Saturday, March 19, 2016

Norway February 2016





Plug-In Hybrids On The Rise Edition

The general performance of the Norwegian EV market continues to amaze, there were 3.555 EV's sold, up 65% YoY, with the EV Share growing yet again to over 27%, an interesting fact is that PHEV's continue to win share, now at 35% vs 25% in 2015.
  
Looking at the monthly models ranking, the VW e-Golf continues leading for the tenth eleventh consecutive month, followed by a surprising Mitsu Outlander PHEV (518 units, all-time record for a plug-in hybrid) and a recovering Leaf (453 units, up 83% YoY) in Third, with the VW Golf GTE ending in Fourth, with 358 units, a personal best.

PlModelSales  
1Volkswagen e-Golf 606
2Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV518
3Nissan Leaf453
4Volkswagen Golf GTE358
5BMW i3248

Looking at the year to date ranking, the main news are the rise of the Outlander PHEV to #3 (And #4 overall) and Golf GTE to #5, the PHEV version represents 19% of sales of all sales of the general ranking leader VW Golf, if we count it together with the 100% electric version (55% of Golf sales), an amazing 74% of all Golf's sold this year in Norway had a plug...

A special mention for the good numbers of the Kia Soul EV, with 156 units, its best month ever. not counting imports.

Looking at EV's  performance in the February general ranking, besides the usual lead of the e-Golf, the Outlander PHEV ended in Second, followed by the Nissan Leaf in Third, making it a 100% Plug-In podium in the overall ranking.

BMW i3 (#11) and Audi A3 e-Tron (#14) also deserve a mention, with only the Toyota Yaris (#3, with 317 units) outselling the Bimmer hatch in the subcompact car class.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen (30%, down 1%) continues in the lead, followed at a distance by Nissan (14%) and BMW (12%), which have switched positions regarding January.

PlNorwayFeb.YTD%'15Pl
1Volkswagen e-Golf6061.225191
2Nissan Leaf 453737113
3Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV518639104
4BMW i3 24854285
5Volkswagen Golf GTE 35842476
6Audi A3 e-Tron 20839967
7Renault Zoe5024748
8Volkswagen e-Up!9322339
9Volvo V60 Plug-In105220312
10
11
BMW X5 40e PHEV 
Tesla Model S
100
113
219
218
3
3
19
2
12Kia Soul EV156212311
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
30
32
Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV
Mercedes C350e 
Mercedes B250e
Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia
Peugeot iOn
Volkswagen Passat GTE
Citröen C-Zero
Renault Kangoo ZE
Mercedes GLE500e
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In
BMW 225xe Active Tourer
Peugeot Partner EV
BMW i8
Smart Fortwo ED
Mitsubishi I-Miev
Ford Focus Electric
Porsche Panamera Plug-In
Mercedes S500e
Toyota Prius Plug-In
Citröen Berlingo EV
67
76
80
71
42
66
32
26
21
9
27
10
8
9
2
1




171
170
169
148
87
84
65
57
45
36
27
17
14
13
6
4
3
2
2
1
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
22
10
14
13
20
16
17
27
24
N/A
18
25
15
26
21
N/A
30
28
23

TOTAL3.5556.426100


10 comments:

  1. Mitsubishi is not all electric I guess, so the podium is not really all electric :/

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    1. Granted, i will change the text accordingly ;-)

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  2. Hi Jose. Do you consider Audi A3 and BMW i3 being subcompacts? In my view these are are definetely part of compacts and thus should be compared with Auris.

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    1. The BMW i3 is a subcompact, but the A3 is not, i will change the text, to better clarify that.

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  3. Tesla is screwed. Its market share fell to just 3%!! Volkswagen (Volkswagen + Audi) is at 35%.

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    1. Not so sure about that, expect Tesla to have a smashing month in March.

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    2. Hi Jose,
      I don't think so! Tesla is done in Norway. See this thread (post #1957) in TMC forums. Mr. Bacardi tracks latest Tesla sales in Norway with a software that pings the Norwegian auto registration system. 194 registrations till Mar 20th and Easter has come!

      https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/eu-market-situation-and-outlook.29111/page-98

      - Dr. ValueSeeker

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    3. Mmmm...If that is indeed the case, then the norwegian currency devaluation is making an impact there.

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  4. Fun-fact from Hordaland, the with Norway's second largest city Bergen; >40% EVs.
    https://twitter.com/solves/status/705483498895888384

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