Sweden October 2014

The V60 is gaining momentum

Third Best Edition

551 new EV's were registered last month, the third best month ever, pulling the EV Share  to 1,77%. Let's hope these numbers don't too much, now that the Swedish government ended subsidies for this year...

Looking at the models ranjking, the Outlander PHEV (279 units) continues to rule the market, winning every single monthly trophy since last November, its first full sales month in Sweden. 

Volvo is recovering sales momentum, with the V60 Plug-In registering 132 sales, its best result since March '13, and even the jurassic C30 Electric registered three units...As much as the VW e-Golf, both sharing the #12 spot in the YTD chart with 16 units, something is happening with the german hatch here, it just can't seem to take off.

The Renault Zoe continues to be a regular presence in the monthly Top 5, while the BMW i3 rounds up the table with 21 units, with only 3 of them being BEV, is the winter chill doing something here? 

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	279
2	Volvo V60 Plug-In	132
3	Nissan Leaf	31
4	Renault Zoe	26
5	BMW i3	21

Pl	Sweden	Oct.	YTD '14	%	'13Pl
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	279	2.018	47	6
2	Volvo V60 Plug-In	132	591	14	1
3	Nissan Leaf	31	408	10	3
4	Toyota Prius Plug-In	15	193	5	8
4	BMW i3 *	21	192	5	11
6	Volkswagen e-Up!	8	186	4	8
7	Tesla Model S	12	184	4	14
8	Renault Kangoo ZE	9	176	4	4
9	Renault Zoe	26	145	3	N/A
10 11 12 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 19 22 22 24 24	Renault Twizy e) Opel Ampera Volvo C30 Electric Volkswagen e-Golf Nissan e-NV200 Porsche Panamera Plug-In Citröen Berlingo EV Mitsubishi I-Miev BMW i8 Citröen C-Zero Saab 9.3 NEVS Porsche 918 Peugeot iOn Ford Focus Electric Peugeot Partner EV Kia Soul EV	5 4 3 3 1 1 1 1	83 19 16 16 11 10 9 6 5 4 4 4 2 2 1 1	2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	5 9 7 N/A N/A N/A N/A 10 N/A 12 N/A N/A N/A 15 N/A N/A
	TOTAL	551	4.286	100

* - 3 BEV + 18 Rex

Source: bilsweden.se; 

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Iceland October 2014

2,5% Edition

A record 39 EV's were sold in Iceland last month, jumping the EV Share yet again to 2,50%, which makes me wonder if some of these sales aren't imports...If anyone has an insight on this, i would appreciate more details on it.

Anyway, assuming these numbers are the real deal, the Nissan Leaf sold a record 17 units, counting 98 since the beggining of the year and representing 60% of the market, while behind it, the Tesla Model S lost the Second Place to the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, a car that seems well suited for this market.

A lot of newcomers coming in, two of the LCV variety, with the e-NV200 winning over the Renault Kangoo ZE, while the Kia Soul EV landed in October with their first two registrations. A curious absence from this market are the i-branded BMW's, when will they arrive?

Pl	Iceland	Oct.	YTD	%	'13Pl
1	Nissan Leaf	17	98	60	1
2 3	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Tesla Model S	6 2	15 13	9 8	N/A 4
5 6	Nissan e-NV200 Renault Kangoo ZE	1 6	9 7	6 4	N/A N/A
	Chevrolet Volt	1	6	4	5
8	Ford Focus Electric	2	4	2	N/A
9	Volkswagen e-Up!	1	3	2	N/A
9 10 10	Opel Ampera Toyota Prius Plug-In Kia Soul EV	1 2	3 2 2	2 1 1	7 2 N/A
	TOTAL	39	162	100

Source: us.is

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