Sweden September 2014

The V60 recovered its #2 spot

V60 Strickes Back Edition

388 new EV's were registered last month, down 35% regarding the month before, dragging the  EV Share fractionally down to 1,67%. But numbers are numbers, and looking at them from another perspective, the same month last year saw just 115 sales...

The Outlander PHEV (143 units) continues to rule the market, winning every single monthly trophy since last November, its first full sales month in Sweden. Talk about a suiting market...

If last month the Nissan Leaf sales went through the roof, this time it was Volvo's turn to respond, with the V60 Plug-In registering 94 sales, its best result since March '13, and even the thought dead C30 Electric had one registration to show...This sales peak allowed the V60 to recover the YTD Second Spot, relegating the Leaf back to #3.

Third this month we had the Tesla Model S (31 sales) and Fourth we have the Renault Zoe, now a regular presence in the monthly Top 5, while in #5 we have a little surprise, with the Prius Plug-In registering its best result since May, with 19 units sold. 

At the bottom of the table we see two landings, the Citröen Berlingo Electrique (EV) sold its first nine units in Sweden, while the Kia Soul EV had landed, selling its first unit here.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	143
2	Volvo V60 Plug-In	94
3	Tesla Model S	31
4	Renault Zoe	29
5	Toyota Prius Plug-In	19

Pl	Sweden	Sep	YTD '14	%	'13Pl
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	143	1.739	47	6
2	Volvo V60 Plug-In	94	459	12	1
3	Nissan Leaf	8	377	10	3
4	Volkswagen e-Up!	9	178	5	8
4	Toyota Prius Plug-In	19	178	5	2
6	Tesla Model S	31	172	5	14
7	BMW i3 *	16	171	5	11
8	Renault Kangoo ZE	13	167	4	4
9	Renault Zoe	29	119	3	N/A
10 11 12 12 14 14 16 17 17 17 20 21 21 23 23	Renault Twizy e) Opel Ampera Volvo C30 Electric Volkswagen e-Golf Porsche Panamera Plug-In Citröen Berlingo EV Mitsubishi I-Miev Citröen C-Zero Saab 9.3 NEVS BMW i8 Porsche 918 Peugeot iOn Ford Focus Electric Peugeot Partner EV Kia Soul EV	5 2 1 4 2 9 1 1 1	69 15 13 13 9 9 6 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1	2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	5 9 7 N/A N/A N/A 10 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A 15 N/A N/A
	TOTAL	388	3.705	100

* - 9 BEV + 7 Rex

Source: bilsweden.se; 

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The second generation Proton Perdana

The second generation Proton Perdana was unveiled last year and is only available exclusively to Malaysian Government officials. The car is available in 2.0 and 2.4 litre models and according to reports, is based on the 8th generation Honda Accord.

Saw one a few days back in PJ and it really looks nice.

Stuck at traffic lights when I took this picture.

2014 Proton Perdana Front Three Quarter CC BY-SA 3.0
Paul Tan paultan.org's contribution to Wikimedia

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