Only 12,156 electric passenger vehicles are registered for public road use in Germany at the beginning of 2014. The Smart is Germany’s favorite electric car. Electric cars remain hugely unpopular with the German car buying public. Of the nearly 44 million cars registered in Germany, only 12,000 are electric. Only a quarter of electric cars … Read more
The Nissan Leaf continued to dominate the electric car market in Norway taking 91.4% market share during the first six months of 2013. Electric vehicles continued to increase in popularity in Norway during the first half of 2013. The Nissan Leaf is the clear electric car market leader with over 90% market share of electric … Read more
The Volvo V60 N Laddhybrid, Toyota Prius Plug-in and Nissan Leaf were Sweden’s favorite super clean cars for the first six months of 2013. Plug-in hybrid cars increased in popularity in Sweden during the first half of 2013. Electric cars, however, struggled to compete with fewer sold between January and June 2013 than the year … Read more
The best-selling electric cars in Germany in 2012 were the Smart Fortwo, Citroen C-Zero, and Nissan Leaf. In 2012, the German electric car market grew by 37% to just shy of 3,000 cars. The Smart Fortwo, Citroen C-Zero and Nissan Leaf were the most popular electric cars in Germany. The market for electric cars in … Read more
The Volvo S60 N Laddhybrid was the most popular plugin hybrid in Sweden in the first quarter of 2012. The Nissan Leaf remains the top-selling electric car. The first quarter of 2013 saw a tenfold increase in the sale of super-clean plugin hybrid and electric cars in Sweden compared to a year ago. The Volvo … Read more
The Nissan Leaf remains Norway’s favorite electric car taking three-quarters of the total market for super-clean vehicles in the first quarter of 2013. The Norwegian love affair with electric cars continued in 2013 with a 50% increase in the number of super-clean zero-emission vehicles sold during the first quarter of the year. The Nissan Leaf … Read more
The Nissan Leaf was by far the most popular electric car model in Norway in 2012 selling more vehicles than all other models combined. In 2012, the Norwegian market for new electric passenger vehicles almost doubled to 4,358 cars. The Nissan Leaf was the most popular electric car by far selling more vehicles in 2012 … Read more
The Toyota Prius Plug-in and Nissan Leaf were the most popular electric car models in Sweden in 2012. In 2012, the most popular electric vehicles in Sweden were the Toyota Prius Plug-in and Nissan Leaf. The electric passenger car market in Sweden grew from only 181 cars in 2011 to 928 in 2012. New electric … Read more
The Nissan Leaf is the best-selling electric car model in Norway thus far in 2012 outselling the 2011 favorite Mitsubishi i-MiEV. Norway’s favorite electric car in 2012 is the Nissan Leaf. The Leaf easily outsold the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, which was the best-selling electric passenger vehicle in Norway in 2011. The Mitsubishi was followed by the … Read more
Electric cars and hybrid vehicles continue to grow in popularity in Germany but in 2012 low-emission cars still take only one percent of the total German car market. Electric and hybrid vehicle sales in Germany continue to grow in 2012 but overall numbers still remain dismally low compared to the total new passenger vehicle market. … Read more
