France April 2016

France's new electric baby is speeding up pace

e-Mehari Edition 

The French EV market registered 3.206 units, up only 32% regarding the same month last year, with the EV Share, down slightly to 1.8% share.

Looking at the monthly models ranking, the surprise was the off month of the leader Zoe, with only 990 deliveries, down 21% YoY, while every other model present in the Top 5 had robust performances, thus compensating for the fall of Renault's electric hatch.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Renault Zoe	990
2	Nissan Leaf	492
3	Renault Kangoo ZE	255
4	Volkswagen Golf GTE	172
4	BMW i3	143

In the YTD ranking, the podium positions remained the same, but below it, the Peugeot iOn lost steam, (87 units, worst result of 2016), dropping two positions to #6, to the benefit of the BMW i3 and VW Golf GTE, now #4 and #5 respectively.

But not all was bad for the french models, the Bolloré Bluecar (122 units, year best) climbed two positions to #7, while the Citröen e-Mehari jumped seven positions to #15, selling 112 units, it was the first time it surpassed the 100 units mark and also the first time it outsold every plug-in model in the PSA stable, will it reach a Top 10 position? Dare i say Top 5?  

Also selling like hot cakes was the Kia Soul EV, jumping three positions to #10, thanks to a record 138 units, the first time it reached the three digit area, will this be something to continue? It will depend on Kia willingness, i guess...

In the manufacturers ranking, Renault is stable in the lead (43% Share, down 1%), followed by Nissan (14%), while BMW (9%), benefits from the strong lineup to confirm itself as the third best selling brand.

Pl	France	April	YTD	%	'15Pl
1	Renault Zoe	990	4.330	34	1
2	Nissan Leaf	492	1.668	13	3
3	Renault Kangoo ZE	255	939	7	2
4	BMW i3	146	489	4	8
5 6	Volkswagen Golf GTE Peugeot iOn	172 87	477 460	4 4	4 9
7 8 9	Bolloré Blue Car Volvo XC90 T8 Audi A3 e-Tron	122 45 62	374 340 322	3 3 3	5 N/A 6
10 11 12 13	Kia Soul EV BMW X5 40e Citröen C-Zero Tesla Model S	138 42 52 38	316 259 248 245	3 2 2 2	13 20 15 10
14	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	46	214	2	N/A
15 16 17 18 19	Citröen e-Mehari Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Peugeot Partner EV e) Renault Twizy e) Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia e)	112 44 30 45 22	175 168 164 160 152	1 1 1 1 1	N/A 12 21 11 16
20	Goupil	49	149	1	14
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV BMW 330e Bolloré Blue Summer Mercedes C350e Volkswagen Passat GTE Citröen Berlingo EV e) Volvo V60 Plug-In Volkswagen e-Golf	29 20 38 28 25 10 3 16	132 120 93 90 73 60 55 53	1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0	7 N/A N/A 27 19 23 26 22
29	BMW i8	8	43	0	25
29 31 31 33 34 35 36	Volkswagen e-Up!  Mercedes B250e Mitsubishi I-Miev Toyota Prius Plug-In Mercedes GLE500e Mercedes S500e Smart Fortwo ED	11 5 13 4 3 2 2	43 37 37 33 20 19 15	0 0 0 0 0 0 0	18 24 30 28 31 32 17
	TOTAL	3.206	12.572	100

e) Estimate

Source: Avere France

Looking For EV's - Sweden April 2016 (Gothemburg)

EV Bus Route 55 -- Gothenburg's First Electric Bus

Gothemburg, also known as Volvo-Land, which is understandable if you consider that both Volvo Trucks and Car companies are based there. And it shows...They are everywhere!

Regarding EV's, plug-in Volvos were relatively common to see (Including the above electric Volvo Bus), in the two days there, i saw 2 or three V60 Plug-ins and one XC90 T8, but the real surprise was the number of Nissans, 3 or 4 Leafs, but also one e-NV200 and other Evalia electric.

We encountered plug-ins with relative ease, the aforementioned brands were the most common type of plug-ins, with the random I-Miev (Or was it a C-Zero?), Prius Plug-in or Outlander PHEV zooming around.

Strangely, no Tesla here. Are their potential customers here all driving Volvos?

USA April 2016

#1 is closer...

Tesla Home Run(s) Edition

For the first time ever, April sales reached five digits, with over 10.500 units registered, numbers were up 10% YoY, with YTD numbers 16% higher than last year, it looks that the US EV market is firmly on the recovery path, with the EV share increasing 0.01% regarding March (0.68%).

The Chevrolet Volt was the Best Seller of the month, delivering 1.983 units, doubling YoY sales and closing in to the leader Model S, this month in chill mode after the busy March. 

