Germany March 2014

BMW i3 is the 2014 EV King in Germany. Until the e-Golf arrives, of course...

Springtime Records - Fourth Chapter

With 941 plug-ins sold in March, the German EV market has beaten by a small margin its EV Sales record, a sign of things to come? We just have to wait and see, but for now the EV Share is at 0,32%, a significant departure from the 0,22% of last year.

The BMW i3 (229 units sold) was #1 in March, increasing the lead in the YTD chart, with the second spot going for the Model S, with 143 units...That's right, the american full-size-sporty-sedan-thingy finally breaks into the three digit area, being the best foreign car here and now it must be eyeing on two main goals: 

1 - Reach the i3 numbers to win the Best Selling EV title;

2- Reach the 300-400 units/month of the other full-size-sporty-sedan-thingy (Think Audi A7, Porsche Panamera, etc.) and become the best selling car of that particular segment. Sign of the times, Tesla is now going after ICE best-sellers...

In #2 YTD we have the e-Up! (119 units), defending VW colors and waiting for the e-Golf to arrive, followed at a close distance by the Smart Fortwo ED (108 units), defending itself from the most recent competition, while further down the ranking Volvo had a great sales month, with the V60 Plug-In beating its own personal best score and selling 54 units, and even the now jurassic C30 Electric has sold 7 units, also a personal best performance.

Pl	Germany	March	YTD'14	%	'13 Pl
1	BMW i3	229	637	28	5
2	Volkswagen e-Up!	119	329	15	9
3	Smart Fortwo ED	108	298	13	1
4	Tesla Model S	143	239	11	8
5	Nissan Leaf	131	226	10	3
6	Renault Zoe	95	205	9	2
7	Volvo V60 Plug-In	54	116	5	11
8	Renault Twizy e)	15	56	2	4
9	Toyota Prius Plug-In	19	34	2	N/A
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 18	Opel Ampera Porsche Panamera Plug-In Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Ford Focus Electric Chevrolet Volt Citröen C-Zero Volvo C30 Electric Mitsubishi I-Miev Peugeot iOn	3 8 4 2 3 7 1	22 18 17 12 11 9 7 7 6	1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0	6 16 N/A 14 15 7 N/A 10 13
	TOTAL	941	2.249	100

e) estimate

Source: kba.de; Manufacturers