Norway has been an electric 49%

16 January 2019

The Nissan LEAF won the Norwegian title of the brand and the bestselling 2018

So, 2018 is finished and leading in the world in penetration of vehicles with electric (49%) of the market of Norway announced the winner of the Nissan brand and, therefore, the bestseller of the year – its LEAF EV (and in a version with a battery capacity of only 40 kWh).

In December of 2018 experienced a sudden decline of the automotive market Norway 23%, including due to the downturn 6% (the same period of the previous year) plug-in hybrids (PHEV), which, by the way, losing sales for the 6th month in a row, which, however, was largely offset by soaring sales of battery electric vehicles (BEV) 61%! As a result, in December the share of BEV increased to 41%, and total segment PEV (BEV+PHEV+FCEV) – up to 58%. This allowed the "green" segment of the PEV to complete in 2018 with a record 49%, which is 10% higher than its share in 2017 (39%).

In this EV-the current trend 2019 Norway can finish with possible PEV share of about 75%, and in peak months it may reach 90%! Ambitious? Maybe, but next year the market will come a massive and relatively cheap, the American electric car Tesla Model 3, Nissan will begin deliveries of the model LEAF with a battery capacity of 60 kWh, and Renault – Zoe restyled, additionally, you will be electrocreaser Audi e-Tron and Kia e-Niro, etc. In light of this, articulated figures possible PEV share sound not so wild anymore. However, the problem remains the mass.

Proof of explosive and unlimited growth of the electric drive are data on the fuel balance in 2018. So, diesel cars are finished with a share of only 18% (in 2017, they had 23%), petrol model also dropped to 22%, against 25% a year earlier, while ordinary (non -) hybrids HEV showed a share of 11%, showing a significant decrease, which confirms the inadequacy and transience of their role in the General landmark of the transition to electric drive. Hey, Toyota! Times the popularity of the Prius hybrid already are.

Despite the increase in the share of PEV to 58% in December sags hybrids segment continues to merge with the main trend to reduce the use of hydrocarbon fuels. So, all the Top 7 models on the December car market Norway were electric vehicles or rechargeable hybrids as the only traditional model of car (ICE), located on the 8 th position (365 units) and Skoda Octavia that has been achieved either through major deals in fleet sales and(or) supply in a taxi, but otherwise the Top 10 is already at 100% would have gone to the PEV segment.

one hundred percent in the Top 10, maybe PEV will be taken in March of this year.

In any case, in the December ranking of best-selling winner of electrocreaser Tesla Model X sold 1037 units. and "silver" was won by the VW e-Golf (870 units), ahead of the Nissan LEAF, who finished the year in last place of the podium (the worst result since January) and the lowest rate of sales (719 units), starting in may. Impatient customers are tired of waiting for the "60 kW" version with increased range and go to competitors?

From going off the scene Kia Soul EV first generation in December was the best month in history with sales of 197 units, which enabled him to stay ahead of the "cousin" Hyundai Kona EV with 196 units (and 842 units in 2018), which so far does not have time to meet thousands of pre-orders and to eliminate queues in Norway.

If we talk about the latest models, the title of "Rookie of 2018" gets Jaguar I-Pace, who became the 17th, thanks to the local importer, who, in spite of the priority market in the Netherlands, imported unit 1081 English electrocreaser of which 165 units in December.

Two important new product made its debut just in December: was sold to first 7 premium electrocreaser Audi e-Tron, as well as 34 units. Kia e-Niro.

In the ranking of the models by 2018, the Nissan LEAF (MkII) won the trophy, having a record 12 303 of the electric vehicle. It happened after a 3-year period of failures and allowed to add the title in 2018 to the same titles won in 2012-2014.

The winner of last year, the VW e-Golf (MkVII), took second place despite sales growth of 9%, while in the third place from second in 2017 and descended the BMW i3, despite a growth of 13%.

The big surprise was the jump the Volvo XC60 PHEV with a 15-th place in 2017 at the current 7th place that promises to bring him to one of the main competitors for the title of bestselling PHEV in 2019, together with "chronic winner of the" Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (win in this category in 2018 was his third in a row) and the upcoming new hybrid wagon Volvo V60 T8 PHEV.

As for the other subcategories, no significant news was not, so the victory in the segment of subcompact electric vehicles again went to the BMW i3, and the best-selling crossover was the Tesla Model X, the second time in a row the Tesla Model S has become the most popular premium model, the BMW electrocompetent 225xe A. Tourer has achieved the title of most sold MPV.

In the ranking of manufacturers excelled Nissan, despite a decline of 2% to 17%, for the fourth time ahead of Volkswagen (14% decrease by 1%), which yielded second place BMW (13%), in turn, propped up, left on 4-e a place the Tesla (12%, up 1%), respectively, Volvo (11%) rounded out the Top 5.

With regard to light commercial electric vehicle (LCEV), their sales grew 131%, to 1761 units (market share was 5%), while the Renault Kangoo Z. E. (687 units) beat the usual winner of the Nissan e-NV200 (567 units).

On the market electric vehicles to fuel cell (FCEV) it was 52 units. that means a decline of 3 units (!) regarding 2017. Hyundai Nexo (27 units), surpassed Toyota Mirai (25 units) in the last month of the year, which gave the 4th consecutive title and the first Hyundai is a new model of Nexo.

In turn, the FCEV has benefited from a General decline in the market on the primary market, despite a reduction of 7%, could increase its share from 0.03% in 2017 up to 0.04% in 2018. At this rate, the FCEV will achieve a 1% market share for... the year 2038.

Forecast for 2019:
The palm in the current year, most likely, will go to Tesla Model 3, the delivery plan which in Norway is 15,000 units or possibly more. It depends on how high it would be expected demand for Model 3 on markets of other European countries, of course, if Tesla does not allocate a larger quota for your market No. 1 in Europe. The last upgrade the Nissan LEAF e+ is unlikely to significantly improve the sales performance of the LEAF vs model 2018, but that will probably be enough to keep the VW e-Golf and BMW i3 in fear. Tesla will be included in the number of producers and will be in 2020 to fight with Volkswagen and BMW for market leadership..