Good performance also for the Ford Fusion Energi, registering a surprising 1.331 units, its best performance in almost two years, surpassing the Nissan Leaf in the race for the Third Place.

Chevrolet also had good news from the Spark EV, with 419 registrations, its best performance in a year, while BMW also had something to celebrate: All their models had year best performances, with the X5 PHEV beating its own personal record.

In the manufacturers ranking, Tesla (26%, down 5%) leads, while Chevrolet (18%, up 1%) is managing to keep Ford (17%, up 1%) at bay.

Pl	USA	April	YTD	%
1	Tesla Model S e)	750	6.755	18
2	Chevrolet Volt	1.983	5.970	16
3	Ford Fusion Energi	1.331	4.082	11
4	Nissan Leaf	787	3.718	10
5	Tesla Model X e)	850	3.250	9
6	Ford C-Max Energi	607	2.057	5
7	BMW i3	814	1.576	4
8	BMW X5 40e PHEV	655	1.494	4
9	Fiat 500e	395	1.235	3
10	Audi A3 e-Tron	326	1.233	3
11	Chevrolet Spark EV	419	1.026	3
12 13 14 15	Volkswagen e-Golf Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV	326 250 237 150	938 900 799 730	2 2 2 2
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26	Kia Soul EV Cadillac ELR Ford Focus Electric BMW i8 Smart Fortwo ED Mercedes B250e Por. Panamera Plug-In Mercedes S550e BMW 330e Toyota Prius Plug-In Mitsubishi I-Miev	139 95 81 130 66 56 25 29 25 4 6	359 357 338 305 238 217 108 79 44 27 14	1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
	TOTAL	10.536	37.849	100

 e) Estimate

Source: insideevs.com; Good Car Bad Car

Tesla Model S vs The Others

Pl	Model	YTD 2016
1	Mercedes E & CLS-Class	14.467
2	BMW 5-Series	14.164
3	Tesla Model S	6.755
4	Cadillac CTS	5.308
5 6	Lexus GS Audi A6	4.990 4.977

  

The Model S is Third, behind the Mercedes E/CLS-Class and BMW 5-Series sales champs, while the rest of the competition is behind the Californian.

An interesting stat is that the Model S is the only model in the ranking with YoY growth (+16%), while every other model here are having a two digit sales dive...

Tesla Model X vs The Others

Pl	Model	YTD 2016
1	Mercedes GLE-Class	16.668
2	Cadillac SRX	15.818
3	BMW X5	13.814
4	Volvo XC90	10.586
	Tesla Model X	3.250

The Model X has a much tougher cookie to deal with than its older brother, not only the number of competitors is higher, but the numbers are growing every passing month, so it will be a lot more difficult to reach the front positions.



As final treat for this months edition, here is a link for an interesting article in Jane Ferguson's website, where she makes a comprehensive study on the overall cost of a Nissan Leaf, compared to a regular gas car, in the several US states, with some interesting facts. like: The state with most incentives, besides the federal 7.500$, is Colorado, with an additional 6.000$.

Spain April 2016

Caliente!

EV Sales continue hot in Spain, with 463 sales, the triple of April '15, with YTD sales shooting up a sensational 188% YoY, an impressive result, pulling the EV Share to a record 0.38%, a new record for the Spain.

There was a leadership change in this year accumulated sales, with the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV returning to #1 and displacing the Nissan Leaf to the runner-up position. 

The 144 units registered in April by the Outlander PHEV set a new absolute monthly record for a PHEV, while the 270 units YTD sold in only four months means that the 2012 all-time sales record (943 units, by the Renault Twizy) could be in danger for the first time ever...

Two EV's deserve a special mention, if the 51 units of the Smart Fortwo ED can be mostly attributed to the Car2Go car-sharing fleet, the six Model S deliveries represent a  new (admittedly small) record for the american car, with an increasing number of Superchargers popping up in Spain, the demand for the all-electric sports sedan is to expected to only go higher.

On the manufacturers ranking, Nissan stays continues in the leadership (25%, down 4%), followed by the new runner-up Mitsubishi (18%, up 6%) and Renault (16%).

A curious fact is that two of the Top 5 best selling models are LCV's, a rare event nowadays.

