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The June auto market noticed plugin EVs take 85.3% share in Norway, down from 90.9% yr on yr. BEVs took 80.0% share, down from 82.2% YoY, regardless of quantity development. General auto quantity in June was 17,512 models, up 12.5% YoY, whereas year-to-date quantity stays 8% down. The perfect promoting BEV was the Tesla Mannequin Y, with the Tesla Mannequin 3 as runner up.

June’s gross sales noticed mixed EVs take 85.3% share in Norway, consisting of 80.0% full battery electrics (BEVs) and 5.3% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). These evaluate with YoY figures of 90.9% mixed, with 82.2% BEV and eight.7% PHEV.

By way of volumes, BEVs grew 9.4% YoY to 14,009 models, the very best month-to-month quantity since March 2023. In the meantime, PHEVs shrank by 31.2% to 931 models. Each underperformed the general market development of 12.5%, pulled up by HEV quantity development of two.5x YoY to 2,050 models. Combustion-only automobiles noticed decreased quantity.

It’s not clear why HEV volumes (principally Toyota) had been a lot larger than a yr in the past. It might probably be associated to a pull-forward (or firesale, in the event you want) forward of recent car security laws about to hit (extra on these under). I might have guessed that the majority of Toyota’s HEV automobiles are already compliant, nevertheless (in contrast to their combustion GR86, which isn’t compliant, and will probably be cancelled in Europe). When you have insights on this, or different components round HEVs, please tell us within the feedback.

Within the Could report, we famous that the YoY fall in that month’s BEV quantity was seemingly as a result of an uncommon transport shortfall from every of the most well-liked producers (Tesla, BMW Group, and Volkswagen Group). BMW Group was again near seasonal norms in June, whereas Volkswagen Group continues to be down by round 40% from June 2023 (seemingly prioritising transport to different markets). Tesla, nevertheless, recovered and was 6.5% up in quantity from June 2023.

MG Motor, Polestar, and Volvo manufacturers had been all considerably up in quantity YoY, supporting the 9.4% total BEV quantity development. Once more, in a small market like Norway, vagaries of transport imply we are able to’t learn an excessive amount of into the info for a single month, nevertheless.

New EU Car Security Rules

June was the final full month of sale earlier than new EU car security guidelines (GSR2 guidelines, hammered out in 2019–2020) turn out to be obligatory for all new car gross sales within the area. As a result of it doesn’t make sense for producers to make considerably totally different fashions for small particular person markets that are a part of the identical regional logistics group, these guidelines additionally spill over to EU-adjacent markets like Norway, and to some extent, the UK. Beforehand, fashions launched previous to 2022 and never initially designed with the brand new guidelines in thoughts got a short lived cross (whereas all-new fashions launched after 2022 needed to comply).

From the seventh of July, after 4 years of lead time from when the foundations had been formulated, there are not any extra exceptions. Now obligatory on all new automobiles bought are automated security options akin to: pace restrict help, emergency braking help, collision avoidance help, lane hold help, drowsiness monitoring and warning, reversing sensors/digicam, and occasion knowledge recorder (aka “blackbox”).

Automobiles primarily based on older platforms and architectures which preclude the sensible addition of those options are thus stopping sale within the area. For instance, that is the primary cause why the Renault Zoe — on a car structure launched in 2011 — ceased promoting earlier this yr.

The Norwegian OFV notes that enterprise registrations of recent automobiles spiked up in June, in comparison with registrations for personal people. They estimate that this is because of some producers and sellers “selling” some end-of-the-line fashions forward of the July seventh guidelines — by registering these models to themselves — with the plan to promote them on later as pre-registered automobiles.

Since these newly mandated security methods add important value to automobiles, these new guidelines are a most important cause why economic system vehicles (that begin nicely underneath €15,000) have largely been faraway from the European market over the previous few years. For BEVs, this contains the Volkswagen e-Up! and group cousins the Skoda Citigo and Seat Mii, which had been primarily based on an older non-BEV-specific platform.

ICE economic system automobiles which have not too long ago been phased out embrace the ICE variations of these three simply talked about, in addition to the Peugeot 108 and Citroen C1 cousins, and the Ford Ka+ (amongst a number of others). Different economic system ICE vehicles (e.g., the Dacia Sandero, Fiat 500, Fiat Panda, Hyundai i10, and Kia Picanto) are nonetheless supplied, however have all seen their costs elevated, largely to accommodate the added value of the brand new security methods.

