Sweden October 2015

A new sales champ?

BMW X5 xDrive40e (Aka Plug-In) Lands With a Bang Edition

The Swedish EV market registered 731 units, up 33% YoY, while also being the third consecutive month of monthly growth.

The EV Share is up again to 2.18%, a new record that places Sweden as the Fifth market with highest percentage of plug-in share, only behind Norway, Netherlands, Iceland and Hong Kong.

The Outlander PHEV (276 units) continues leading the Monthly ranking, something it has been doing since November '13, but below it there is lot going on, the Nissan Leaf reached #2 with 72 units, while the Volvo V60 Plug-In climbed to Third, being the first time this year that the swedish estate climbed the podium.

Also of notice is the remarkable Fifth position of the BMW X5 Plug-in, with 42 units, right in it's full sales month, is this a isolated waiting list stock clearance or an indication for the future? 

Comparing this month Top 5 with that of October '14, three models repeat their presence: The Outlander PHEV was #1, the Leaf, Third and the V60 Plug-In, Second, with the rest of the podium was composed by the Renault Zoe and BMW i3.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Mitsu Outlander PHEV	276
2	Nissan Leaf	72
3	Volvo V60 Plug-In	67
4	Tesla Model S	54
5	BMW X5 Plug-In	42

Looking at the YTD chart, everything stays the same in the Top 5 positions, although the Tesla Model S and Nissan Leaf are now only separated by one unit in the race for #2 and the title of Best Selling Pure Electric Vehicle.

The Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia had a slow sales month, selling only 10 units, its worst result since February, dropping two positions to #8, to the benefit of the Renault Zoe and BMW i3, now respectively Sixth and Seventh.

The Audi A3 e-Tron seems unharmed by the Dieselgate, posting a respectable sales month (34 units), rising to #9 and dropping the VW e-Golf cousin to #10.

The Renault Kangoo ZE also climbed one position to #12, with a year best sales month, by registering 26 units, but the truly impressive result came from the BMW X5 Plug-In, shooting to #15 and promising a lot in the next few months.




On the manufacturers ranking, there weren't many significant changes, with Mitsubishi on top (30%, up 1%), Nissan in Second with 17% (Down 1%) and Tesla in Third, with 13%, with the #4 Volkswagen losing a bit of steam, down 1% to 11% Share.

Pl	Sweden	Oct.	YTD '15	%	'14Pl
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	276	1.828	30	1
2	Tesla Model S	54	774	13	4
3 4 5	Nissan Leaf Volvo V60 Plug-In Volkswagen Golf GTE	72 67 37	773 422 315	13 7 5	3 2 N/A
6	Renault Zoe	27	289	5	8
7	BMW i3 *	38	288	5	6
8	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia **	10	282	5	11
9	Audi A3 e-Tron	34	272	4	15
10	Volkswagen e-Golf	12	252	4	13
11	Volkswagen e-Up!	12	131	2	9
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 26 27	Renault Kangoo ZE Toyota Prius Plug-In Renault Twizy BMW X5 Plug-In Kia Soul EV Mercedes C350e BMW i8 Mercedes B-Class ED Opel Ampera Citröen Berlingo EV Mercedes S500 Plug-In Porsche Panamera Plug-In Ford Focus Electric Mercedes GLE500e Peugeot Partner EV Porsche 918	26 5 42 3 8 2 2 2 1 1	124 121 49 43 30 26 22 20 16 10 8 5 3 3 2 1	2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	5 6 10 N/A 23 N/A 18 N/A 12 15 N/A 17 23 N/A 25 20
	TOTAL	731	6.109	100

* - 18 BEV + 20 Rex

** - 5 Pass / 5 LCV

Source: bilsweden.se

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Spain October 2015

Car2Go Record Edition

A record 542 units were registered last month, with sales surging 68% YoY and the EV  Share rising to 0,26%, finally above last year result and also a record high. YTD sales are also at record levels, with sales above the 2.000 units. 

This unexpected result is mostly due to a fleet deal, thanks to the delivery of the first 199 units of the expected 500 Smart Fortwo ED of the Car2Go car-sharing company in Madrid, at the same time, the tiny two seater has beaten a three year old record of another two seater, the Renault Twizy, allowing a 10 position jump to #3, now if all 500 are delivered this year, we will still see the Fortwo ED as #1 in Spain.

Despite this brilliant result, the 199 units of the Fortwo ED only placed the electric two seater in #99 of the generic spanish auto market, so a lot still has to be done here...

The other significant change was the BMW i3 dropping two positions to #5, all while the top two became closer than ever, with the Nissan Leaf recovering two units and now only three units behind the surprise leader Outlander PHEV. 

A mention to Renault, two year best for their models, with the Twizy registering 32 units and the Zoe selling 61 units. 

A new model has landed last month, the Mercedes C350e registered its first unit, while the Vigo-made Citroen Berlingo EV sold its first two units of the year.

On the manufacturers ranking, Renault (23%) increased slightly its leadership over Nissan (22%). Third is Mitsubishi (14%) and BMW (11%), Fourth.

Pl	Spain	Oct.	YTD'15	%	'14Pl
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	46	313	14	3
2 3 4	Nissan Leaf Smart Fortwo ED Renault Zoe	48 199 61	310 235 228	14 10 10	1 8 2
5 6	BMW i3 * Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia	35 24	207 183	9 8	4 6
7	Renault Kangoo ZE	19	173	8	7
8	Renault Twizy	32	136	6	5
9	Audi A3 e-Tron	21	89	4	N/A
10	Kia Soul EV	10	78	3	22
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 17 20 20 22 23 23 23 25 27 27 29 29 29 29 29	Volkswagen Golf GTE Piaggio Porter EV Porsche Cayenne Plug-In BMW i8 Volkswagen e-Golf Porsche Panamera Plug-In Volkswagen e-Up! Peugeot Partner EV Mercedes B-Class ED Volvo V60 Plug-In Mercedes S500 Plug-In Tesla Model S Toyota Prius Plug-In Citroen C-Zero BMW X5 Plug-In Porsche 918 BYD e6 Citroen Berlingo EV Volkswagen XL1 Mitsubishi I-Miev Peugeot iOn Ford Focus Electric Mercedes C350e	9 11 8 1 1 3 3 3 1 3 4 2 1	59 57 51 31 21 18 13 13 13 9 9 8 7 7 7 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1	3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	N/A N/A N/A 10 13 11 18 20 N/A 9 N/A 14 14 22 N/A 22 14 14 N/A 18 N/A  N/A N/A
	TOTAL	542	2.287	100

Source: forococheselectricos.com

* - 26 Bev + 9 Rex

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