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Plug-In Vehicles = 14% of Vehicle Sales in Sweden in November

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Published on December 5th, 2019 |

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Plug-In Vehicles = 14% of Vehicle Sales in Sweden in November

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December 5th, 2019 by Zachary Shahan

Norway gets most of the glory for electric vehicle sales leadership, or China does for the sheer volume of sales there (approximately half of the global market), but there are a few other country markets with notable electric vehicle market share (if not volume) that are fun to track and interesting to compare to Norway. One of those markets is Sweden, which very quietly sits near the top of EV market share rankings, only trailing Norway and Iceland.

Another interesting thing about the market is how big plug-in hybrids are there. I assume there are at least a few reasons for this — the long distances people might need to drive from time to time, the extreme cold, the general brand preferences in the country (and what plug-in models those brands offer), and the popularity of somewhat affordable SUVs … while the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is basically the only affordable plug-in SUV on the market. In fact, this is one of the only markets where the Tesla Model 3 isn’t at the top of the list for year-to-date sales because of that Japanese beast, as EV Volumes data point out.

As you can see from those charts, Swedes are in love with Kia, Volvo, and Volkswagen plug-in hybrids. The fully electric top selling Tesla Model 3, Renault Zoe, and Nissan LEAF also do fairly well. That said, compared to other markets, it seems that the Tesla Model 3 still has a lot of potential for growth in the country, and certainly the Model Y as well.

But the burning question is: how will the Tesla Cybertruck do in this freezing cold market?

Back to 2019, though, Jose Pontes points out that Sweden’s plug-in vehicle market was up 37% in November 2019 compared to November 2018, fully electric vehicle market shared dropped from 5% to 3% in that time period, and plug-in hybrid sales rose from 7% to 11% of the national market. In total, that put the November plug-in vehicle sales at 14% of the market, while it sits at 12% for the year through November.

Further, if you’re curious or confused because you see that Volkswagen Passat GTE (a plug-in hybrid) at the top of the November chart but not very high up in the January–November 2019 chart, note that November was just the Passat GTE’s second month on the market.

If you like seeing these sales charts with “Others” included (all plug-in vehicle models outside the top 20 combined), here are those charts:

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Plug-In Vehicles = 59% of Vehicle Sales in Norway in October

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Plug-In Vehicles = 59% of Vehicle Sales in Norway in October

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December 5th, 2019 by Zachary Shahan

When it comes to electric vehicle adoption, Norway is king of the hill. Nearly 2 out of every 3 passenger vehicles sold in Norway come with a plug. In October, the plug-in vehicle share was 59%, a bit higher than the 56% plug-in vehicle hold for January–October.

Most of those plug-in vehicle sales are sales of fully electric vehicles (36% of all vehicle sales in October), but plug-in hybrids aren’t far behind (23% of vehicle sales).

The top selling vehicle (of any kind) in the market so far in 2019 is far and away the Tesla Model 3. It holds 21% of this large EV market, which means more than 10% of the entire country’s vehicle sales. However, with 4th quarter boats yet to arrive with new shipments, October’s Model 3 deliveries were just 121. It’s just outside of the October top 10 with that total.

The outgoing Volkswagen e-Golf somehow held onto a strong and easy second place finish. That bodes well for the nearing arrival of the Volkswagen ID.3 and ID.4.

Continuing its steady podium positioning, the Nissan LEAF then coasted in when it came to January–October sales, according to OFV of Norway (hat tip to Jose Pontes).

Surpassing the top 3 vehicles of the year, the Audi e-tron sprinted to the gold medal position for the month of October, its first time on the monthly winner’s stand. That placement is especially surprising considering how expensive the e-tron is, but it demonstrates that Norwegians love the Audi brand, love SUVs, and are not as price sensitive as most other markets.

The only remaining question I have about the Norwegian market: how many Cybertrucks will Norwegians order?

Okay, I’m also curious how many Model Ys they’ll order and how long it will take to replace the Model 3 at the top of the charts.

If you like seeing these sales charts with “Others” included (all plug-in vehicle models outside the top 20 combined), here are those charts:

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Tesla Cybertruck Envisioned As The Ultimate Camera Car (Pickup Truck)

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Electric car battery production causes less CO2 emissions than once thought: study – Teslarati

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Tesla’s Andrej Karpathy Talks PyTorch, Autopilot (Video)

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Tesla’s Andrej Karpathy Talks PyTorch, Autopilot (Video)

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Andrej Karpathy, Tesla’s Director of Artificial Intelligence and Autopilot Vision, is one of the chief architects of Tesla’s self-driving vision. In July, he hosted a workshop on Neural Network Multi-Task Learning, where he offered some detailed insights on Tesla’s use of AI in developing its Autopilot features.

Now Karpathy is featured in a new video in which he describes how Tesla is using PyTorch, an open-source machine learning library, to develop full self-driving capabilities for its vehicles, including Navigate on Autopilot and Smart Summon.

A look at Tesla’s Autopilot (Image: Tesla)

Karpathy explains that, unlike other companies working on self-driving, Tesla doesn’t use lidar or high-definition maps, so the Autopilot system relies on AI to parse information from the eight cameras mounted around the vehicle. Tesla is a fairly vertically integrated company, so it has control of the “full stack” when it comes to AI. The machine learning process is built around “hydranets,” so called because each has a shared backbone and multiple heads (like the Hydra of Greek mythology). Karpathy demonstrates how Tesla’s Smart Summon feature uses hydranets to figure out how to negotiate a parking lot.

Andrej Karpathy discusses the development of Tesla’s Autopilot and Smart Summon features (YouTube: PyTorch)

Karpathy’s talk gets very technical very quickly — only those with a background in machine learning are likely to be able to follow the full story here. However, even we laypeople can appreciate the incredible complexity of teaching a computer to drive a car. According to Karpathy, compiling a full build of Autopilot 2.0 involves some 48 different networks, 1,000 distinct predictions, and 70,000 GPU hours. And, of course, this is no one-time project — the software is continuously being improved, so it must be frequently re-compiled and updated.

This continuous improvement is driven by the massive amounts of data pouring in from the fleet of Teslas on the world’s roads — an asset no other company working on autonomous driving enjoys. Karpathy tells us that the Navigate on Autopilot feature has now accumulated over a billion miles of real-world usage in over 50 countries, including 200,000 automated lane changes. The Smart Summon feature has been used in over 500,000 sessions in the short time since it was introduced. Keep this figure in mind the next time some pundit declares Smart Summon a failure because of a handful of YouTube videos of comical parking lot mishaps.
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