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VW Passat GTE Lands With a Bang Edition
The Swedish EV market registered 798 units, up a stratospheric 165% YoY, while also being the
The EV Share is up again to 2.23%, a new record that places Sweden as the Fifth market with highest percentage of plug-in share, only behind Norway, Netherlands, Iceland and Hong Kong.
The Outlander PHEV (220 units) continues leading the Monthly ranking, something it has been doing since November '13, but below it, a new competitor has arrived and has its headlights set on #1: The Volkswagen Passat GTE landed with 117 units, the best debut month ever for any plug-in model in Sweden, allowing it to shoot straight to #2 in November, will we see the German sedan beat the long-time running leader Outlander PHEV soon?
Also of notice are the 58 units recorded by the BMW i3, its best month yet here, a sign that customer-friendly deals are being made...
| Pl | Model | Sales | |
| 1 |
| 220 | |
| 2 | VW Passat GTE | 117 | |
| 3 | Volvo V60 Plug-In | 61 | |
| 4 | BMW i3 | 58 | |
| 5 | Nissan Leaf | 55 |
The Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia had another slow sales month, selling only 7 units, its worst result since January, dropping one position to #9, just like the Renault Zoe, now #8, to the great benefit of the Audi A3 e-Tron, up two positions to #7, thanks to a best-ever result of 47 sales.
On the manufacturers ranking, Mitsubishi continues on top (29%, down 1%), Nissan in Second with 16% (Down 1%) and Volkswagen (13%) recovered the Third Place, thanks to the brilliant landing of the Passat GTE.
| Pl | Sweden | Nov. | YTD '15 | % | '14Pl |
| 1 | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 220 | 2.048 | 29 | 1 |
| 2 | Nissan Leaf | 55 | 828 | 12 | 3 |
| 3 4 5 | Tesla Model S Volvo V60 Plug-In Volkswagen Golf GTE | 50 61 48 | 824 483 363 | 12 7 5 | 4 2 N/A |
| 6 | BMW i3 * | 58 | 346 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Audi A3 e-Tron | 47 | 319 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Renault Zoe | 13 | 302 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia ** | 7 | 289 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | Volkswagen e-Golf | 13 | 265 | 4 | 13 |
| 11 | Volkswagen e-Up! | 7 | 138 | 2 | 9 |
| 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 26 27 27 29 | Renault Kangoo ZE Toyota Prius Plug-In VW Passat GTE Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV BMW X5 40e Plug-In Renault Twizy Mercedes C350e Kia Soul EV BMW i8 Mercedes B-Class ED Opel Ampera Citröen Berlingo EV Mercedes S500e Peugeot Partner EV Porsche Panamera Plug-In Ford Focus Electric Mercedes GLE500e Porsche 918 | 9 5 117 23 22 23 10 2 2 5 1 | 133 126 117 73 65 49 49 40 24 22 16 10 8 7 6 3 3 1 | 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5 6 N/A N/A N/A 10 N/A 23 18 N/A 12 15 N/A 25 17 23 N/A 20 |
| TOTAL | 798 | 6.957 | 100 |
* - 18 BEV + 40 Rex
** - 4 Pass / 3 LCV
Source: bilsweden.se
