Spain April 2016

Caliente!

EV Sales continue hot in Spain, with 463 sales, the triple of April '15, with YTD sales shooting up a sensational 188% YoY, an impressive result, pulling the EV Share to a record 0.38%, a new record for the Spain.

There was a leadership change in this year accumulated sales, with the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV returning to #1 and displacing the Nissan Leaf to the runner-up position. 

The 144 units registered in April by the Outlander PHEV set a new absolute monthly record for a PHEV, while the 270 units YTD sold in only four months means that the 2012 all-time sales record (943 units, by the Renault Twizy) could be in danger for the first time ever...

Two EV's deserve a special mention, if the 51 units of the Smart Fortwo ED can be mostly attributed to the Car2Go car-sharing fleet, the six Model S deliveries represent a  new (admittedly small) record for the american car, with an increasing number of Superchargers popping up in Spain, the demand for the all-electric sports sedan is to expected to only go higher.

On the manufacturers ranking, Nissan stays continues in the leadership (25%, down 4%), followed by the new runner-up Mitsubishi (18%, up 6%) and Renault (16%).

A curious fact is that two of the Top 5 best selling models are LCV's, a rare event nowadays.

Pl	Spain	April	YTD'16	%	'15Pl
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	144	270	18	1
2 3 4 5	Nissan Leaf Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Renault Zoe Renault Kangoo ZE	54 21 42 34	252 120 117 93	17 8 8 6	3 6 4 5
6 7 8	Smart Fortwo ED BMW i3 * Volkswagen Golf GTE	51 10 22	89 66 64	6 4 4	2 7 11
9 10	Volkswagen Passat GTE BMW X5 40e PHEV	2 7	57 37	4 3	N/A 15
11	Kia Soul EV	3	34	2	10
11	Renault Twizy	9	34	2	8
13	Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV	7	29	2	N/A
13 15 16 16 18 18 20 21 22 22 24 25 26 27 28 28 30 30 32 32 32 32	Citröen C-Zero Audi A3 e-Tron BMW i8 Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Piaggio Porter EV BMW 225xe Active Tourer BMW 330e Mercedes GLE500e Tesla Model S Peugeot Partner EV Mercedes C350e Volkswagen e-Golf Mercedes B250e Citröen Berlingo EV Mercedes S500e Volkswagen e-Up! Volvo V60 Plug-In Porsche Panamera Plug-In Peugeot iOn Mitsubishi I-Miev Seat Mii EV Toyota Prius Plug-In	5 6 2 3 3 6 4 5 6 9 2 2 1 1 1 1	27 23 18 18 17 17 16 13 12 12 9 8 7 6 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1	2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	24 9 14 13 12 N/A N/A N/A 23 22 26 16 20 29 19 18 20 17 27 32 N/A 24
	TOTAL	463	1.479	100

Source: forococheselectricos.com

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Sweden April 2016

Leader in Sweden

The Dog Days Are Over... Edition

The Swedish EV market has recovered from a weak start of the year and is pressing forward, with 1.252 units in April, up 84% YoY, making this the thrid best sales month ever, only below last March and December.

As a result of this brilliant performance, the EV Share jumped to 2.95%, an all-time record for the Swedish EV market.

Looking at the monthly models ranking, the VW Passat GTE, ensured its second third leadership score, with 297 units (New Personal Best), winning the hearts and wallets of middle-managers across Sweden.

Volvo had a great sales month, placing the V60 Plug-in wagon in Third (131 units, best result in 18 months) and the XC90 PHEV SUV in Fifth, with a personal best 95 units.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Volkswagen Passat GTE	297
2	Nissan Leaf	138
3	Volvo V60 Plug-In	131
4	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	129
5	Volvo XC90 T8	95

Looking at the YTD ranking, there were a number of changes:

- The Volvo's recovered one position each, with the V60 Plug-in rising to Third and the XC90 PHEV to Fourth;

- The 2015 Best Seller, Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, jumped two positions to #5, contributing for the three position slump of the Tesla Model S to #6;

- The Renault Zoe rose one position to #8;

- The VW BEV's had a surprising good month, with the e-Up! (24 units, best result since August '14), jumping three positions to #15 and its larger brother e-Golf also climbing one position to #16.

On the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen (31%, up 1%) is stable in the leadership, followed by Volvo (18%, up 1%) and BMW (14%) in Third.

Pl	Sweden	April	YTD '16	%	'15Pl
1 2	Volkswagen Passat GTE Nissan Leaf	297 138	805 363	23 11	11 3
3	Volvo V60 Plug-In	131	322	9	4
4 5	Volvo XC90 T8 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	95 129	285 258	8 7	12 1
6	Tesla Model S	52	250	7	2
7 8	BMW i3 * Renault Zoe	72 60	218 163	6 5	7 6
9 10 11	Volkswagen Golf GTE BMW 330e Audi A3 e-Tron	47 56 23	153 118 83	4 3 3	5 N/A 8
12 13	BMW X5 40e PHEV BMW 225xe Active Tourer	41 19	80 67	2 2	16 N/A
14	Renault Kangoo ZE	20	54	2	14
15	Volkswagen e-Up!	24	47	1	13
16 17 18 19 20 20 22 23 23 25 26 26 26 26	Volkswagen e-Golf Mercedes C350e Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Peugeot Partner EV Kia Soul EV Toyota Prius Plug-In Mercedes GLE500e Mercedes B250e Renault Twizy BMW i8 Saab 9.3 NEVS Mitsubishi I-Miev Mercedes S500e Volkswagen XL1	19 9 4 4 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 2	45 37 32 16 10 10 7 5 5 4 2 2 2 2	1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	10 17 9 24 19 15 27 21 18 20 N/A N/A 24 N/A
	TOTAL	1.252	3.446	100

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Plug-Ins Versus Regular Hybrids

Pl	Model	April
1	Toyota Auris Hybrid	439
2	Volkswagen Passat GTE	297
3	Toyota Yaris Hybrid	233
4	Nissan Leaf	138
4	Volvo V60 Plug-In	131

If we combine April sales of regular hybrids with plug-ins, we see a familiar picture:The Toyota Auris Hybrid leads the way, but this time the Toyota Yaris Hybrid is down to Third, surpassed by the VW Passat GTE, while the remaining positions are all for plug-ins.

Source: bilsweden.se

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