Tuesday, April 18, 2017

ICELAND March 2016


Nissan Leaf takes the lead in Boiling Hot Market

The Icelandic plug-in market is on the fast track to become the Second market, after Norway, to reach the tipping point of EVs becoming mainstream, with this year sales growing 208%(!!!), the EV market share is at a scarcely believable 10,2%(!), almost doubling last year result.

This "Second Norway" has the two times winner (2013 & 14) Nissan Leaf in the lead, with 27% share, followed by last year winner Outlander PHEV, a plug-in SUV that suits well with local tastes.

Looking at the remaining models, only three other models surpass the 20 registrations, with Volvos being quite popular this year and the VW Passat replicating the success it has in other Scandinavian countries.

Rather interesting is last month result of the Renault Zoe, after registering its first two registrations of 2017 in February, in the following month the French hatchback registered 14(!), an astonishing number, considering that previously there were only 6 Zoe zooming in Iceland…It looks once again the ZE 40 version is spreading the Renault Zoe horizons…

In the brands ranking, Nissan (30%) is head and shoulders in the leadership, followed by Volvo (14%) and Mitsubishi (13%).

Pl
Iceland
March
YTD
%
'16Pl
1
2
3
4
Nissan Leaf
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
Volvo XC90 T8
Volkswagen Passat GTE
46
26
11
7
126
63
47
24
27
13
10
5
2
1
5
4
5
Volvo V60 Plug-In
5
21
4
N/A
6
7
7
9
9
9
12
13
Mercedes GLC350e
Audi Q7 e-Tron
Renault Zoe
Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia
BMW 225xe Active Tourer
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In
Mercedes GLE500e
Kia Soul EV
11
6
14
4
3
1
5
4
17
16
16
13
13
13
12
11
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
12
10
N/A
13
15
12
9
11
13
13
16
Audi A3 e-Tron
Volkswagen Golf GTE
Kia Optima PHEV
5

3
11
11
10
2
2
2
11
3
N/A
17
18
Volkswagen e-Golf
BMW X5 40e
3
3
9
8
2
2
5
14
19
19
Mercedes B250e
BMW i3
2
1
7
7
1
1
24
14
21
22
22
24
24
24
24
24
BMW 330e
Mercedes C350e
Volkswagen e-Up!
BMW 530e
BMW 740e
Chevrolet Volt
Ford C-Max Energi
Mercedes E350e
1
1
3
1

1

1
5
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
22
18
N/A
N/A
22
N/A
24
TOTAL
168
471
100


Dear readers, due to my attendance to the Shanghai Auto Show, I will not be responding to comments and emails in the next few days, but despite that, the blog will continue to have new posts, stay in touch to know more on this year commercial vans market!

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