Sweden February 2016

The new leader in Sweden

Passat GTE Edition

The Swedish EV market is back at its usual self, with 639 units in February, up 110% YoY, with the EV Share jumping to 1,89%.

The VW Passat GTE, with 210 units, jumped to the leadership and all signs point that it will be there for a long time, with the homeboy hero Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV also jumping to Second Place, both in February and YTD. 

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Volkswagen Passat GTE	210
2	Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV	82
3	Volvo V60 Plug-In	47
3	BMW i3	47
5	Tesla Model S	37

A special mention for the reappearance of the Saab 9.3 NEVS, with two new units registered, a sign for things to come?

On the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen (30%) removed Volvo from the leadership (22%), followed by BMW in Third, with 14%.

Pl	Sweden	Feb.	YTD '16	%	'15Pl
1 2	Volkswagen Passat GTE Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV	210 82	215 116	23 13	11 12
2	Volvo V60 Plug-In	47	88	10	4
3 4 5	Nissan Leaf BMW i3 * Renault Zoe	36 47 28	83 73 62	9 8 7	3 7 6
6	Tesla Model S	37	56	6	2
7	Audi A3 e-Tron	21	38	4	8
8 8 8	BMW X5 40e PHEV BMW 225xe Active Tourer Volkswagen Golf GTE	8 24 23	24 24 24	3 3 3	16 N/A 5
11 12	Volkswagen e-Golf Renault Kangoo ZE	15 9	21 20	2 2	10 14
13	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia **	10	19	2	9
13	Volkswagen e-Up!	12	19	2	13
15 16 16 16 19 19 19 22 22	Mercedes C350e BMW 330e Peugeot Partner EV Toyota Prius Plug-In Kia Soul EV Mercedes GLE500e Saab 9.3 NEVS Mitsubishi I-Miev Mercedes S500e	11 5 3 4 2 2 2 1	12 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 1	1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0	17 N/A 24 15 19 27 N/A N/A 24
	TOTAL	639	917	100

* - 38 Rex + 9 Bev

** - 2 Pass / 8 LCV

Source: bilsweden.se

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Italy February 2016

BMW might have a winner here

Active Tourer Edition

Unlike other markets, the Italian EV market is not experiencing growth, with year to date sales inclusively dropping 13% regarding 2015, with the EV Share at a low 0,11%.

Looking at the models ranking, there is a surprise in the ranking, with the newcomer BMW 225xe Active Tourer scoring an impressive 94 units, the best monthly result for any model in the last 10 months and a record for any plug-in BMW.

The Volkswagen Golf GTE was the third Best Selling model in February, jumping to Fourth and underlining a fundamental change in the market: The rise of PHEV's, in 2016 they count 42% of the EV market, when last year they had 21% and in 2014 only 9%...

As for pure electrics, the Nissan Leaf continues to sell in decent numbers, the veteran C-Zero is experiencing a Second Youth, placed in the Runner-up position, while the sports-sedan Tesla Model S had another two digit month, placing it at a best ever Fifth position.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, the chronic leader Renault (Fourth, with just 8% share) had a horrible start, leaving the leadership for BMW, with 34% Share, followed by Nissan (16%) and Volkswagen (10%).

Pl	Italy	Feb.	YTD	%	'15Pl
1	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	94	103	30	N/A
2 3	Citröen C-Zero Nissan Leaf	13 32	67 56	19 16	6 1
4	Volkswagen Golf GTE	25	32	9	5
5	Tesla Model S	10	22	6	8
6	Renault Twizy e)	10	20	6	4
7 8 9 10	BMW X5 40e Mercedes B250e Peugeot iOn Renault Zoe	2 5 6	15 12 11 9	4 3 3 3	11 10 22 2
11 11	BMW i3 Volkswagen e-Up!	1 2	4 4	1 1	3 11
13	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia	1	2	1	17
14	Renault Kangoo ZE	1	1	0	N/A
14	Smart Fortwo ED		1	0	9
	TOTAL	204	359	100

Source: greenstart.it

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