Volkswagen Group Inches Out Tesla In Norway, While Tesla Dominant In Brand Ranking

Following up on our quarterly UK electric vehicle sales report and earlier month-to-month gross sales stories for Europe general (see here, here, here, and here), the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, France, and China, it’s time to leap into the Nordic nations — nicely, most of them.

On this report, I’ll shortly run via the manufacturers and automotive teams or alliances which can be scoring probably the most BEV* gross sales in Norway, probably the most well-known of BEV markets, on condition that 77.5% of new vehicle sales are now fully electric. I may even publish charts and touch upon the highest promoting BEV fashions. (*BEVs are 100% battery-powered autos that don’t use any gasoline/petrol or diesel.)

Prime BEV Sellers in Norway

When it comes to automotive group or alliance gross sales, Volkswagen Group edged out a win over Tesla within the third quarter (25.9% versus 23.4%). Nobody else was near these two. Hyundai–Kia ended with 11% of the quarter’s BEV gross sales, Stellantis had 8.7%, and Ford had 7.2%. No different automotive group/alliance had even 4.5% share.

Naturally, contemplating that Volkswagen Group is a bunch of various manufacturers/firms mixed and Tesla is only one, that implies that Tesla led the model rating — by far. As earlier than, Tesla accounted for 23.4% of Norway’s BEV gross sales within the third quarter. Volkswagen Group took the subsequent two spots, although, with Volkswagen in second (10.3% of Norway’s BEV gross sales within the quarter) and Audi in third (8.9%).

Hyundai, Ford, and Škoda every had half-decent showings, with 8.2%, 7.2%, and 5.9% of the market’s Q3 gross sales, respectively. (Be aware that Škoda is one more Volkswagen Group firm.) After that, the market dropped off a bit, going nicely under 5% market share per model.

Prime BEV Fashions in Norway

What concerning the fashions? We truly reported on the models earlier within the month, however right here’s a contemporary chart to shut out the Norwegian part of this text:

Clearly, and unsurprisingly, the Tesla Mannequin Y and Tesla Mannequin Three dominated the quarter (14.5% and eight.9% of the BEV market within the third quarter), adopted — fairly surprisingly — by the Ford Mustang Mach-E in third with 7.2% of the market! The Norwegians certain do appear to love American, techie, enjoyable electrical autos! The Volkswagen ID.Four grabbed 4th (appropriately), however I anticipate it to have loads of quarters on the rostrum. It had 5.4% of the market within the quarter. Then you definately’ve bought the recent new Hyundai IONIQ 5 in fifth (once more, seemingly an applicable rating given the mannequin’s identify). It had 5.1% of the market, simply barely greater than the #6 Škoda Enyaq’s 4.9%.

One key factor to collect from the record, apart from the leaders, is the massive variety of Volkswagen Group fashions within the high 10: VW ID.4, Škoda Enyaq, VW ID.3, Audi e-tron, Audi e-tron This fall. In a special however related method, you’ve bought just a few dependable heavy hitters — the Hyundai IONIQ 5 in fifth, a contemporary face however certain to be a daily close to the highest of the charts; the #12 Hyundai Kona EV, our 2019 CleanTechnica Car of the Year and one of the crucial constant high 10 or high 20 fashions throughout markets; and the #18 Kia Niro EV, runner-up in that 2019 competitors. In reality, these fashions usually rank increased on nation gross sales charts. The Hyundai–Kia partnership claimed third place within the group rating, but when they began rolling out extra fashions like Volkswagen Group does, be careful, Hyundai–Kia may go after some #1 rankings too!

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