In time, the availability prices of those methods (which primarily include cameras, CPUs, and software program) will scale back to commodity ranges. The worldwide model of BYD’s Dolphin Mini (aka Seagull) is already largely compliant, prepared for in the case of Europe within the subsequent yr or so (in all probability in a barely upsized model), and nonetheless at very inexpensive costs.

Returning to Norway’s June outcomes, mixed ICE-only share stayed near document lows, at simply 3.0% share in June. Petrol-only share was simply 1.0%.

Finest Promoting BEVs

June noticed Tesla retaking the lead in Norway, displacing the younger pretender, the Volvo EX30. The Tesla Mannequin Y led with 2,322 models, and the Mannequin 3 got here in second with 1,322 models.

The MG4 got here third, with 1,161 models, its highest ever quantity.

The brand new Volvo EX30 wasn’t distant, with 1,016 gross sales, nonetheless a really respectable quantity.

The Tesla Mannequin 3 noticed its highest month-to-month quantity since March 2022! Together with the MG4’s large numbers, one would possibly suppose this can be a last-minute push of those made-in-China BEVs forward of the EU’s proposed larger tariffs, which apply from July 4th 2024. Norway, nevertheless, has already made clear that it’ll not comply with the EU in making use of such tariffs.

Nearly all BEV fashions within the high 20 noticed larger than common quantity, thus contributing to the comparatively excessive total BEV end result.

By way of new BEV mannequin debuts, there was just one, the brand new Polestar 3. Though we famous the registration of two models in Could, June noticed it step as much as a extra substantial 15 models.

The Polestar 3 is a premium massive SUV (4,900 mm) with a 107 kWh (usable) battery, a WLTP vary of 650 km, and 32 minutes DC charging (10% to 80%). It’s priced from NOK 725,000 (€63,700) and up. At these costs, it gained’t add big quantity to the BEV market, however might show comparatively widespread in its phase.

Let’s now check out the three month figures:

Right here the Tesla Mannequin Y nonetheless leads, though the Volvo EX30 is closing the hole. We’ll see how shut it will probably get.

Different widespread BEV fashions stay the standard crew of the Volkswagen ID.4, MG4, Tesla Mannequin 3, Toyota BZ4x, and Volkswagen ID.3. This can be a return to extra regular place for the Volkswagen siblings, which had each had a really quiet Q1 2024.

A lot of the high 20 are acquainted faces. Though, the MG Marvel R is a long-absent returnee, having been persistently trickling alongside nicely exterior the highest 20 for the reason that starting of 2023.

There have been no different shock entrants to the highest 20. Though, it bears repeating that the Volvo EX30 — in second place — has rapidly disrupted the highest ranks of the BEV market since its current launch in January. I’d prefer to see extra such disruption within the months forward, however there are not any apparent candidates, for now at the very least. Tell us within the feedback which fashions you’ll guess on as future disruptors.

I made a fleet transition replace again within the April report, and will be capable to make one other one within the subsequent couple of months.

Outlook

Regardless of first rate YoY auto market development in June, throughout 2024 H1 as a complete, quantity is down by 8% in comparison with the identical interval final yr. The broader Norwegian economic system continues to be weak, and rates of interest stay excessive at 4.5%. The newest macroeconomic knowledge is from Q1 2024, which noticed financial output at unfavorable 0.8% YoY, from +0.3% in This autumn and -2.0% in Q3.

Inflation decreased to three% in Could (newest knowledge), from 3.6% in April. Manufacturing PMI in June fell to 47.7 factors, from 52.3 factors in Could, a dramatic downturn which doesn’t bode nicely for the near-term macro figures.

I’ll once more reiterate the straightforward and direct assertion that the OFV not too long ago made: “People have a more strained economy.… We now show greater moderation and buy smaller and more affordable new cars.… We will probably have to wait until the first interest rate cut before optimism returns to new car buyers” (OFV April assertion, machine translated).

What are your ideas on Norway’s persevering with journey in the direction of EV nirvana? Please bounce in to the feedback under and be part of the dialogue.