Automotive
Iceland, EV Champion
It's not only in football (Or soccer for those across The Pond) that Iceland has something to teach to much larger nations, the Icelandic plug-in market has the Third highest EV share in the World, with 3%, ending July with 400 new plug-ins, 93% above the same period last year, with last month alone being responsible for 96 units, a new all-time record.
Looking at the models ranking, the Nissan Leaf holds on to the leadership, with 75 units, running ahead of a PHEV pack (Outlander PHEV, Passat GTE, Golf GTE and Volvo XC90 T8), all trying to reach the 2014 & 2013 Best Seller Nissan Leaf.
Looking at the remaining models, BEV's are selling below expectations, with the VW e-Golf in particular down significantly, having registered half of what had sold last year by this time. A case of internal competition from the GTE relatives?
In the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen is on the same pace as last year, leading (31%) comfortably, followed by Nissan (21%) and the Third Placed Mitsubishi (13%).
| Pl | Iceland | July | YTD | % | '15Pl |
| 1 2 3 | Nissan Leaf e) Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Volkswagen Passat GTE | 15 8 10 | 75 50 47 | 19 13 12 | 2 3 N/A |
| 4 5 | Volkswagen Golf GTE Volvo XC90 T8 | 10 8 | 46 38 | 12 10 | 7 N/A |
| 6 7 7 9 | Volkswagen e-Golf Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Mercedes GLE500e e) Audi A3 e-Tron | 4 10 10 4 | 24 22 22 21 | 8 6 6 5 | 1 6 N/A 5 |
| 10 11 12 | Kia Soul EV Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Mercedes C350e e) | 5 2 6 | 18 8 7 | 5 2 2 | 4 10 N/A |
| 12 | BMW X5 40e | 1 | 7 | 2 | N/A |
| 14 | Volkswagen e-Up! | 6 | 2 | 9 | |
| 15 16 17 17 17 | Renault Kangoo ZE BMW i3 Tesla Model S Chevrolet Volt Toyota Prius Plug-In | 1 1 | 4 2 1 1 1 | 1 1 0 0 0 | N/A 13 8 13 11 |
| TOTAL | 96 | 400 | 100 |
Source: us.is
