Swedish electric car market slipped in June in anticipation of benefits

3 July 2018

The PEV market has grown in Sweden in June at 69%

The June data on the total sales of electric cars and hybrids opens Sweden where the market grew by 69% compared to the same month of the previous year reaching units 2749 registrations, which helped the PEV market to grow 60% year to date compared to the same period last year, posting a share in 2018 P EV at 6%.

From 1 July 2018 in Sweden introduced a new fiscal system, where conventional vehicles (ICE) is now introduced higher taxes (Malus), but rechargeable hybrids (PHEV), and the more pure battery electric vehicles (BEV), by contrast, will receive tax deductions (bonuses), increased to approximately €6000, which explains why registering BEV slipped in June by 17%, while some full-sized PHEV showed, on the contrary, sales growth.

It is expected that all electric vehicles (BEV) will survive, since July sales surge, in addition, will benefit from the new system and some PHEV.

Hybrid sedan Vollkswagen Passat GTE has become the best in Sweden for half of hybrid cars, like and EV in General: 2102 units or 16% of the market

In June the sales of diesel cars continued to decline, with their share in June amounted to only 44% of the market, which is 8% less than 52% in June 2017. This trend suggests that sales of diesel passenger cars in Sweden will simply die by the winter of 2022/23 years, And this despite the fact that in 2012, passenger cars on diesel fuel accounted for 67% of the Swedish market...

The bestseller of the Swedish market as a PHEV and EV in June, has become a hybrid crossover Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (545 units)

Considering in more detail the bestsellers of June, it should be noted the leadership of the hybrid crossover Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, which for the first time for the first time in a year became the leader with 545 units (best result in 30 months), and hybrid crossover Volvo XC60 PHEV won the bronze medal thanks to 315 units.



In the ranking of PEV in June 2018, has undergone several changes, but the main news was the jump in the Outlander PHEV in two places up to second place, thus, regained its place on the podium after a long absence.

Second place among hybrid crossovers in Sweden, confidently takes the Volvo XC60 PHEV

Another significant development was the rise of the hybrid sedan and station wagon Volvo S90 / V90 PHEV on the 7-th position, due to the registration of 196 cars, which was the best result for this series of Volvo.

Getting hybrid sedan S90 (along with a hybrid station wagon V90) in the Top 10 PEV became a success for the brand Volvo  

In the line BMW model 530e is the best for the second month in a row with 183 units, this model allowed to jump immediately to five positions to 9th place, while the crossover X5 PHEV also showed a record result in 54 units, rising to 16th place, but the little electric i3 also helped the German manufacturer, set the record of registrations in 114 units.

Hybrid sedan BMW 530e has significantly improved the performance of the German brand in the segment of PEV

In the ranking of manufacturers of all the leaders on the podium, lost a position, so Volvo 21% with a decrease of 1%, while Volkswagen was No. 2 with 19% with a decrease of 2%, and third place was taken by Kia with 16% (-1 %), while that of BMW, which showed a 12% rose 2%.

Source: bilsweden

The Nissan LEAF electric vehicle II – the best in its category in Sweden, over half (509 units.), however, in June dipped to 19 units in anticipation of the July benefits 

Rechargeable vs hybrids vs conventional hybrids

Toyota Auris Hybrid — 639
— Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV — 545
— Toyota C-HR Hybrid — 482
— Toyota Yaris Hybrid — 452
VW Passat GTE — 327

Total June sales of conventional hybrids and rechargeable hybrids (PHEV) continued to account for most of the sales in the segment, and three hybrid models of the Toyota was in the Top 5, while the Outlander PHEV is, as mentioned, got the 2nd place and became the best selling PHEV on the market (market share 11%), but did not surpass the model of the VW Passat GTE, remaining the market leader in over half (16% of the market), although in June and failed on the 5th place.

In the segment of passenger hybrids went well the newest version of the Toyota Auris Hybrid in 2018

It will be interesting to see how this rating will affect the new tax system of Bonus / Malus, as in conventional hybrids, this system is almost not affected..