Norway July 2014 (Updated)

E-Golf Shoots For Number One Edition

A total of 1.497 EV's were sold in Norway, a below par month, dropping the EV Share by 0,05% to 14,43%.

There's a newcomer in the monthly leadership, the VW e-Golf  finally had its first real sales month, with 391 sales, shooting for the monthly EV leadership and ending in #3 on the General Ranking, behind the Toyota Auris and...The ICE Golf. 

The VW e-Up! continued to sell like hot cakes (282 units sold) and ended in #3 on the electric chart, behind the Nissan Leaf, which lately has been under performing (313 units this month). It looks like the e-Golf has won the hearts (And wallets) of the middle class, leaving the japanese hatch behind.

With this brilliant performance, Volkswagen is already the Third Best Selling Brand in the YTD ranking, with 19% share, behind Nissan, with 25%, and Tesla, 27%.

A final mention for  the YTD leader Tesla, we were expecting the usual low numbers in the first month of a trimester, but 114 units it is not only the worst month of the year, but it is also the second lowest sales month for the american manufacturer in Norway...Something to worry about or just a slip? 

Pl	Norway	July	YTD '14	%	'13Pl
1	Tesla Model S	114	3.248	27	2
2	Nissan Leaf	313	2.978	25	1
3	Volkswagen e-Up!	282	1.817	15	3
4	BMW i3	124	1.283	11	13
5	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	106	924	8	N/A
6	Volkswagen e-Golf	391	502	4	N/A
7	Citroen C-Zero	14	314	3	9
8	Mitsubishi I-Miev	50	264	2	4
9	Peugeot Partner EV e)	5	140	1	7
10	Renault Zoe	41	108	1	N/A
11	Peugeot iOn	7	101	1	10
12 13 14 15 16	Ford Focus Electric Citröen Berlingo EV e) Nissan e-NV200 e) Volvo V60 Plug-In Toyota Prius Plug-In	24 5 10 5 2	92 63 42 32 28	1 1 0 0 0	11 N/A N/A 5 6
17 18 19 20 21 22 23	Renault Kangoo ZE Opel Ampera Renault Fluence ZE Renault Twizy Chevrolet Volt Smart Fortwo ED BMW i8	2 2	21 15 8 5 2 2 1	0 0 0 0 0 0 0	8 12 N/A 14 N/A 16 N/A
	TOTAL	1.497	11.990	100

e) Estimate

Source: ofvas.no, gronnbil.no

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Ireland July 2014

King Leaf - 2nd Edition

46 EV's were sold in Ireland last month, traditionally the second highest of the year, which puts the YTD sales at 180, just 2 behind the record year of 2012, when 182 plug-ins were sold. And there's still five months to improve the numbers...

The EV Share is now at 0,21%, well above the 0,08% recorded last year.

The Nissan Leaf continues to rule this market, with 84% share and 152 units sold. But now there is one car that can offer a little bit of a fight to the japanese hatch, with just a month and a half of sales, the Mitsu Outlander PHEV is already #2, with 12 units, being the first Plug-In Hybrid to have some kind of visibility in Ireland.

Pl	Ireland	July	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	31	152	84	1
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	4	12	7	N/A
2	BMW i3	5	8	4	5
4	Renault Zoe	3	4	2	N/A
5	Renault Twizy	1	2	1	3
6	Renault Kangoo ZE	1	1	1	2
6	Tesla Model S	1	1	1	N/A
	TOTAL	46	180	100

Source: beepbeep.ie

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