I didn't see information on the Model S sales in Norway posted anywhere else, so I thought I'd share the news that fill Norwegian media these days on the Tesla Model S and EVs.
The Tesla Model S is after the first quarter 2014 the most sold car model of ANY manufacturer in Norway so far this year.
With 2.056 Model S's registered, it beat the second on the list, the VW Golf, by a margin of almost 500 cars (1.577 new cars sold).
In March 1.493 Model S's were registered, which makes it the most sold car model in Norway during a single month EVER, breaking a 20 year old record. The VW Golf on second place sold 624 cars. Despite only selling the Model S, Tesla is on 6th place of total cars delivered per car manufacturer for 2014, following VW, Toyota,BMW,Nissan and Volvo.
Even more encouringly from an EV owner's perspective is that more than 20% of all new cars sold in Norway in March are EV's. While the inflated end-of-quarter deliveries of the Model S obviously contribute a lot to this number, it is clear that the fast increase in number of EV's on Norwegian roads generates a much bigger demand for charging facilities. With the number of EV's on the roads, we now also see shops and foodmarts actively adverticing that they have built/will build charging stations as a means to draw customers. To me that indicate that we have now reached the point where the ball really starts rolling as EV owners in Norway now have become a group worth catering to instead of being seen as only a few weirdos who drive strange little cars.
As a Model S owner, the novelty of being one of only a few people who drove the car six months ago is of course now gone, but it is pretty neat to be driving in packs of Teslas too
Instead of being the soletary stalker, I now feel like a wolf. And the ICE cars are the prey destined for extinction :biggrin:
The Tesla Model S is after the first quarter 2014 the most sold car model of ANY manufacturer in Norway so far this year.
With 2.056 Model S's registered, it beat the second on the list, the VW Golf, by a margin of almost 500 cars (1.577 new cars sold).
In March 1.493 Model S's were registered, which makes it the most sold car model in Norway during a single month EVER, breaking a 20 year old record. The VW Golf on second place sold 624 cars. Despite only selling the Model S, Tesla is on 6th place of total cars delivered per car manufacturer for 2014, following VW, Toyota,BMW,Nissan and Volvo.
Even more encouringly from an EV owner's perspective is that more than 20% of all new cars sold in Norway in March are EV's. While the inflated end-of-quarter deliveries of the Model S obviously contribute a lot to this number, it is clear that the fast increase in number of EV's on Norwegian roads generates a much bigger demand for charging facilities. With the number of EV's on the roads, we now also see shops and foodmarts actively adverticing that they have built/will build charging stations as a means to draw customers. To me that indicate that we have now reached the point where the ball really starts rolling as EV owners in Norway now have become a group worth catering to instead of being seen as only a few weirdos who drive strange little cars.
As a Model S owner, the novelty of being one of only a few people who drove the car six months ago is of course now gone, but it is pretty neat to be driving in packs of Teslas too
Instead of being the soletary stalker, I now feel like a wolf. And the ICE cars are the prey destined for extinction :biggrin:
