Norway August 2022: VW ID.4 up to 12% share, Voyah lands

The Voyah Free has landed in the Norwegian sales charts. Picture elbil.no

Norwegian new car sales are off another -24.7% year-on-year in August to 12,363 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -20.5% to 88,115. BEV sales are down -21.7% to 9,247, resulting in a 74.8% market share vs. 71.9% a year ago. Year-to-date, BEV are up 2.9% to 68,547 sales and 77.8% share vs. 60.1% over the same period in 2021 and 48.4% in 2020. PHEV sink -46.1% to 1,401 units and 11.3% share vs. 15.8% in August 2021 and HEV are up 28% to 955 and 7.7% share vs. 4.5% a year ago. Year-to-date, PHEV are down -66.8% to 8,652 and 9.8% share vs. 23.5% over 8 months 2021 and HEV are off -34.9% to 4,861 and 5.5% share vs. 6.7% last year. Meanwhile petrol sales account for just 2.3% of the market vs. 4.6% in August 2021 and diesel registrations are at 3.8% vs. 3.2% last year. This means electrified vehicles hold 93.9% of the Norwegian market this month vs. 92.3% in August 2021.

Over in the brands ranking, Volkswagen (+20.3%) defies the market gloom to reach a mammoth 19.7% share vs. 11.7% so far this year, reclaiming the YTD top spot off Tesla down -59.2% year-on-year at #4 for the month. This is VW’s highest market share since it reached 22.3% in October 2020. Toyota (+12.3%) at 11% share vs. 7.5% YTD and Skoda (+41.8%) at 7.4% vs. 6.1% also post cool gains on the podium. Only Kia (+9.8%) manages a year-on-year uptick in the remainder of the Top 10, with Audi (-55.7%), Nissan (-27.1%) and Mercedes (-26%) all hit very hard. Below, notice BYD (+198.4%), NIO (+450%), Mini (+21.9%) and XPeng (+123.5%). We have a new Chinese brand entering the Norwegian market this month: Voyah at #36 with 9 sales of its Free SUV.

Model-wise, the VW ID.4 (+72.2%) sails off in the distance with 12% share, its second largest ever below the 13.9% it hit in April 2021. The Skoda Enyaq (+145.3%) drops one spot on July to #2 while the Toyota RAV4 (-25%) is up 8 to #3. The Tesla Model 3 (-34.5%) is up 97 ranks to #4 but falls heavily year-on-year. It is followed by the BMW iX (+10), Toyota Yaris (+3) and the VW ID.5 establishing a new ranking record at #7. The Hyundai Kona (+66.1%) is up 9 spots to #8 while the Tesla Model Y (-73.9%) crashes down year-on-year and rounds out the August Top 10. The Voyah Free lands at #117.

Previous month: Norway July 2022: MG (#5), BYD Tang (#6) break records in market off -31%

One year ago: Norway August 2021: Tesla Model Y instant leader, sales surge 52%

Full August 2022 Top 50 all brands and Top 205 all models below.