Iceland May 2016

Nissan Leaf #1

The Icelandic EV market ended May with 234 new plug-ins, 58% above the same period last year, with last month alone being responsible for 83 units, an all-time record for a single month.

Looking at the models ranking, the Nissan Leaf still holds on to the leadership, running ahead of the PHEV pack (Golf GTE, Passat GTE, Outlander PHEV and Volvo XC90 T8), all chasing the Best Seller title.

The aforementioned picture makes Iceland another market where plug-in hybrids are on the rise (53% 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 Tesla Model S is not fulfilling the expectations, currently it only has one unit registered, against the 7 in the same period of 2015, are people waiting for the Model X?

In the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen is on the same pace as last year, leading (33%, up 1%) comfortably, followed by Nissan (20%, down 5%), the japanese automaker is suffering from the shift to PHEV's, something that the Third Placed Mitsubishi (14%, up 3%) can't really complain.

Pl	Iceland	May	YTD	%	'15Pl
1 2	Nissan Leaf Volkswagen Golf GTE e)	8 5	42 35	18 15	2 7
3 4 5	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Volvo XC90 T8 Volkswagen Passat GTE e)	11 16 16	32 29 23	14 12 10	3 N/A N/A
6 7	Volkswagen e-Golf Audi A3 e-Tron	8 2	18 13	8 6	1 5
8 8 10	Kia Soul EV Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Mercedes C350e   e)	1 3 6	10 10 7	4 4 3	4 6 N/A
11	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia	1	4	2	10
12	BMW X5 40e	2	3	1	N/A
12 14 14 14 14 14	Renault Kangoo ZE Volkswagen e-Up! BMW i3 Tesla Model S Chevrolet Volt Toyota Prius Plug-In	2 1 1	3 1 1 1 1 1	1 0 0 0 0 0	N/A 9 13 8 13 11
	TOTAL	83	234	100

Source: us.is

USA May 2016

#1!!! Youhooo!!!....

Volt #1 Edition

May sales reached five digits, with over 11.000 units registered, aproximately the same amount as last year, with the EV share increasing another 0.01% to 0.69%.

In May, the Chevrolet Volt was again the Best Seller, delivering 1.901 units, but its sales were up only 17% YoY, a somewhat disappointing performance, but enough to recover the Year-to-date leadership, displacing the Tesla Model S to Second Place. at least until June, when the Sports-Sedan is expected to post another headline-grabbing performance... 

Record performance for the Ford Fusion Energi, registering a surprising 1.453 units, cementing its Third Place and proving that generous promotions and discounts can do wonders...

The Tesla Model X continues to rise, up one position to #4, dropping the Nissan Leaf (Down 53% YoY) to the Fifth Position.

In the manufacturers ranking, Tesla (26%) holds on to the leadership, while Chevrolet (19%, up 1%) is keeping Ford (17%) at bay.

On a side note, 40 Toyota Mirai's and 4 Hyundai Tucson FCEV were registered, elevating the total amount of Fuel Cells to 195 units this year...

Pl	USA	May	YTD	%
1	Chevrolet Volt	1.901	7.871	16
2	Tesla Model S e)	1.125	7.805	16
3	Ford Fusion Energi	1.453	5.535	11
4	Tesla Model X e)	1.600	4.850	10
5	Nissan Leaf	979	4.697	10
6	Ford C-Max Energi	538	2.595	5
7	BMW i3	696	2.272	5
8	BMW X5 40e	500	1.994	4
9	Fiat 500e	405	1.640	3
10	Audi A3 e-Tron	361	1.594	3
11	Chevrolet Spark EV	394	1.420	3
12 13 14 15	Volkswagen e-Golf Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Volvo XC90 T8	269 235 191 110	1.207 1.135 990 840	2 2 2 2
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26	Kia Soul EV BMW i8 Cadillac ELR Ford Focus Electric Smart Fortwo ED Mercedes B250e Por. Panamera Plug-In BMW 330e Mercedes S550e Toyota Prius Plug-In Mitsubishi I-Miev	120 146 45 54 75 49 26 67 3 4 2	479 451 402 392 313 266 134 111 41 31 16	1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
	TOTAL	11.348	49.081	100

 e) Estimate

Source: insideevs.com; Good Car Bad Car

Tesla Model S vs The Others

Pl	Model	YTD 2016
1	BMW 5-Series	17.428
2	Mercedes E-Class	16.155
3	Tesla Model S	7.805
4	Audi A6	6.638
5	Cadillac CTS	6.390

  

The Model S continues in Third, behind the Mercedes E-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 growing in the ranking, while the other models are being slaughtered by the SUV-craze, with drops between 18% (Audi A6) and 40% (Cadillac CTS)...

