Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Germany April 2017

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Running for #1

Two horse race in hot market

Over 3.500 plug-in passenger cars were registered last month in Germany, up 132% YoY, with YTD sales growing 87%, it's been a long time coming, but it looks the German market finally jumped into the EV bandwagon.

Looking at April Best Selling models, the Audi A3 e-Tron was the surprise leader, registering 380 units, followed by the BMW i3 (357 units) and the Outlander PHEV (294).

Below these three, we find the Renault Zoe, that had some delivery issues, thus registering only 280 units, with the Kia Soul EV ending the month in Fifth, with 223 units. How many of these will end up in Norway?

PlModel
Sales  
1Audi A3 e-Tron380
2BMW i3 *
357
3Mitsu. Outlander PHEV294
3
Renault Zoe
280
5
Kia Soul EV
223

Looking at the YTD ranking, the Top Two BMW i3 and Renault Zoe continue their two horse race, this time with the BMW model recovering some ground.

Below these two, things are anything less interessing, with several changes across the ranking:

- The Audi A3 e-Tron switched positions with the Outlander PHEV, with the German hatchback now sitting in the last place of the podium;

- The VW Passat GTE climbed one position to #8, while the Golf siblings also had positive months, thanks to the arrival of the first restyled units, with the PHEV Golf GTE jumping to #15, thanks to 187 deliveries (Best result in 21 months), while the BEV e-Golf was up to #18, with 128 registrations in April, its best result in eight months;

- Five positions jump for the veteran Volvo V60 Plug-in, now at #22, thanks to 72 registrations in April, its best performance in over a year;

- Brilliant performances across the Mercedes line-up, with three(!) models hitting record numbers (B250e, GLC350e and S500e), it seems the German automaker has finally Seen the Light and is actually pushing sales of their plug-ins...  

In the manufacturers ranking, BMW (24%, down 1%) is on the lead, followed by Mercedes (12%, up 1%), Volkswagen and Renault (Both at 11%). With Audi in a close Fifth (10%), expect soon the Top 4 places to belong to local brands.

PlGermanyApril YTD%'16 Pl
1
2
Renault Zoe
BMW i3 *
280
357
1.478
1.448
11
11
2
1
3
4
Audi A3 e-Tron
Mitsu. Outlander PHEV
380
294
1.154
1.098
8
8
4
6
5
6
BMW 225xe Active Tour.
Tesla Model S
218
124
990
840
7
6
10
5
7Kia Soul EV22377967
8Volkswagen Passat GTE15450849
9
10
Mercedes C350e e)
Nissan Leaf
121
35
427
412
3
3
15
11
11
12
Volkswagen e-Up!
Tesla Model X
69
73
391
380
3
3
17
19
13
14
15
16
Mercedes GLC350e
Mercedes B250e
Volkswagen Golf GTE
Audi Q7 e-Tron
126
123
187
42
351
337
279
226
3
2
2
2
23
18
8
13
16BMW 330e
49
226220
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35

Volkswagen e-Golf
Mercedes E350e
Volvo XC90 T8
Mercedes GLE500e
Volvo V60 Plug-In
Peugeot iOn
Hyundai Ioniq Electric
BMW 530e
Porsche Cayenne PHEV
BMW 740e
BMW i8
Mercedes S500e e)
Mini Countryman PHEV
BMW X5 40e
Citroen C-Zero
Opel Ampera-e
Nissan e-NV200/Evalia
Por. Panamera PHEV
Others
128
62
21
43
72
20
73
75
28
22
25
40
11
16
16
3
4
26
8
223
222
204
165
145
142
141
137
116
105
104
99
88
79
76
71
66
61
45
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
12
32
13
24
25
20
20
N/A
21
28
27
26
N/A
22
34
N/A
29
30

TOTAL
3.548
13.613
100


* - 222 Bev + 135 Rex 


Source: kba.de

3 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 23, 2017

    Thank you Jose, great Job!
    But what about the Hyundai Ioniq, being full electric as well as PluIn. Not the same as I3 with range extender, but a new configuration. And as far as I see we have 246 PluIn-Ioniqs, not a small number.

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    1. I see what you mean. I will check it.

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  2. There were 246 Ioniq hybrids registered, of which 2 were PHEV. I have updated data accordingly.
    Thanks for the tip!

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