Denmark Loves Tesla Model S

Denmark has observed record sales of Model S in December

Tesla Motors Inc. has achieved another major milestone where the company has reported to be the main grossing auto maker in the European region for December, 2015. As per the regional media platform, EnergiWatch.dk, in the month of December, the company was successful in selling 1,248 units of its luxury Model S sedan in Denmark. Since the company is not that popular in the European market, this has undoubtedly turned out to be a Danish record.

This is said to be the first time in the history of automotive in the European market that an electric car has succeeded in banging the position of the best-selling passenger car. The sales governed in December were far more than the sales the company bagged in November by more than one and a half time. Tesla was successful in beating the record in November but in December it again superseded its own record which shows that the car is extremely popular.

Apart from that, the Tesla Model S also succeeded in dwarfing the sales of automobiles with diesel and petrol engine both. This was never done prior to this in the history of Denmark.

The second spot was lured by the French auto maker; Peugeot’s where Peugeot 206 was the second popular car. The company sold almost 903 vehicles last month. As per the Danish Car Importers Association, a total of 1573 units of electric cars were sold accumulatively back in December which is a record on its own. This is more than all the electric cars sold in 12 month back in 2014.Back in 2014, Demark was successful in selling under 4,327 electric cars during the period.

As per the news source, “Model S’ high performance can be attributed to the political agreement reached by majority in parliament during last October to phase out tax exemption for electric vehicles. The tax exemption was scheduled to end by the end of 2015, which would now make a Tesla car relatively more expensive.” This might be the reason why the sales of Tesla have risen substantially over the past month. However, this is a speculation and no evidence has been obtained regarding the reason behind the price hike as of yet.

Over the past four trimesters, the company has also recorded a substantial 75% increase in terms of Model S deliveries. The company was successful in delivering 17,193 Model S units in total along with 208 units of the Model X car.