Tesla Model X vs The Others

Pl	Model	May 2016
1	BMW X5	4.372
2	Mercedes GLE	4.003
3	Mercedes GLS	3.358
4	Audi Q7	2.663
	Tesla Model X	1.600

The Model X has a tough job ahead, not only by the large number of competitors, but also because they are selling faster than their sedan relatives, in May the Model X was the Seventh Best Selling model of its class, but looking at the half full glass, it already outsold some highly regarded competition, like the LR Range Rover (1.044 units), LR Range Rover Sport (1.563 units) or even the Porsche Cayenne (1.293).

Spain May 2016

Caliente!

EV Sales continue hot in Spain, with 446 sales, the triple of April '15, with YTD sales shooting up a sensational 162% YoY, an impressive result, pulling the EV Share slightly up to a new record, 0.39% EV Share.

The Best Seller Of The Month was once again the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, with 68 units, earning its second monthly trophy this year., while at the same time assuring a more comfortable position in the YTD leadership, with 56 units of advance to the Runner-Up Nissan Leaf. 

The Bronze Medal has a new bearer, with the Renault Zoe back to the podium, if only by six units.

Two EV's deserve a special mention, if the 64 units of the Smart Fortwo ED can be mostly attributed to the Car2Go car-sharing fleet, the 44 BMW i3's are a rather surprising performance, now that the improved range version is a couple of months away. Discounts and promotions can do wonders...

On the manufacturers ranking, Nissan stays continues in the leadership (22%, down 3%), but has lost 7% share in these last two months, now being chased by Mitsubishi (18%) and Renault (17%, up 1%).

Pl	Spain	May	YTD'16	%	'15Pl
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	68	338	18	1
2 3 4 5	Nissan Leaf Renault Zoe Smart Fortwo ED Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia	30 42 64 28	282 159 153 148	15 8 8 8	3 4 2 6
6 7 8	Renault Kangoo ZEBMW i3 * Volkswagen Golf GTE	23 44 8	116 110 72	6 6 4	5 7 11
9 10 11	Volkswagen Passat GTE BMW X5 40e Volvo XC90 T8	3 16 22	60 53 51	3 3 3	N/A 15 N/A
12	Kia Soul EV	13	47	2	10
13	Renault Twizy	12	44	2	8
14	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	11	28	1	N/A
14 16 17 18 19 19 21 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 28 30 31 31 33 33 33	Citröen C-Zero Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Piaggio Porter EV Audi A3 e-Tron BMW i8 BMW 330e Mercedes GLE500e Citröen Berlingo EV Peugeot Partner EV Tesla Model S Mercedes C350e Mercedes B250e Volkswagen e-Golf Volkswagen e-Up! Porsche Panamera Plug-In Mercedes S500e Volvo V60 Plug-In Peugeot iOn Mitsubishi I-Miev Seat Mii EV Toyota Prius Plug-In	1 9 9 2 5 7 4 11 4 2 2 2 1 2 1	28 27 26 25 23 23 17 17 16 14 11 9 8 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	24 13 12 9 14 N/A N/A 29 22 23 26 20 16 18 17 19 20 27 32 N/A 24
	TOTAL	446	1.923	100

Source: forococheselectricos.com

* - 15 Bev +29 Rex

Sweden May 2016

Sweden's got a new plug-in favorite

The Winner Takes It All... Edition

The Swedish EV market is officially on fire, with 1.211 units in April, up 67% YoY, making this the third consecutive month above the 1.000 units, a new record, with YTD sales up 72%, we are headed for some 16.000 units by year end, significantly above my prediction in the beggining of this year. How i love to be wrong this way...

As result of these brilliant performance, the EV Share surpassed for the first time the 3% barrier to  3.08%, an all-time record in the Swedish EV market.

