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):

Make Model YTD 2016 Share PEV market YTD 2015 2015 Total 2015 Share PEV market Renault Zoe 822 11,1% 282 1787 7,7% Volkswagen Golf GTE 604 8,2% 772 2062 8,9% Nissan Leaf 586 7,9% 494 948 4,1% Audi A3 e-Tron 581 7,9% 543 1854 8,0% Tesla Model S 482 6,5% 380 1582 6,8% Volkswagen Passat GTE 475 6,4% 17 1001 4,3% BMW i3 Rex 474 6,4% 478 1331 5,7% Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV 416 5,6% 688 2138 9,2% Mercedes C350e 287 3,9% 0 476 2,1% Volvo XC90 T8 270 3,7% 0 77 0,3% Volkswagen e-Golf 235 3,2% 372 1031 4,4% BMW i3 216 2,9% 223 925 4,0% BMW 225xe Active Tourer 215 2,9% 8 98 0,4% Audi Q7 e-Tron 189 2,6% 22 155 0,7% Volkswagen e-Up! 187 2,5% 184 534 2,3% Kia Soul EV 132 1,8% 311 3839 16,6% Porsche Cayenne PHEV 131 1,8% 121 356 1,5% Mercedes B250e 116 1,6% 160 485 2,1% Smart Fortwo ED 51 0,7% 335 676 2,9% Nissan e-NV200 Evalia 37 0,5% 55 120 0,5% Other PHEVs / 794 10,8% 566 1563 6,7% Other Pure EVs / 66 0,9% 40 155 0,7%

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):

Make Model YTD 2016 Share PEV market YTD 2015 2015 Total 2015 Share PEV market Renault Zoe 4275 39,0% 2801 10408 45,7% Nissan Leaf 1668 15,2% 755 2222 9,8% Volkswagen Golf GTE 477 4,4% 316 1695 7,4% Peugeot iOn 460 4,2% 70 725 3,2% Bollore Blue Car 374 3,4% 341 1191 5,2% Volvo XC90 T8 341 3,1% 0 0 0,0% Audi A3 e-Tron 322 2,9% 316 1129 5,0% Kia Soul EV 316 2,9% 127 485 2,1% BMW i3 Rex 307 2,8% 195 446 2,0% BMW X5 xDrive 40e 259 2,4% 0 208 0,9% Citroen C-Zero 248 2,3% 52 397 1,7% Tesla Model S 245 2,2% 144 708 3,1% BMW 225xe Active Tourer 214 2,0% 0 0 0,0% Citroen e-Mehari 175 1,6% 0 0 0,0% Porsche Cayenne PHEV 168 1,5% 47 496 2,2% BMW i3 144 1,3% 72 279 1,2% Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV 132 1,2% 217 912 4,0% BMW 330e 120 1,1% 0 0 0,0% Bollore Blue Car Golia 93 0,8% 0 0 0,0% Mercedes C350e 90 0,8% 4 77 0,3% Other PHEVs / 295 2,7% 107 557 2,4% Other Pure EVs / 235 2,1% 241 852 3,7%

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):

Make Model YTD 2016 Share PEV market YTD 2015 2015 Total 2015 Share PEV market Tesla Model S 665 20,7% 473 1737 3,9% Volvo XC90 T8 639 19,9% 0 2494 5,6% Nissan Leaf 309 9,6% 199 336 0,8% BMW 330e 278 8,7% 0 70 0,2% Volkswagen Passat GTE 224 7,0% 0 3299 7,4% Mercedes C350e 138 4,3% 45 4226 9,5% Unknown BEV Model 119 3,7% 0 0 0,0% BMW 225xe Active Tourer 92 2,9% 0 165 0,4% Renault Zoe 83 2,6% 101 276 0,6% Volkswagen Golf GTE 83 2,6% 1938 8405 18,9% Volvo V60 T8 82 2,6% 1121 4768 10,7% Mercedes B250e 67 2,1% 16 163 0,4% Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV 66 2,1% 1624 8781 19,8% BMW i3 62 1,9% 33 138 0,3% Unknown PHEV Model 47 1,5% 0 0 0,0% Volkswagen e-Golf 33 1,0% 41 72 0,2% Porsche Cayenne PHEV 33 1,0% 343 1229 2,8% Volkswagen e-Up! 32 1,0% 53 82 0,2% Kia Soul EV 17 0,5% 14 66 0,1% Peugeot iOn 8 0,2% 2 4 0,0% Other PHEVs / 114 3,6% 1196 7853 17,7% Other Pure EVs / 6 0,2% 203 284 0,6%

