June saw plugin EVs at 90.9% share of Norway’s auto market, up from 89.9% a year ago. Full electrics increased their share to 82.2%, with plugin hybrid share diminishing to 8.7%. Overall auto volume wasunits, up 4.5% YoY. Tesla’s Model Y was yet again Norway’s bestselling vehicle, almost 3x the volume of the runner up.With combined EVs at 90.9% share in June, full battery electrics contributed 82.2%, with plugin hybrids at 8.7%. These compare with corresponding YoY shares of 89.9%, 78.
There were no new faces in the top 20, just some shuffling of already established models. The only top 20 model to put in a personal-best performance was the MG4, with 242 units, and gaining 15th spot, a new high. As one of Europe’s best value BEVs, we can expect the MG4 to keep climbing. Further down the ranks, Lotus debuted their premium sporty SUV, the Eletre. This is priced over €90,000, so won’t make a volume impact on Norway’s transition. It’s nevertheless good to see a long established ICE sportscar brand starting to offer BEVs. If it sells well, it might motivate others in the performance SUV segment to hurry their own electric offerings .In the 3-month view, the Tesla Model Y is still incredibly dominant, with around 2.8x the volume of the runner up Volkswagen ID.4.
Let’s give a shout out also to the Volkswagen ID. Buzz which continues to do remarkably well for this large format of vehicle The Buzz’s volume grew 46% over the previous quarter, to a healthy 1,589 units, and it took 4th place overall.Let me give a quick update on Norway’s fleet transition to plugins. As of the end of Q1 2023 , plugins made up 28.4% of Norway’s passenger car fleet, with BEVs at 21.5%.