Looking at the monthly models ranking, the VW Passat GTE, ensured its second third fourth leadership score, with 365 units (Again new Personal Best), giving no chance for the remaining competition and providing a whole new meaning to the old ABBA song portraited in this months title.

Now that we are on the ABBA songs subject, another theme from the band has occurred to me, looking at May's Second Placed Outlander PHEV, the "The King Has Lost His Crown" song illustrates accurately its performance, after a rough time in the beggining of the year, the japanese SUV, winner of the 2014 & 2015 Best Seller titles, is returning to its old form, but the 200-ish results that granted it supremacy in the past is no longer enough to steal the leadership from the VW Passat GTE...Will there be a clash of Titans?

Volvo had again a good sales month, placing the V60 Plug-in wagon in Third (157 units, best result in three years!) and the XC90 PHEV SUV in Fourth, with a personal best 101 units.

A telling tale of the current trend towards PHEV's, is the fact that the four best selling models are plug-in hybrids, something also visible in the BEV / PHEV breakdown, where 100% electric vehicles are down to 31% share versus 40% last year.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Volkswagen Passat GTE	365
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	167
3	Volvo V60 Plug-In	157
4	Volvo XC90 T8	101
5	Nissan Leaf	77

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

- The Volvo V60 Plug-In climbed to the runner-up position, its highest standing since January;

- Last Year Best Seller, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, continued to recover, climbing one position to #4;

- The VW Golf GTE went back to #8, while the BMW X5 PHEV went up one position to #11;

- The current PHEV SUV trend has a new player, with the Mercedes GLC350e registering its first two units, hopefully it will sell a lot more than its larger sibling GLE500e, but with that model languishing in #24 with 8 units, that's not saying much...

2On the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen (32, up 1%) is firm in the leadership, followed by Volvo (19%, up 1%) and BMW (13%, down 1%) in Third.

Final mention to the two registrations of the Hyundai ix35 FCEV, increasing the 2016 tally to 5 units. As for the Toyota Mirai, Swedes are still safe from crossing with the Terminator...

Pl	Sweden	May	YTD '16	%	'15Pl
1 2	Volkswagen Passat GTE Volvo V60 Plug-In	365 157	1.170 479	25 10	11 4
3	Nissan Leaf	77	440	9	3
4 5	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Volvo XC90 T8	167 101	425 386	9 8	1 12
6	Tesla Model S	24	274	6	2
7 8	BMW i3 * Volkswagen Golf GTE	26 49	244 202	5 4	7 5
9 10 11	Renault Zoe BMW 330e BMW X5 40e	31 50 20	194 168 100	4 4 2	6 N/A 16
12 13	Audi A3 e-Tron BMW 225xe Active Tourer	12 16	95 83	2 2	8 N/A
14	Volkswagen e-Up!	24	71	2	13
15	Renault Kangoo ZE	6	60	1	14
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 27 27 27	Volkswagen e-Golf Mercedes C350e Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia ** Peugeot Partner EV Toyota Prius Plug-In Kia Soul EV Porsche Cayenne Plug-In BMW i8 Mercedes GLE500e Mercedes B250e Renault Twizy Mercedes GLC350e Saab 9.3 NEVS Mitsubishi I-Miev Mercedes S500e Volkswagen XL1	13 11 9 12 13 3 12 7 1 2 2	58 48 41 28 23 13 12 11 8 7 5 2 2 2 2 2	1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	10 17 9 24 15 19 N/A 20 27 21 18 N/A N/A N/A 24 N/A
	TOTAL	1.211	4.657	100

* - 21 Rex + 5 Bev

** - 6 Pass + 3 LCV

Plug-Ins Versus Regular Hybrids

Pl	Model	April
1	Toyota Auris Hybrid	470
2	Volkswagen Passat GTE	365
3	Toyota Yaris Hybrid	199
4	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	167
4	Volvo V60 Plug-In	157

If we combine May sales of regular hybrids with plug-ins, we see that the Toyota hybrids are becoming increasingly attainable by Plug-ins, if the Auris Hybrid still leads the way, the VW Passat GTE is closing in and looks to reach it soon, while the #3 Yaris Hybrid is looking also perfectly reachable by other Plug-ins in a couple of months.

Source: bilsweden.se