Sweden January 2015

In the right Direction Edition

We start 2015 with Sweden and positive signs on the EV market, 299 new EV's were registered in the first month of the year, 120% above the same month last year.

Looking at the Monthly models ranking, it's New Year, Old leader, with the Outlander PHEV (114 units, undisputed leader since Nov.'13!) high above everyone else.

The Prius-Plug-In got surprising #2, with 36 units, its best result since March '14 and the first podium since April '14...Tesla surged to #3, with 29 units (Best BEV), while the Nissan Leaf had a weak month, selling only 8 units. The New Year brought a new car, the Mercedes B-Class ED landed with its first two units.

Pl	Sweden	Jan.	YTD '15	%	'14Pl
1	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	114	114	38	1
2	Toyota Prius Plug-In	36	36	12	6
3	Tesla Model S	29	29	10	3
4	Volvo V60 Plug-In	28	28	9	2
5	BMW i3 *	19	19	6	6
6	VW e-Up!	18	18	6	9
7	Renault Kangoo ZE	15	15	5	5
8	Audi A3 e-Tron	11	11	4	15
9	VW e-Golf	8	8	3	13
9 11 12 13	Nissan Leaf Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Renault Zoe Mercedes B-Class ED	8 6 5 2	8 6 5 2	3 2 2 1	3 11 8 N/A
	TOTAL	299	299	100

* - 5 BEV + 14 Rex

Source: bilsweden.se;