Monday, February 6, 2017

Sweden January 2017

Sweden's plug-in favorite

Thunderous Start 

We start the year with Sweden, which registered 1.229 units, a 373% improvement over the same period last year, with the EV Share hitting once again record heights, at 5.3%(!).

Looking at the monthly models ranking, after starving deliveries in December, due to the Dutch sales rush, the VW Passat GTE came back with a bang, presenting a record 549 units, representing 49% of all Passat sales and earning it a #8 place in the general ranking, if considered as a single model. 

Looking at the Top 5 seats, besides the usual local representatives (Outlander PHEV in#2, V60 #3 and XC90 #4), the surprise came from the Fifth Placed Tesla Model S, which saw its deliveries surge 200% YoY to 58 units, an uncharacteristic good first month of the quarter for the Californian, which could be linked to difficulties in delivering in due time orders that were delayed by the Autopilot 2 production problems.

There were few changes in the ranking regarding the previous year, with the #7 Tesla Model X replicating its older brother behavior and delivering a better than expected month, with 48 units, while the VW e-Up! lived up to its exclamation point, registering 21 units last month, pulling it to #12, nine positions above the #21 of last year.

On the EV manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen (48%) has the market covered, with Volvo (12%) securing the runner-up status, while Mitsubishi (11%) rounds the podium.

PlSwedenJan.YTD '17%'16Pl
1
2
3
Volkswagen Passat GTE
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
Volvo V60 Plug-In
549
135
84
549
135
84
45
11
7
1
2
3
4Volvo XC90 T8666654
5
Tesla Model S
58585
5
6Nissan Leaf555546
7Tesla Model X4848411
8
9
10
11
BMW i3 *
BMW 330e
Renault Zoe
BMW 225xe Active Tourer
43
31
30
28
43
31
30
28
4
3
2
2
8
7
10
13
12
13
14
Volkswagen e-Up!
Volkswagen Golf GTE
Audi A3 e-Tron
21
17
14
21
17
14
2
1
1
16
9
14
15Kia Optima PHEV1111119
16Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia
10
10121
17
17
19
20
21
21
21
Mercedes E350e
Mercedes GLC350e
Mercedes C350e
Kia Soul EV
BMW 740e
Mercedes B250e
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In
8
8
7
3
1
1
1
8
8
7
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
34
29
18
24
31
30
26

TOTAL
1.229
1.229
100


* - 23 Rex + 20 Bev


Plug-Ins Versus Regular Hybrids

PlModelJan.
1Volkswagen Passat GTE549
2Toyota Auris Hybrid220
3Kia Niro177
4Toyota Prius153
5Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV135

Combining January sales of regular hybrids with plug-ins, the big surprise is the VW Passat GTE outselling all other hybrids, with the Toyota Auris Hybrid dropping to Second Place, followed by the Kia Niro and Toyota Prius. 

The Kia Crossover is proving to be quite a sales success and breaking the HEV = Toyota formula, now  how about a plug-in Niro, Kia?

The other PHEV in the ranking, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, closes this Top 5, with 135 units, pushing the Yaris Hybrid down to Sixth, with 129 units.

Source: bilsweden.se

Footnote: As numbers are growing, from now on rankings only consider Passenger Cars, LCV's / Vans will have their own ranking,  with a regularity of every 3 to 4 months.

2 comments:

  1. I belive that a little mistake has been maid, as I can see there is just three Mercedes in the statistics at bilsweden and your total is eight higher then there's.

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    1. Bilsweden doesn't count the Mercedes GLC PHEV (#59) in the "Nyregistrerade miljöpersonbilar" as plug-in hybrid, while here in EV Sales it is counted as a PHEV.

      That is the difference.

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