Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Norway March 2015

With the P85D now flooding the streets, Tesla Norway has another ace up its sleeve:
The new 70D has already a delivery date: Late May

Springtime Records - Norway Edition

EV Sales in Norway continue to reach new heights,, with 3.724 registrations last month, the previous record (3.133 units in March '14) was beaten and the EV Share continues to climb into unheard levels, now at 23%.


To show how science-fiction-like is the General Automotive Ranking in Norway, in March the top three sellers were all electric cars: Model S in First (1.140 units), e-Golf (956) Second and the Leaf (526) in Third.

And the amazing thing is that it wasn't something like a perfect storm, where all of them improved their records, as only the german car broke its personal best, with the other two staying a bit far from their personal records (1.493 units for the american, 716 for the japanese), they just had to do well at the same time.

In #4 and #5 we have two new appearances on the Monthly Top 5, with the Renault Zoe (finally) performing a decent run, with 228 units, a new Personal Best, beating the BMW i3 for the first time and finishing only behind the Toyota Yaris in the B-Segment/Subcompact car General Ranking. As for the Audi A3 e-Tron, the 181 units sold last month not only represent a new record, but also the proof that the Outlander PHEV no longer has the supremacy on the Plug-in Hybrids front.

PlModelSales  
1
Tesla Model S
1.140
2Volkswagen e-Golf956
3Nissan Leaf526
4Renault Zoe228
5Audi A3 e-Tron181

Looking to the YTD ranking, the Tesla Model S switched positions with the Leaf, climbing to #2, while the PHEV Best-Seller switched hands, now belonging to the #5 (Up two positions) Audi A3 e-Tron. 

The Renault Zoe is also rising, now at #6, up three positions, outselling the competitors BMW i3 and Kia Soul EV.

Looking at the brands ranking, Volkswagen continues comfortably in the lead (39%), followed at a distance by Tesla (19%) and Nissan (15%).

PlNorwayMar.YTD '15%'14Pl
1Volkswagen e-Golf9562.672335
2Tesla Model S1.1401.532192
3Nissan Leaf5261.082131
4Volkswagen e-Up!16248563
5Audi A3 e-Tron181369521
6Renault Zoe22836148
7Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV7735646
8BMW i310933644
9Peugeot iOn87201211
10
11
Kia Soul EV
Mitsubishi I-Miev
40
26
172
156
2
2
7
9
12Volvo V60 Plug-In66123214
13
14
15
16
17
17
19
20
20
20
Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia
Mercedes B-Class ED
BMW i8
Peugeot Partner EV
Citröen Berlingo EV
Renault Kangoo ZE
Toyota Prius Plug-In
Opel Ampera
Citröen C-Zero
Volkswagen Golf GTE 
54
61
6



1

2
1
107
96
16
10
5
5
4
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
15
N/A
20
12
16
19
17
21
8
N/A

TOTAL3.7248.095100


Source: elbil.no

3 comments:

  1. Why is the e-Golf so popular in Norway? In all other countries (except Germany) the e-Golf sales are mediocre at best.

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    1. The regular Golf was always a favorite in Norway, so now that the market is transitioning to electric cars, the BEV version of the Golf could only be a sales success.

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    2. Thanks Jose!

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