2 last year and the Twizy is #8 vs #4).

Quo Vadis, Renault?

Pl	Italy	March	YTD	%	'15Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	126	182	25	1
2 3	BMW 225xe Act. Tourer Citröen C-Zero	16 6	119 73	16 10	N/A 6
4 5	BMW 330e Volkswagen Golf GTE	61 21	61 53	8 7	N/A 5
6 6	Tesla Model S Volkswagen Passat GTE	27 49	49 49	7 7	8 N/A
8	Renault Twizy e)	15	38	5	4
9 10 11 12	Mercedes B250e BMW X5 40e   e) Renault Zoe Peugeot iOn	22 5 7 1	34 25 16 12	5 3 2 2	10 11 2 22
13 14	BMW i3 Volkswagen e-Up!	4 2	8 6	1 1	3 11
15 16	Smart Fortwo ED Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia	2	3 2	0 0	9 17
17	Renault Kangoo ZE		1	0	N/A
17	Volkswagen e-Golf	1	1	0	19
	TOTAL	365	732	100

Source: greenstart.it

Spain March 2016

The Rain in Spain...

...Brings EV's to the plain!

This month promises to be fertile in record numbers across the EV markets, in this case, the 544 sales is a two unit improvement over the previous record, set last October, with sales shooting up a sensational 191% YoY, an impressive result, especially considering that the overall auto market is stagnant. This allowed the EV Market to grow to 0.35%, a new record for the Spain.

The Nissan Leaf cemented the leadership, registering 90 units and beating its previous best result, set in October 2013 (89 units). The Second Placed Mitsu Outlander PHEV also set a record, with 80 units, a record for any plug-in hybrid in this market, while the Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia also impressed, scoring 64 units, a new personal best, rising to #3.

Good sales month for the VW Passat GTE, with 46 units, indicating that it could be strong competition to Spain's favorite PHEV, the Outlander.

Two EV's from the old guard also posted good results, if the 35 units of the Smart Fortwo ED can be mostly attributed to the Car2Go car-sharing fleet, it is harder to find a reason for the sudden rise of the Citröen C-Zero (17 units).

An unusual registration is the single SEAT Mii EV registration, a purely demonstrative vehicle or a sign that the spanish automaker has finally got green light from the VAG Mothership to go electric?  

On the manufacturers ranking, Nissan stays firm in the leadership (29%, down 2%), followed by Renault (16%, down 1%) and Mitsubishi (12%).

A curious fact is that four of the Top 5 best selling models belong to the Renault-Nissan Alliance, a primacy that even in France is not happening.

Pl	Spain	March	YTD'16	%	'15Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	90	198	19	3
2 3 4 5	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Renault Zoe Renault Kangoo ZE	80 64 49 20	126 99 75 59	12 10 7 6	1 6 4 5
6 7	BMW i3 * Volkswagen Passat GTE	22 46	56 55	6 5	7 N/A
8 9 10	Volkswagen Golf GTE Smart Fortwo ED Kia Soul EV	23 35 12	42 38 31	4 4 3	11 2 10
11	BMW X5 40e PHEV	16	30	3	15
12	Renault Twizy	13	25	2	8
13	Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV	4	22	2	N/A
13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 23 23 26 27 28 28 28 28 32 32 32 32	Citröen C-Zero Audi A3 e-Tron BMW i8 Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Piaggio Porter EV BMW 330e BMW 225xe Active Tourer Mercedes GLE500e Mercedes C350e Tesla Model S Mercedes B250e Volkswagen e-Golf Citröen Berlingo EV Peugeot Partner EV Mercedes S500e Volkswagen e-Up! Volvo V60 Plug-In Porsche Panamera Plug-In Peugeot iOn Mitsubishi I-Miev Seat Mii EV Toyota Prius Plug-In	17 5 4 7 12 4 3 3 2 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 1	22 17 16 15 14 12 11 8 7 6 6 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1	2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	24 9 14 13 12 N/A N/A N/A 26 23 20 16 29 22 19 18 20 17 27 32 N/A 24
	TOTAL	544	1.016	100

Source: forococheselectricos.com

* - 6 Bev+16 Rex

Tesla Model 3 - The Reservation Game

I'll take the red one, please

Something disruptive and Game Changing is happening with the Tesla Model 3 reservations, after the initial store craze and presentation, one would think that the reservations rhythm would slow down.

