Germany December 2013

After the 2010 crown, Smart is again the Best Selling EV in Germany

Slow Lane Edition II

With 712 plug-ins sold in December, the German EV market still hasn't grown the way it would be expected, with the full year sales reaching 6.711 units, growing just 4% regarding the year before.

The BMW i3 (90 units sold) failed to reach three digit sales and ended the year in #5 YTD, with only one model to register decent sales, the Smart Fortwo ED, which deservedly earned the Best Selling EV title in Germany, selling twice as much as the #2 Renault Zoe.

The #3 was recovered near the finish line by the Nissan Leaf, relegating the Twizy to #4. 

Brandwise, Smart was also the winner with 32% share, followed by last year winner, Renault (28%) and in #3 we have Nissan (13%).

It's hard to predict sales for 2014, but i would go for some 10.000 units/year and (hopefully) the BMW i3 and VW e-Up!/e-Golf will increase sales and will start to outrun Smart.

Pl	Germany	Dec.	2013	%	'12Pl
1	Smart Fortwo ED e)	300	2.146	32	7
2	Renault Zoe	72	1.019	15	N/A
3	Nissan Leaf	50	855	13	5
4	Renault Twizy e)	25	831	12	1
5	BMW i3	90	559	8	N/A
6	Opel Ampera	17	335	5	2
7	Citröen C-Zero		276	4	4
8	Tesla Model S e)	50	204	3	N/A
9	Volkswagen e-Up! e)	75	150	2	N/A
10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Mitsubishi I-Miev Volvo V60 Plug-In e) Renault Fluence ZE Peugeot iOn Ford Focus Electric e) Chevrolet Volt Porsche Panamera S E. e)	20 4 5 4	89 73 60 41 35 25 12	1 1 1 1 1 0 0	9 N/A 6 8 N/A 13 N/A
	TOTAL	712	6.711	100

e) estimate

Source: kba.de; goingelectric.de