Plug-in electric car sales in Norway continue at just above 20% (21.03%) market share with 2,235 registrations in February 2015. Battery-only electric vehicles now account for 18% of all new-car sales.
The over-all #1 best selling car in Norway for the second month running is the VW e-Golf with 839 units. Sales of the Volkswagen e-Golf in Feb were almost double the top selling fossil fuelled car, the Toyota RAV4 with 450 sales.
The e-Golf accounts for almost 40% of all EV sales in Norway YTD (1,718) selling 3x more than second place Nissan Leaf (556) and 4x more than third placed Tesla Model S (392).
The ICE powered Volkswagen Golf has been one of the best selling cars in Norway for many years but the e-Golf and GTE Plug-in variants now account for 70% of all Volkswagen sales in Norway.
The Norwegian e-Golf sales success sends a clear signal to auto makers that non-quirky, conservative body styling can boost EV market share significantly.
| Pl | Norway | Feb. | YTD '15 | % | '14Pl |
| 1 | Volkswagen e-Golf | 839 | 1.718 | 39 | 5 |
| 2 | Nissan Leaf | 247 | 556 | 12 | 1 |
| 3 | Tesla Model S | 321 | 392 | 9 | 2 |
| 4 | Mitsu Outlander PHEV e) | 150 | 384 | 9 | 6 |
| 5 | Volkswagen e-Up! e) | 160 | 331 | 7 | 3 |
| 6 | BMW i3 | 126 | 227 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Audi A3 e-Tron | 134 | 188 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Kia Soul EV | 45 | 137 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Renault Zoe | 54 | 133 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 11 | Mitsubishi I-Miev Peugeot iOn | 32 54 | 130 114 | 3 3 | 9 11 |
| 12 | Volvo V60 Plug-In | 27 | 57 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 14 15 16 17 | Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia e) Mercedes B-Class ED e) BMW i8 Toyota Prius Plug-In Opel Ampera | 20 20 4 2 | 53 22 10 5 2 | 1 0 0 0 0 | 15 N/A 20 17 21 |
| TOTAL | 2.235 | 4.459 | 100 |
Source: EV Sales, Bestsellingcarblog
1 comment:
The word goes that VW e-golf battery pack withstands better cold weather conditions, has lower range loss, compared to other EV*s . True or not ???
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