Top Electric Cars In UK, Norway, Netherlands, Germany, France… (15 Charts)
Originally published on EV Obsession.
The European Alternative Fuels Observatory recently reached out to let me know about the fascinating electric car data it aggregates and organizes for the European market. Its website is a treasure trove of fun electric car sales charts and tables. I just picked out 15 of my favorites for this article.
Top-Selling Fully Electric Cars
For the plug-in vehicle market as a whole, market share for the top pure EVs for 2016 so far is as follows:
- Nissan LEAF = 13.1%
- Renault Zoe = 11.9%
- Tesla Model S = 7.2%
- Volkswagen e-Golf = 4.7%
- BMW i3 = 3.3% (note that the i3 reaches 5.5% if you add in the REx)
- Kia Soul = 2.3%
- Mercedes B250e = 1.6%
- Volkswagen e-Up! = 1.3%
- Peugeot iOn = 1.2%
- Citroen C-Zero = 0.9%
- Others = 1.8%
Top-Selling Plug-In Hybrid Electric Cars
For the plug-in vehicle market as a whole, market share for the top pure EVs for 2016 so far is as follows:
- Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid = 13.1%
- Volkswagen Golf GTE = 6.3%
- Volvo XC90 T8 = 5.7%
- Audi A3 e-Tron = 4.8%
- Volkswagen Passat GTE = 3.4%
- BMW X5 xDrive 40e = 3.4%
- Mercedes C350e = 2.7%
- BMW i3 REx = 2.2% (note that the i3 reaches 5.5% if you add in the pure-electric i3)
- Volvo V60 T8 = 1.9%
- BMW 225xe Active Tourer = 1.6%
- Others = 5.5%
Top Electric Car Countries (EV Market Share within Country)
EV Market Share Across Europe (EU + EFTA + Turkey)
Top-Selling EV Models In Germany
I’m very curious to see how the rankings change following the implementation of Germany’s new EV & PHEV subsidies. For now, here’s how the plug-in vehicle (PEV) market as a whole splits out (apologies that I do not have the full data for the models in the “other” categories):
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Top-Selling EV Models In France
Here’s how the French PEV market as a whole splits out (apologies that I do not have the full data for the models in the “other” categories):
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Top-Selling EV Models In Netherlands
Here’s how the Dutch PEV market as a whole splits out (apologies that I do not have the full data for the models in the “other” categories and some “unknown” models):
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Top-Selling EV Models In Norway
Here’s how the Norwegian PEV market as a whole splits out (apologies that I do not have the full data for the models in the “other” categories):
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Top-Selling EV Models In UK
Here’s how the British PEV market as a whole splits out:
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Top-Selling Light Commercial EVs
All images via EAFO
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