Finland August 2015

A new Sales Champ?

Tesla Leads Edition

We have updated numbers from Finland up until August, with 447 units sold until now, sales are already above last year, and only 9 units behind the all time record of 456 units, set in 2013, thus showing a market in rapid growth.

Looking at the models ranking, a lot has changed since the last article in March, the Tesla Model S is now leader, followed by the Mitsu Outlander PHEV, while the Porsche Cayenne has found success here, now in #3. That's three AWD models in the podium...

Looking at the rest of the ranking, the VAG cousins Audi A3 e-Tron (#6) and VW Golf GTE (#5) are replicating here the success achieved in other markets, all while the Volvo XC90 Plug-in made its first registration, can the swedish SUV aim for the top next year?

Pl	Finland	Aug	YTD '15	%	Pl '14
1 2	Tesla Model S Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	11 14	98 72	22 16	2 1
3	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	5	66	15	8
4 5	Nissan Leaf Volkswagen Golf GTE	3 5	59 51	13 11	3 10
6	Audi A3 e-Tron	10	45	10	N/A
7	Mercedes S500 Plug-In		16	4	12
8 9	Volkswagen e-Up! Volvo V60 Plug-In	1	12 10	3 2	9 4
10 11 12 12 14 14	Toyota Prius Plug-In Porsche Panamera Plug-In Mercedes B-Class ED BMW i8 Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV Ford C-Max Energi	1 1 1	6 4 3 3 1 1	1 1 1 1 0 0	5 7 N/A N/A N/A N/A
	TOTAL	52	447	100

Source: trafi.fi

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South Korea August 2015

Samsung SM3 ZE

Samsung Threatens Kia

EV sales are up three fold in South Korea, with projected sales this year (2.000-plus) above the number of plug-ins sold until in Dec 31 2014, making 2015 the real Year One of EV's in SK.

Looking at the ranking, the Samsung SM3 ZE (The second coming of the Fluence ZE), is selling strong, registering in one month almost as much as it did last year (203 units), pressuring the leader Kia Soul EV.

The BMW i3 is increasing the sales pace and winning share (Up 2% since June), while two other foreigners are also making themselves noticed, with the Nissan Leaf in #4 and the just landed BMW i8 looking to replicate the success it has in other markets.

With this kind of growth rates, it wouldn't be surprising if other manufacturers joined the SK plug-in market.

Pl	South Korea	August	2015	%	Pl '14
1	Kia Soul EV e)	80	657	38	1
2	Samsung SM3 ZE	180	640	37	2
3 4 6	BMW i3 Nissan Leaf Chevrolet Spark EV e)	44 11 5	243 80 60	14 5 3	4 6 5
7 8	Kia Ray EV BMW i8	9	36 28	2 2	3 N/A
	TOTAL	329	1.744	100

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