EU Market Situation and Outlook

[krla]

Belgium
June was a record month for us with 93 deliveries
148 for the Quarter
284 YTD

source:
http://www.febiac.be/documents_febiac/publications/2014/07-2014/cars.pdf

 

[Newb]

Deliveries in Germany in June: 102
Total 2014: 446
Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt - Monatliche Neuzulassungen

 

[Pate]

Finland:
June registrations: 5
Total Q2: 33

 

[Mario Kadastik]

Estonia added 4 cars officially, but three more on 2nd of July which count in Q2 so total for June: 7 cars.

 

[blakegallagher]

Estonia added 4 cars officially, but three more on 2nd of July which count in Q2 so total for June: 7 cars.

at this rate Estonia will have enough cars to justify a supercharger and service center in short order ! Keep up the good work there I want to see a line of Superchargers heading to Finland.

 

[republic]

at this rate Estonia will have enough cars to justify a supercharger and service center in short order ! Keep up the good work there I want to see a line of Superchargers heading to Finland.

Through Russia?

That begs the question: when will Tesla start selling in Russia?

 

[Mario Kadastik]

at this rate Estonia will have enough cars to justify a supercharger and service center in short order ! Keep up the good work there I want to see a line of Superchargers heading to Finland.

Actually have to amend that, heard that my friends car that was picked up yesterday was the very last car sold in Q2 as the money was wired over late on June 30th and it counted in Q2. So 8 cars, not 7 for Estonia But it'll make accounting harder as the registrations will be in July for four of them

 

[matbl]

Actually have to amend that, heard that my friends car that was picked up yesterday was the very last car sold in Q2 as the money was wired over late on June 30th and it counted in Q2. So 8 cars, not 7 for Estonia But it'll make accounting harder as the registrations will be in July for four of them

I think most other european countries actually uses registration date for official statistics. Maybe estonia as well? If so, I guess it would make sense to use those numbers.

 

[Mario Kadastik]

Estonia is not core market so for Tesla the car is sold when it is paid for when the car is in Tilburg. How the owner gets the car from Tilburg to Tallinn is his responsibility and that introduces usually about 1 week delay. So if we are accounting for Q2 sales etc, then we'd need to take the weeks delay into account. If we just want monthly registration numbers, then sure, we can take the official dates in which case it's 4 in June and 4 already in July

 

[blakegallagher]

Through Russia?

That begs the question: when will Tesla start selling in Russia?

I guess I assumed there was a ferry of some sort from Estonia. While it may not be reasonable I do not want Tesla to start selling in Russia with their current dictator in place. This may not be fair to the people of Russia but I am biased that way.

 

[Robert.Boston]

Yes, there is excellent ferry service between Tallinn and Helsinki, 12 sailings daily. No rational driver would go via Russia.

 

[jhm]

Yes, there is excellent ferry service between Tallinn and Helsinki, 12 sailings daily. No rational driver would go via Russia.

Raises an interesting question: Could Supercharger stations be installed on ferries? It would be quite convenient from the driver's viewpoint.

 

[Auzie]

Raises an interesting question: Could Supercharger stations be installed on ferries? It would be quite convenient from the driver's viewpoint.

That would be inefficient energy conversion. Water craft is powered by gas turbines or diesel engines.

 

[jhm]

That would be inefficient energy conversion. Water craft is powered by gas turbines or diesel engines.

Who says you have to get the power from on-board generators? Use battery packs both to charge cars and to provide electricity to the rest of the vessel. This way the ferry operator can save money on fuel while providing an additional service.

We're used to thinking about the Gigafactory addressing both the EV market and the stationary energy storage market, but there are additional markets in maritime and aviation applications. Wherever you see electricity being generated from transportation fuels you've got an opportunity for a Tesla battery pack.

 

[Auzie]

Who says you have to get the power from on-board generators? Use battery packs both to charge cars and to provide electricity to the rest of the vessel. This way the ferry operator can save money on fuel while providing an additional service.

We're used to thinking about the Gigafactory addressing both the EV market and the stationary energy storage market, but there are additional markets in maritime and aviation applications. Wherever you see electricity being generated from transportation fuels you've got an opportunity for a Tesla battery pack.

It may be more efficient to carry load of diesel or gas than battery packs.

 

[Robert.Boston]

A lot of ships are converting to using LNG instead of bunker fuel. Cheaper in many markets, and certainly cleaner.

 

[CalDreamin]

A lot of ships are converting to using LNG instead of bunker fuel. Cheaper in many markets, and certainly cleaner.

Yeah, among fossil fuels, they're at opposite ends of the "clean" spectrum. Burning bunker fuel is filthy, like burning asphalt.

 

[Right_Said_Fred]

The Netherlands had 568 deliveries this year:

- January: 7
- February: 10
- March: 190
- April: 49
- May: 125
- June: 182

Added together that makes for 563 for the six individual months. The official tally is 568, so I guess 5 extra cars were added (as a correction) to one or more of the earlier months.

Source: http://www.bovag.nl/data/sitemanagement/media/20140701%20Personenautoverkopen%20juni%20%202014.pdf

 

[kyne]

Switzerland 62 registrations in June (253 YTD)

Source: http://www.auto-schweiz.ch/statistiken/autoverkaeufe-nach-modellen/

 

[Gerardf]

I have been searching to find data on June registrations for the UK.

A table can be downloaded via this page : New car market up 10% in first half of 2014 | SMMT

Link to table : http://www.smmt.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/SMMT-new-car-registrations-June-2014.zip


It does however not show a number specifically for Tesla. There is a number for "Other imports" being 273. (2013-June was 98 for that category).
That seems to imply that the upper limit for June deliveries for Tesla in UK is 273.


Another page shows 661 pure electrics registered in June-2014 (191 in June 2013).

Link : June 2014 – EV registrations | SMMT