EV sales in Europe continued to grow in 2015 
European sales data for electric vehicles in 2015 is starting to emerge, with mostly positive numbers: electric vehicle sales in the Netherlands hit an all-time high in December 2015 with plug-ins accounting for 22% of total auto sales, beating the country's entire number of deliveries for 2014;  the EV market in Norway grew around 71% in 2015 compared to 2014, with deliveries for the year totalling around 34,300 meanwhile the German market grew by around 82%, with a total of 24,156 units delivered, however EVs and PHEVs still only made up around 0.7% of the total German auto market.

Germany Plug-in Vehicle Sales 2017 Q3 and YTD

Plug-in sales in Germany summed up 39 100 passenger cars and light commercial vehicles this year, until the end of September. This is a 106 % growth over the same period in 2016, when 18 300 units were delivered. Germany is the fourth largest market for electrically chargeable vehicles, only USA, China and Norway have higher plug-in sales.

September continued the previous months trend, translating in a strong increase in sales, with 6 150 registrations, a new all-time record, with sales growing 84% year-on-year. We believe the 2017 total light vehicle market will reach a new record, somewhere between 55 000 to 60 000 units, a significant step above the 28 000 units registered last year.