Not so, as you can see here, the numbers just keep on piling up, with no prospects of slowing down, at this point, we might already be above the 300.000 reservations, which is close to the total number of all-electric cars sold last year! 

Yours truly is one of the new players of this Reservation-Game, Isabel and Pedro, your creature(s) will have company soon(ish).

And now the waiting begins...

Sweden March 2016

The new leader in Sweden

Well, That Was Fast... Edition

After a short hangover period from last December sales rush, the Swedish EV market has already recovered and pressed again the accelerator, with 1.272 units in March, up 81% YoY, making this the second best sales month ever, below the 2.080 units of last December.

As result of this unexpected performance, the EV Share jumped to 2.63%, already 0.01% above the 2015 record.

Looking at the monthly models ranking, the middle-managers newest plug-in darling, the VW Passat GTE, ensured its second leadership score, with 293 units (Personal Best), followed by the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S, both with 142 units.

Tesla's Model S result represent a 45% rise Year-on-Year, but its real competitors are still far, with each of the Three Mary's representatives (A6, 5-Series & E-Class) having sold around 500 units last month. 

Last year's Best Seller finally showed up in the ranking, with the Outlander PHEV scoring its first Top 5 of the year.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Volkswagen Passat GTE	293
2	Tesla Model S	142
2	Nissan Leaf	142
4	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	129
5	Volvo V60 Plug-In	103

Looking at the YTD ranking, this sudden influx of sales brought a number of changes to the table, with the most significant being:

- The Nissan Leaf jumped to #2 (Rising two positions) and the Tesla Model S to #3 (Up six positions), removing the local Volvo models from the Podium;

- After a two months break, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV has finally landed, jumping to #7;

- The BMW 330e surged seven positions and joined the Top 10 ranking, delivering positive signs for the future.

On the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen (30%) is stable in the leadership, followed by Volvo (17%) and BMW (14%) in Third.

Pl	Sweden	March	YTD '16	%	'15Pl
1 2	Volkswagen Passat GTE Nissan Leaf	293 142	508 225	23 10	11 3
3	Tesla Model S	142	198	9	2
4 5	Volvo V60 Plug-In Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV	103 74	191 190	9 9	4 12
6	BMW i3 *	73	146	7	7
7 8	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Volkswagen Golf GTE	129 82	129 106	6 5	1 5
9 10 11	Renault Zoe BMW 330e Audi A3 e-Tron	41 57 22	103 62 60	5 3 3	6 N/A 8
12 13	BMW 225xe Active Tourer BMW X5 40e PHEV	24 15	48 39	2 2	N/A 16
14	Renault Kangoo ZE	14	34	2	14
15	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia **	9	28	1	9
15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 24 24 28	Mercedes C350e Volkswagen e-Golf Volkswagen e-Up! Peugeot Partner EV Kia Soul EV Toyota Prius Plug-In Mercedes GLE500e Mercedes B250e Saab 9.3 NEVS Mitsubishi I-Miev Mercedes S500e Volkswagen XL1 BMW i8	16 5 4 7 6 2 3 4 2 1 1 2 1	28 26 23 12 8 7 5 4 2 2 2 2 1	1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	17 10 13 24 19 15 27 21 N/A N/A 24 N/A 20
	TOTAL	1.272	2.189	100

* - 32 Rex + 41 Bev

** - 8 Pass / 1 LCV

Source: bilsweden.se