Thursday, July 27, 2017

Iceland June 2017

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Renault Zoe is slowly making its way into Iceland's Best Sellers

Another Record Month in High Flying Icelandic Dragon

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 185%(!) YoY to 1.099 units, after another record month in June, with 267 registrations.

The EV market share is now at 8.1%, being the second highest in the world, with the Second Half of they year usually witnessing higher sales, i would bet that this market will reach a 10% market share by year end.  

This "Second Norway" has the two times winner (2013 & 14) Nissan Leaf in the lead, with 23% share, followed by last year winner Outlander PHEV, a plug-in SUV that suits well local tastes.

Looking at the remaining models, the Volvo XC90 PHEV remains quite popular, remaining in Third Place, while the #4 VW Passat replicates the success it has in other Scandinavian countries.

Rather interesting is this year performance of the Renault Zoe, registering 39 units in 2017, a brilliant number, considering that previously there were only 4 Zoe zooming in Iceland…No doubt the ZE 40 version is increasing the Renault Zoe ambitions.

Speaking of longer range BEVs, the VW e-Golf also benefits from the new, longer range version, to deliver 13 units, its best performance in 22 months, so a Final Year Top 5 position is back on the table for the electric Golf.

In the brands ranking, Nissan (25%) is in the leadership, followed by Mitsubishi (19%) and Volvo (11%), but with Volkswagen (10%) recovering and at the lookout for a podium seat.

Looking at the BEV/PHEV breakdown, all electrics are recovering 5% share regarding last year (37% now vs 32% then), which is in line with what is happening Europe-wise.

Pl
Iceland
June
YTD
%
'16Pl
1
2
3
4
Nissan Leaf
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
Volvo XC90 T8
Volkswagen Passat GTE
40
63
16
13
252
214
100
49
23
19
9
4
2
1
5
4
5
Audi A3 e-Tron
28
43
4
11
6
7
8
8
10
11
12
13
13
13
Renault Zoe
Volkswagen Golf GTE
Mercedes GLC350e
Audi Q7 e-Tron
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In
BMW 225xe Active Tourer
Volkswagen e-Golf
Volvo V60 Plug-In
Mercedes GLE500e
Kia Soul EV
19
11
3
13
8
6
13

2
1
39
38
34
34
32
27
24
21
21
21
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
N/A
3
12
10
12
15
5
N/A 
9
11
13
17
17
19
BMW i3
Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia
BMW 330e
Kia Optima PHEV
5
2
5
7
21
19
19
17
2
2
2
2
14
13
N/A
N/A
19
BMW X5 40e
2
17
2
14
21
22
Mercedes C350e
Mercedes B250e
4
1
12
11
1
1
22
24
23
24
25
25
27

Volkswagen e-Up!
Tesla Model X
Tesla Model S
Mercedes E350e
Chevrolet Volt
Others
4




1
8
4
3
3
2
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
18
16
17
24
22

TOTAL
267
1.099
100


Regular Hybrids + Plug-ins Ranking


Pl
Model
June Sales  
1
Mitsu. Outlander PHEV 
63
2
Toyota Yaris Hybrid
40
2
Nissan Leaf
40
4
Audi A3 e-Tron
28
5
5
Renault Zoe
Toyota C-HR Hybrid
19
19

If we add regular hybrids to plug-ins sales, the high share of these last ones is noticeable, as regular hybrids, including the Toyota trio (Yaris and Auris stalwarts, C-HR rebel kid) are taking a beating, with plug-ins selling in the same proportion of HEVs.

In fact, looking at the Top 6 best sellers, we see two representatives of each technology, with two PHEVs (#1 Outlander PHEV and #4 Audi A3 e-Tron), two BEVs (#2 Nissan Leaf and #5 Renault Zoe) and two HEVs (#2 Yaris Hybrid & #5 C-HR Hybrid), as plug-ins continue to increase share, expect at some point in the future that plug-ins to start regularly outselling HEVs.

2 comments:

  1. Something I had noticed when I spent time in Iceland was how environmentally friendly the entire country was! Thanks for sharing.

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  2. I drive a Nissan Leaf. I couldn’t believe how many are in Reykjavik. But traveling more than 70km at a time, a petrol vehicle is still a must.

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