Automotive
Volvo is leading plug-ins in Finland |
Volvo Tops Finland Edition
181 plug-ins were sold in Finland, two more than the year before, so for the moment EV's aren't on people's minds in Finland, unlike their immediate neighbors.
Keeping a curious trend, 2013 crowned a new best seller, the Volvo V60 Plug-In, succeeding the Prius Plug-In (2012), Citröen C-Zero ('11) and Think City ('10), maybe in '14 Volvo can break this trend and revalidate their Finnish crown.
In second came the Prius Plug-In with 45 units and the Nissan Leaf repeated last years third spot.
Looking ahead, Volvo is the favorite to be the best seller in '14 but, besides the usual suspects Prius and Leaf, Volvo must watch Tesla closely as the american brand has ambitious goals everywhere and Tesla suits well on local tastes.
Finland | 2013 | % |
Volvo V60 Plug-In | 66 | 36 |
Toyota Prius Plug-In | 45 | 25 |
Nissan Leaf | 41 | 23 |
Opel Ampera | 17 | 9 |
Mitsubishi I-Miev | 4 | 2 |
Chevrolet Volt Tesla Model S Fisker Karma Citröen C-Zero Porsche Panamera Plug-In | 3 2 1 1 1 | 2 1 0 0 0 |
TOTAL | 181 | 100 |