Pl	Spain	April	YTD'16	%	'15Pl
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	144	270	18	1
2 3 4 5	Nissan Leaf Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Renault Zoe Renault Kangoo ZE	54 21 42 34	252 120 117 93	17 8 8 6	3 6 4 5
6 7 8	Smart Fortwo ED BMW i3 * Volkswagen Golf GTE	51 10 22	89 66 64	6 4 4	2 7 11
9 10	Volkswagen Passat GTE BMW X5 40e PHEV	2 7	57 37	4 3	N/A 15
11	Kia Soul EV	3	34	2	10
11	Renault Twizy	9	34	2	8
13	Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV	7	29	2	N/A
13 15 16 16 18 18 20 21 22 22 24 25 26 27 28 28 30 30 32 32 32 32	Citröen C-Zero Audi A3 e-Tron BMW i8 Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Piaggio Porter EV BMW 225xe Active Tourer BMW 330e Mercedes GLE500e Tesla Model S Peugeot Partner EV Mercedes C350e Volkswagen e-Golf Mercedes B250e Citröen Berlingo 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	5 6 2 3 3 6 4 5 6 9 2 2 1 1 1 1	27 23 18 18 17 17 16 13 12 12 9 8 7 6 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1	2 2 1 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 23 22 26 16 20 29 19 18 20 17 27 32 N/A 24
	TOTAL	463	1.479	100

Source: forococheselectricos.com

* - 5 Bev +5 Rex

Sweden April 2016

Leader in Sweden

The Dog Days Are Over... Edition

The Swedish EV market has recovered from a weak start of the year and is pressing forward, with 1.252 units in April, up 84% YoY, making this the thrid best sales month ever, only below last March and December.

As a result of this brilliant performance, the EV Share jumped to 2.95%, an all-time record for the Swedish EV market.

Looking at the monthly models ranking, the VW Passat GTE, ensured its second third leadership score, with 297 units (New Personal Best), winning the hearts and wallets of middle-managers across Sweden.

Volvo had a great sales month, placing the V60 Plug-in wagon in Third (131 units, best result in 18 months) and the XC90 PHEV SUV in Fifth, with a personal best 95 units.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Volkswagen Passat GTE	297
2	Nissan Leaf	138
3	Volvo V60 Plug-In	131
4	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	129
5	Volvo XC90 T8	95

Looking at the YTD ranking, there were a number of changes:

- The Volvo's recovered one position each, with the V60 Plug-in rising to Third and the XC90 PHEV to Fourth;

- The 2015 Best Seller, Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, jumped two positions to #5, contributing for the three position slump of the Tesla Model S to #6;

- The Renault Zoe rose one position to #8;

- The VW BEV's had a surprising good month, with the e-Up! (24 units, best result since August '14), jumping three positions to #15 and its larger brother e-Golf also climbing one position to #16.

On the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen (31%, up 1%) is stable in the leadership, followed by Volvo (18%, up 1%) and BMW (14%) in Third.

Pl	Sweden	April	YTD '16	%	'15Pl
1 2	Volkswagen Passat GTE Nissan Leaf	297 138	805 363	23 11	11 3
3	Volvo V60 Plug-In	131	322	9	4
4 5	Volvo XC90 T8 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	95 129	285 258	8 7	12 1
6	Tesla Model S	52	250	7	2
7 8	BMW i3 * Renault Zoe	72 60	218 163	6 5	7 6
9 10 11	Volkswagen Golf GTE BMW 330e Audi A3 e-Tron	47 56 23	153 118 83	4 3 3	5 N/A 8
12 13	BMW X5 40e PHEV BMW 225xe Active Tourer	41 19	80 67	2 2	16 N/A
14	Renault Kangoo ZE	20	54	2	14
15	Volkswagen e-Up!	24	47	1	13
16 17 18 19 20 20 22 23 23 25 26 26 26 26	Volkswagen e-Golf Mercedes C350e Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Peugeot Partner EV Kia Soul EV Toyota Prius Plug-In Mercedes GLE500e Mercedes B250e Renault Twizy BMW i8 Saab 9.3 NEVS Mitsubishi I-Miev Mercedes S500e Volkswagen XL1	19 9 4 4 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 2	45 37 32 16 10 10 7 5 5 4 2 2 2 2	1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	10 17 9 24 19 15 27 21 18 20 N/A N/A 24 N/A
	TOTAL	1.252	3.446	100

* - 63 Rex + 9 Bev

Plug-Ins Versus Regular Hybrids

Pl	Model	April
1	Toyota Auris Hybrid	439
2	Volkswagen Passat GTE	297
3	Toyota Yaris Hybrid	233
4	Nissan Leaf	138
4	Volvo V60 Plug-In	131

If we combine April sales of regular hybrids with plug-ins, we see a familiar picture:The Toyota Auris Hybrid leads the way, but this time the Toyota Yaris Hybrid is down to Third, surpassed by the VW Passat GTE, while the remaining positions are all for plug-ins.

Source: bilsweden.se