Norway August 2014 (Updated)

e-Golf Rule Edition

1.897 EV's were sold in Norway, making it the second best selling month in history, only behind the historical landmark (3.128 units sold) set last March, with the EV Share rising as a result by 0,10% to 14,51%.

The VW e-Golf  continues to shine, collecting its second monthly #1, with 467 sales, shooting for the monthly EV leadership and if their sales were to be split from the ICE Golf, it would end up in #2 in the General Ranking. 

The VW e-Up! continues to sell like hot cakes, ending in #3 on the electric chart, behind the Nissan Leaf, #3 in the General Ranking, which finally had a decent month (400 units), coming close to the YTD electric leadership, with only 53 separating it from the under performing Tesla Model S (Only 183 sales).

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Volkswagen e-Golf	467
2	Nissan Leaf	400
3	Vokswagen e-Up!	297
4	BMW i3	202
5	Tesla Model S	183

In a monthly ranking with a decidedly  german accent, there's a good show by the BMW i3, with 202 units, losing the B-Class leadership for the Toyota Yaris for just two units, also  there was a surprising performance by the Peugeot Ion, selling 50 units, its best performance since October 2012, beating the Renault Zoe (34 sales in August) both in the YTD and in the monthly ranking...

The BMW i8 registered 5 cars, which is a positive sign on the acceptance of this six-figure sports car.

A newcomer has landed in this crowded EV Market (24 models!), the Kia Soul EV registered its first nine units, it will be interesting to see how Kia works on electric cars, considering they are late party crashers. 

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen is closer to the leadership, with 22% share, behind Nissan and Tesla, both with 25%. Will we see the german automaker leading in September?

Pl	Norway	Aug	YTD '14	%	'13Pl
1	Tesla Model S	183	3.431	25	2
2	Nissan Leaf	400	3.378	24	1
3	Volkswagen e-Up!	297	2.130	15	3
4	BMW i3	202	1.485	11	13
5	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	123	1.047	8	N/A
6	Volkswagen e-Golf	467	925	7	N/A
7	Citroen C-Zero	7	321	2	9
8	Mitsubishi I-Miev	56	320	2	4
9	Peugeot Partner EV	12	162	1	7
10	Peugeot iOn	50	151	1	10
11	Renault Zoe	34	142	1	N/A
12 13 13 15 16	Ford Focus Electric e) Citröen Berlingo EV Nissan e-NV200 e) Volvo V60 Plug-In Toyota Prius Plug-In	21 5 11 4 5	130 50 50 36 33	1 0 0 0 0	11 N/A N/A 5 6
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24	Renault Kangoo ZE Opel Ampera Kia Soul EV Renault Fluence ZE BMW i8 Renault Twizy Chevrolet Volt Smart Fortwo ED	1 9 5	21 16 9 8 6 5 2 2	0 0 0 0 0 0 0	8 12 N/A N/A N/A 14 N/A 16
	TOTAL	1.897	13.863	100

e) Estimate

Source: ofvas.no, gronnbil.no; elbil.no

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Domo arigato, for self-driving autos

Lynn Gayowski

When talk moves to autonomous cars, Google's self-driving car is often the first project that springs to mind. However, there are a slew of automakers with autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles in development — Audi, BMW, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota, to name a few. And did you know that QNX has been involved with autonomous projects since 1997?

Let's begin at the beginning. Obviously the first step is to watch the 1983 Mr. Roboto music video. To quote selectively, "I've come to help you with your problems, so we can be free." As Styx aptly communicated with the help of synthesizers, robots have the potential to improve our lives. Current research predicts autonomous cars will reduce traffic collisions and improve traffic flow, plus drivers will be freed up for other activities.

So let's take a look at how QNX has been participating in the progress to self-driving vehicles.

The microkernel architecture of the QNX operating system provides an exemplary foundation for systems with functional safety requirements, and as you can see from this list, there are projects related to cars, underwater robots, and rescue vehicles.

Take a look at this 1997 video from the California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH) and the National Automated Highway System Consortium (NAHSC) showing their automated driving demo — the first project referenced on our timeline. It's interesting that the roadway and driving issues mentioned in this video still hold true 17 years later.



We're estimating that practical use of semi-autonomous cars is still 4 years away and that fully autonomous vehicles won't be available to the general public for about another 10 years after that. So stay tuned to the QNX Auto Blog. I'm already envisioning a 30-year montage of our autonomous projects. With a stirring soundtrack by Styx.

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