Sales for Norway:
Electric car sales:
Plug-in hybrid sales:
Full figures for 2012
The i-MiEV seems to be on it's last leg, which is not really surprising given the price reductions on the Leaf, putting the starting price at USD39,600, while the i-MiEV is still at USD31,700. It's just not competitively priced. Also, it seems like Europe has run out of the iOn and C-Zero, so we probably won't see any more of those any time soon. Apart from that, not much seems to be happening, and I suppose not much will happen before the Model S arrives in a couple of months. The VW E-Up, BMW i3, Smart Electric Fortwo, Ford Focus Electric and Renault Fluence should follow shortly thereafter, which should really put some momentum behind the EV Sales. Right now, it's very much a one horse show.
Electric car sales:
Car brand/model: | May: | April: | March: | February: | January: | 2013 YTD: | May 2012: | 2012: |
Nissan Leaf: | 330 | 455 | 297 | 287 | 265 | 1634 | 179 | 2298 |
Mitsubishi i-MiEV: | 17 | 35 | 40 | 31 | 51 | 174 | 72 | 665 |
Peugeot iOn: | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 13 | 407 |
Citroen C-Zero: | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 513 |
Mia Electric: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
Think: | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
Tesla Roadster: | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 32 |
Total: | 348 | 494 | 342 | 334 | 337 | 1855 | 305 | 3949 |
Percent of total sales: | 2.897% | 3.532% | 3.186% | 2.950% | 2.895% | 3.106% | 2.418% | 2.862% |
Plug-in hybrid sales:
Car brand/model: | May: | April: | March: | February: | January: | 2013 YTD: | May 2012: | 2012: |
Opel Ampera: | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 158 |
Fisker Karma: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Total: | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 341 |
Percent of total sales: | 0.017% | 0.029% | 0.019% | 0.044% | 0.103% | 0.042% | 0.016% | 0.247% |
Full figures for 2012
The i-MiEV seems to be on it's last leg, which is not really surprising given the price reductions on the Leaf, putting the starting price at USD39,600, while the i-MiEV is still at USD31,700. It's just not competitively priced. Also, it seems like Europe has run out of the iOn and C-Zero, so we probably won't see any more of those any time soon. Apart from that, not much seems to be happening, and I suppose not much will happen before the Model S arrives in a couple of months. The VW E-Up, BMW i3, Smart Electric Fortwo, Ford Focus Electric and Renault Fluence should follow shortly thereafter, which should really put some momentum behind the EV Sales. Right now, it's very much a one horse show.
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