Norway July 2015

The current Norway (Europe?) star players

Volkswagen Audi Group Edition

Some 2.600 units were sold last month, up 70% YoY (At this rate, in less than 10 years Norway will have a 100% EV auto market), with the EV Share steady at 22.85%, with several EV players showing their strenghts:
- The VW e-Golf and GTE represent two thirds of all Golf sales, with the first leading the General ranking, if we separated single models cars by fuel source (BEV, PHEV and ICE);

- Tesla's Model S was down to #5 in the EV ranking and #14 in the global auto martket (First month of the quarter...), but it is still #2 YTD Second spot on both charts (EV and Global ranking);

- The Nissan Leaf had its best result since March, selling 239 units, achieving a Third place in the EV ranking (#13 in the general ranking, #4 in the C-segment/compact class);

- The Audi A3 e-Tron was #4 in the EV ranking and it has been growing since it landed, so it wouldn't be surprising if we saw a 1-2-3 monthly ranking for VAG in August.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Volkswagen e-Golf e)	700
2	Volkswagen Golf GTE	381
3	Nissan Leaf	239
4	Audi A3 e-Tron	230
5	Tesla Model S	222

Last month the two position jump to #5 of the Renault Zoe was in the headlines, now the french car is back to #7 after registering just 24 units in July, on the other hand, two models are on the rise: The Golf GTE jumped two positions to #6, while the Audi A3 e-Tron is back at #5.

The Volvo V60 climbed another position to #12 and the Mercedes B-Class ED continues to improve and a #7 might be possible for it in the near term. 

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, VW improved slightly the leadership, up 1% to 38% share, followed by Tesla (15%) and Nissan (11%), both stable in the remaining podium places.

Pl	Norway	July	YTD'15	%	'14Pl
1	Volkswagen e-Golf e)	700	5.529	28	5
2	Tesla Model S	222	2.896	15	2
3	Nissan Leaf	239	1.850	9	1
4	Mitsu Outlander PHEV e)	120	1.430	7	6
5	Audi A3 e-Tron	230	1.152	6	21
6	Volkswagen Golf GTE	381	1.103	6	N/A
7	Renault Zoe	24	1.073	5	8
8 9	Volkswagen e-Up! e) BMW i3	80 123	909 807	4 4	3 4
10 11	Mercedes B-Class ED e) Kia Soul EV e)	190 22	770 404	4 2	N/A 7
12 13	Volvo V60 Plug-In e) Peugeot iOn	82 32	397 374	2 2	14 11
14	Mitsubishi I-Miev	22	313	2	9
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 26	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia e) Citröen C-Zero Peugeot Partner EV e) Renault Kangoo ZE Citröen Berlingo EV e) Smart Fortwo ED e) BMW i8 Toyota Prius Plug-In Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Mercedes C350e PHEV Mercedes S500 Plug-In Opel Ampera	25 25 10 14 5 5 1 4	296 217 87 66 51 44 29 17 9 3 3 2	1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	15 8 12 19 16 22 20 17 N/A N/A N/A 21
	TOTAL	2.556	19.831	100

Source: elbil.no; ofvas.no; gronnbil.no