Japan June 2016

Nissan Leaf is Gold

The Japanese EV is up 16% YoY, with some 1.800 units, placing the YTD numbers at over 14.000 units, a 28% increase over the same period last year and the EV Share steady at 0.6%. At this rhythm, we are possibly headed for a record year, with the 32.4k units recorded in 2014 within sight of being broker until December, 31st.

The 30kWh-rejuvenated Nissan Leaf continues to be the main driving force, with 1.323 units, up 50% YoY, and with YTD sales at 9.407 units, it has bested the 2015 result (9.057), and with total sales heading to some 19k sales, expect the yearly all-time record for a single model in Japan (14.177 units, sold by the same Leaf, in 2014), to  be broken by October.

On the other hand, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV continues to be ashamed by Nissan's hatch, having registered only 253 units, mode than 1.000 units behind its competitor.

It looks the Leaf will recover the Best Seller status in Japan by a landslide, earning its Fourth trophy, after its 2011 & 2013/4 wins.

Pl	Japan	June	2016	%	Pl '15
1	Nissan Leaf	1.323	9.407	64	2
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	253	3.750	26	1
3	BMW i3 e)	100	600	4	4
4	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia e)	50	300	2	7
5	Mitsubishi Minicab Miev	21	152	1	8
6 7 8 9 10	Tesla Model S e) Mitsubishi I-Miev Toyota Prius Plug-In e) Mit. Minicab Miev Truck BMW i8 e)	25 15 5 9 5	150 111 105 47 30	1 1 1 0 0	6 5 3 9 10
	TOTAL	1.806	14.652	100

e) Estimate

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Sweden July 2016

Sweden's new plug-in favorite

Outlander PHEV Recovers

The Swedish EV market has managed to stay above the 1.000 in July, with 1.005 units, achieving it for the fifth consecutive time, all while improving sales 80% over the same period last year, with the EV Share hitting once again a new record at 3.32%.

Looking at the monthly models ranking, the VW Passat GTE, was once again the leader, with 446 units (Sixth consecutive monthly Best Selling trophy), representing 29% of all VW Passat sales, if the GTE midsizer were to be considered a unique model, it would be ranked #11 in the general ranking.

The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV was once again the runner-up, having sold 113 units, while Volvo had again a good sales month, placing the XC90 Plug-in in Third (74 units) and the V60 Plug-In in Fourth, with 71 units.

Finally, the Tesla Model S ended July in Fifth, with 57 units, a rather underwhelming performance, having seen its sales drop 45%.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Volkswagen Passat GTE	446
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	113
3	Volvo XC90 T8	74
4	Volvo V60 Plug-In	71
5	Tesla Model S	57

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

- The BMW 330e climbed to #7, switching positions with its i3 relative;

- VW had a good month, with the Golf GTE climbing to #9 and the e-Up! to #14;

There were two new entries in the Swedish EV Market, the Audi Q7 e-Tron landed with 13 units, a good sign for future performances, while the Tesla Model X has made its first registration, it will be interesting to see by how much will the SUV model outsell the Model S brethren.

On the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen (35, up 2%) is firm in the leadership, followed by Volvo (18%) and BMW (12%) in Third, with Mitsubishi (11%) a close Fourth.

Pl	Sweden	July	YTD '16	%	'15Pl
1 2 3	Volkswagen Passat GTE Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Volvo V60 Plug-In	446 113 71	2.069 786 682	29 11 10	11 1 4
4	Volvo XC90 T8	74	572	8	12
5	Nissan Leaf	14	512	7	3
6	Tesla Model S	57	408	6	2
7	BMW 330e	48	284	4	N/A
8 9 10 11	BMW i3 * Volkswagen Golf GTE Renault Zoe BMW X5 40e	16 37 16 20	282 266 248 142	4 4 4 2	7 5 6 16
12 13	BMW 225xe Active Tourer Audi A3 e-Tron	9 5	114 109	2 2	N/A 8
14	Volkswagen e-Up!	10	90	1	13
15	Renault Kangoo ZE	7	88	1	14
16 17 18 19 20 21 21 23 24 25 26 27 27 29 30 30 30 33 33 33	Volkswagen e-Golf Mercedes C350e Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia ** Toyota Prius Plug-In Peugeot Partner EV Kia Soul EV Porsche Cayenne Plug-In BMW i8 Audi Q7 e-Tron Mercedes GLE500e Mercedes B250e Renault Twizy Mercedes GLC350e Mitsubishi I-Miev Saab 9.3 NEVS Mercedes S500e Volkswagen XL1 Citröen Berlingo EV Porsche Panamera Plug-In Tesla Model X	9 10 10 5 1 5 2 3 13 1 1 1 1	70 68 58 41 30 23 20 19 13 11 10 5 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 1	1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	10 17 9 15 24 19 N/A 20 N/A 27 21 18 N/A N/A N/A 24 N/A 23 26 N/A
	TOTAL	1.005	7.037	100

* - 11 Rex + 5 Bev

** - 3 pass + 7 lcv

Plug-Ins Versus Regular Hybrids

Pl	Model	July
1	Volkswagen Passat GTE	446
2	Toyota Auris Hybrid	270
3	Toyota Yaris Hybrid	153
4	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	113
5	Volvo XC90 T8	74

If we combine July sales of regular hybrids with plug-ins, we see the Toyota hybrids behind the VW Passat GTE, with the Outlander PHEV in Fourth, followed by the Volvo XC90 PHEV.

Source: bilsweden.se

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