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):

Make Model YTD 2016 Share PEV market YTD 2015 2015 Total 2015 Share PEV market Volkswagen e-Golf 2264 14,6% 3476 8943 25,1% Nissan Leaf 2086 13,4% 1249 3189 9,0% Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV 1832 11,8% 546 2875 8,1% Volkswagen Golf GTE 1552 10,0% 175 2000 5,6% BMW i3 935 6,0% 438 2368 6,6% Audi A3 e-Tron 812 5,2% 551 1684 4,7% Tesla Model S 801 5,2% 1762 4039 11,3% Renault Zoe 769 4,9% 515 1634 4,6% Kia Soul EV 686 4,4% 212 2866 8,0% Volkswagen Passat GTE 618 4,0% 0 85 0,2% BMW X5 xDrive 40e 471 3,0% 0 63 0,2% Volkswagen e-Up! 426 2,7% 620 1507 4,2% Mercedes B250e 419 2,7% 230 1352 3,8% Volvo V60 T8 344 2,2% 176 835 2,3% Mercedes C350e 292 1,9% 0 101 0,3% Volvo XC90 T8 284 1,8% 0 2 0,0% BMW 225xe Active Tourer 240 1,5% 0 3 0,0% Peugeot iOn 151 1,0% 262 570 1,6% Nissan e-NV200 Evalia 110 0,7% 121 263 0,7% Mercedes GLE500e 78 0,5% 0 18 0,1% Other PHEVs / 202 1,3% 53 153 0,4% Other Pure EVs / 167 1,1% 292 1061 3,0%

Top-Selling EV Models In UK

Here’s how the British PEV market as a whole splits out:

Make Model YTD 2016 Share PEV Market YTD 2015 2015 Total 2015 Share PEV Market Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV 4906 37,5% 5300 11681 42,0% Nissan Leaf 1547 11,8% 1798 5236 18,8% Unknown BEV Model 781 6,0% 0 0 0,0% Volkswagen Golf GTE 775 5,9% 40 1587 5,7% Volvo XC90 T8 650 5,0% 0 0 0,0% Audi A3 e-Tron 600 4,6% 309 1404 5,0% BMW X5 xDrive 40e 600 4,6% 0 0 0,0% Renault Zoe 555 4,2% 358 2053 7,4% Tesla Model S 479 3,7% 280 838 3,0% Mercedes C350e 375 2,9% 0 130 0,5% BMW i3 250 1,9% 295 744 2,7% BMW i8 230 1,8% 359 930 3,3% BMW i3 Rex 225 1,7% 409 1557 5,6% Mercedes B250e 115 0,9% 39 207 0,7% Volvo V60 T8 108 0,8% 53 117 0,4% Porsche Cayenne PHEV 100 0,8% 80 245 0,9% Kia Soul EV 60 0,5% 25 109 0,4% Nissan e-NV200 Evalia 50 0,4% 25 89 0,3% Volkswagen e-Golf 25 0,2% 49 79 0,3% Renault Fluence ZE 10 0,1% 0 0 0,0% Other PHEVs / 180 1,4% 417 741 2,7% Other Pure EVs / 5 0,0% 40 63 0,2%

Top-Selling Light Commercial EVs

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