Monday, February 13, 2017

Germany January 2017

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Even the Germans are getting into EV's!

Some 2.715 plug-in passenger cars were registered last month in Germany, up 90% YoY, with the EV Share starting the year at a record 1.12%, significantly above from the 0.75% registered last year, it's been a long time coming, but it seems that this market is finally warming up to plug-ins.

Looking at the January Best Selling models, the BMW i3 started the year where it left off 2016, in the lead, in this case with 388 units, this time followed by the Outlander PHEV (282 units, best result in 19 months) and the BMW 225 Act. Tourer (210 units).

Just outside the podium we have the Renault Zoe, with a rather disappointing 180 units, it seems Renault prioritized other markets for the ZE 40 deliveries, while Kia registered 177 units of its Soul EV.

PlModel
Sales  
1BMW i3388
2Mit. Outlander PHEV282
3BMW 225xe A. Tourer210
4
Renault Zoe
180
5Kia Soul EV177

Looking below, the veteran Nissan Leaf continues to post surprisingly good results (115 units, up 51% YoY), no doubt thanks to generous incentives, but the same can't be said about the VW e-Golf and Golf GTE twins, both experiencing their lowest sales levels in over two years, the 2017 edition of both models can't come soon enough.

Rather surprisingly, in January we saw the arrival of the first 13 units of the Opel Ampera-e, no doubt demonstration units, this model is another test on whether the European arm of GM is serious about EV's or if it's just empty talking, if they indeed follow the talk by walking the walk, expect this model to be a frequent Best Seller in the second half of the year.

In the manufacturers ranking, BMW (22%) started the year in the lead, followed by Mercedes(!), with 13% share (It ended 2016 in Fifth, with 8% share) and Volkswagen (12%).

An interesting bit of (Not so) trivia is that BEV's grew faster (150% vs 59%) than PHEV's, which is a good indication for the remainder of the year.

PlGermanyJan. YTD%'16 Pl
1
2
BMW i3 *
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
388
282
388
282
14
10
1
6
3
4
BMW 225xe Active Tourer
Renault Zoe
210
180
210
180
8
7
10
2
5
6
Kia Soul EV
Volkswagen Passat GTE
177
157
177
157
7
6
7
9
6Audi A3 e-Tron15715764
8Nissan Leaf115115411
9Tesla Model S96964
5
10
11
12
Mercedes C350e  e)
Volkswagen e-Up!
Volvo XC90 T8 
95
93
88
95
93
88
3
3
3
15
17
13
13
14
15
Mercedes B250e
Audi Q7 e-Tron
Mercedes GLC350e 
68
60
55
68
60
55
3
2
2
18
13
23
15Tesla Model X
55
55219
17
17
19
20
21
21
23
24
24
24
27
27
29
30
31
32
33
34

Peugeot iOn
Mercedes E350e
Mercedes GLE500e
Hyundai Ioniq Electric
BMW 740e
Volkswagen Golf GTE
BMW 330e
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In
Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia
Volkswagen e-Golf
BMW X5 40e
Citröen C-Zero
Porsche Panamera PHEV
BMW i8
Mercedes S500e   e)
Opel Ampera-e
Volvo V60 Plug-In
Kia Optima PHEV
Others
54
54
52
29
26
26
24
21
21
21
18
18
17
16
15
13
7
3
4
54
54
52
29
26
26
24
21
21
21
18
18
17
16
15
13
7
3
4
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
 1
31
32
24
35
28
8
20
21
29
12
22
34
30
27
26
N/A
25
39

TOTAL
2.715
2.715
100


* - 244 Bev + 144 Rex 

Source: kba.de

1 comment:

  1. 54 Ion and 18 C-Zero? With sells this high, PSA will never update their portfolio. Don´t get me wrong: I love the tripplets. I just want to drive longer than one hour before charging.

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