Thursday, August 10, 2017

Norway July 2017

Image result for Mercedes GLC350e on ice
Another  market warming up to the midsize Mercedes SUV


Return of the PHEV

The Norwegian plug-in market grew 34% last month to 3.968 units, leading to na increase in the YTD tally to 31.063 registrations, up 24% YoY, keeping  the plug-in share at 35%.

Looking at July Top Sellers, a lot changed regarding the previous month, after a 100% BEV Top 5 in June, this month brought PHEVs back, in the form of two SUVs, the Mercedes GLC350e and the Outlander PHEV, but possibly the most startling surprise was the old dog Nissan Leaf reaching #1, with 334 deliveries, it seems the Japanese model still has a trick (hard discounts) up its sleeve to win sales.
PlModelSales  
1Nissan Leaf334
2Mercedes GLC350e295
3Mit. Outlander PHEV286
4BMW i3
277
5Renault Zoe250

Looking at the YTD ranking, the most important news were the Nissan Leaf closing in on Second Placed e-Golf (140 deliveries, worst performance in over 3 years, wha'sup VW?), and with both separated by just 50 units, the Grandaddy of the ranking might even surpass the recently 36 kWh supersized e-Golf...

The Outlander PHEV climbed to #4 and became the Best Selling PHEV, while the Tesla Model X dropped two positions in the ranking, now being #8, to the benefit of the trendy Mercedes GLC350e and Renault Zoe.

In the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen (21%, down 1%) is in the leadership, with BMW (18%, up 1%) approaching from behind, while Mercedes (12% share, up 1%) is in Third Place, distancing itself from Tesla and Nissan, both with 8%.

Footnote: Three additional Toyota Mirai were added in July to the FCEV stock.

PlNorwayJulyYTD%'16Pl
1BMW i32773.046105
2Volkswagen e-Golf
1402.58682
3Nissan Leaf3342.53684
4
5
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
Volkswagen Passat GTE
286
189
2.089
2.085
7
7
1
6
6
7
Mercedes GLC350e
Renault Zoe
295
250
1.789
1.701
6
5
21
10
8
9
Tesla Model X
Volkswagen Golf GTE
103
228
1.610
1.463
5
5
11
3
10BMW 225xe Active Tourer1721.119412
11Mercedes B250e1571.10149
12
13
14
15
16
17
Volvo XC90 T8
Hyundai Ioniq Electric
Tesla Model S
Audi A3 e-Tron
Opel Ampera-e
Mercedes C350e
95
135
57
136
200
72
1.017
1.014
910
864
834
675
3
3
3
3
3
2
19
20
8
7
N/A
15
18
BMW X5 40e
59626216
19
20
Audi Q7 e-Tron
Volvo V60 Plug-In
67
54
605
581
2
2
22
17
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

Volkswagen e-Up!
Kia Soul EV
Toyota Prius PHV
BMW 330e
BMW 530e
Mercedes GLE500e
Mercedes E350e
Kia Optima PHEV
Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia
Mitsubishi I-Miev
Others
41
71
54
21
48
15
22
87
11
5
288
419
381
251
226
196
143
141
130
120
113
692
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
14
13
N/A
24
N/A
28
N/A
39
18
25


TOTAL3.96831.063100


Source: elbil.no; ofvas.no


Models breakdown by Fuel Source

PlModelSales  
1Toyota Yaris494
2Toyota RAV4349
3Nissan Leaf334
4Toyota C-HR316
5
6
7
8
9
10
Mercedes GLC350e
Mitsu. Outlander PHEV
Skoda Octavia
BMW i3
Volkswagen Golf ICE
Renault Zoe
295
286
280
277
268
250

With 35% PEV share, the general market is showing a mixed cocktail of technologies, with two ICE models, three HEVs, two PHEVs and three BEVs.

This month we had Toyota hybrids shining, winning three of the top four spots, with only the Nissan Leaf meddling with them and ending in Third.

Interestingly, one of the ICE models in the ranking was the VW Golf, with 268 units, registering more units than the Plug-in hybrid GTE (228 units) and the all-electric e-Golf (140), something that didn't happened for a while now...

But, counted together, PEV Golfs still outsell the ICE (368 vs 268) ones, so all is still well and there's no need for headlines saying "Winter ICE is Coming (back to Norway)"



5 comments:

  1. VW had some deliverey Problems with the e-Golf the last month. There was some faulty item installed that had to be replaced in many already-built units. So they moved them to their special repair yards in (I think) Zwickau, where they stood for the better part of a month due to company holidays. Only in the recent days the deliveries are catching up.

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  2. Are you ever going to publish uk ev sales? It's one of the top world markets and yet it's not even mentioned.

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    1. The data i get always comes 6 months late, but i can make a "March 2017" ranking.

      I will do it next monday.

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  3. https://www.smmt.co.uk/2017/08/july-2017-ev-registrations/

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