Denmark December 2016

Renault Zoe 2016 Best Seller, Model X Rookie of the Year

The 320 units registered last month were the best result of the year, pulling the year tally to 1.438 units, which was still a 70% drop over last year and most importantly, less than 2014, when the market reached 1.642 units.

Same story regarding the EV Share, the 0.65% of 2016 is way behind the 2.29% of 2015 and even 2014 was better, with 0.88%...Let's hope 2017 brings better news from this market.

The top two models concentrated 61% of sales, with the Renault Zoe winning without a sweat its First Best Seller award, with 612 units and 43% share, followed by the BMW i3 (252 units, 18%), while the Third Place was won by the Tesla Model X, a model received with open arms by the Danes, allowing it to be the Rookie of the Year and earn a podium seat.

Looking at the remaining models ranking, the two times Best Seller (2013 & 2014) Nissan Leaf jumped in December to Fourth, thanks to a year best performance of 57 registrations, displacing the Tesla Model S to #5.

In the Manufacturers ranking, Renault was the Best Seller (43%) thanks to the Zoe success, with BMW ending in a distant Second (18%) and Tesla in Third (12%), with the French carmaker winning its second title, after the 2012 win.

In this BEV-heavy market, PHEV's did some groundwork and grew to 11% share in 2016, up from just 3% in 2015.

Finally a mention to Fuel Cells, there were 16 FCEV's registered in 2016, significantly below the 30 units sold in the previous year, the soon-to-be-departed Hyundai ix35 FCEV still outsold the Toyota Mirai by 12 units to 4, despite the Japanese having better specs, it seems buyers prefer the normal look of the Hyundai.

Pl	Denmark	Dec.	YTD	%	'15Pl
1	Renault Zoe	135	612	43	4
2 3	BMW i3 * Tesla Model X	20 39	252 98	18 7	2 N/A
4 5 6	Nissan Leaf Tesla Model S Volkswagen e-Up!	57 20 13	85 78 62	6 5 4	5 1 8
7	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia **	19	58	4	3
8	Mercedes C350e		30	2	7
8	Mercedes GLC350e e)	5	30	2	N/A
10 11 12 13 14	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Volvo XC90 T8 Volkswagen Passat GTE Kia Soul EV Volkswagen e-Golf	2 1 2 2	29 22 21 18 13	2 2 1 1 1	10 N/A N/A 12 6
15	Mercedes GLE500e	2	8	1	N/A
16 17 17 19 20 20 20 20	Mercedes S500e BMW 225xe Active Tourer BMW X5 40e Peugeot Partner EV Mercedes B250e BMW i8 Renault Kangoo ZE BMW 740e	2 1	6 5 5 2 1 1 1 1	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	N/A N/A N/A 17 9 16 14 N/A
	TOTAL	320	1.438	100