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Golf GTE Superstar Edition
In what seems to be a trend for this year, the VW Golf GTE started the year in First Place, with a record 253 units, with VW winning for the first time the Best-Seller title in its Vaterland: Will this mean that in the future, the German EV ranking will be as boring (Golf in #1 since the Jurassic) as the regular ICE is?
The total 1.245 EV's sold this January bode well for the rest of the year, almost doubling the result (690 sales) made twelve months ago.
The regular VW e-Golf also had a good result (132 units), almost grabbing the Second Spot, that went for the BMW i3, with 138 units, with insiders saying that the bavarian manufacturer is sacrificing its home market in order to fulfill others (Aka, the USA) which are more insatiable (And profitable) for the i-sub-brand.
In what seems to be a trend for this year, the VW Golf GTE started the year in First Place, with a record 253 units, with VW winning for the first time the Best-Seller title in its Vaterland: Will this mean that in the future, the German EV ranking will be as boring (Golf in #1 since the Jurassic) as the regular ICE is?
The total 1.245 EV's sold this January bode well for the rest of the year, almost doubling the result (690 sales) made twelve months ago.
The regular VW e-Golf also had a good result (132 units), almost grabbing the Second Spot, that went for the BMW i3, with 138 units, with insiders saying that the bavarian manufacturer is sacrificing its home market in order to fulfill others (Aka, the USA) which are more insatiable (And profitable) for the i-sub-brand.
Deep down in the ranking, we have a newcomer, the Passat GTE has landed and is ready to help the VW mothership to finally take over its domestic market.
| Pl | Germany | Jan. | YTD'15 | % | '14 Pl |
| 1 | Volkswagen Golf GTE | 253 | 253 | 20 | 13 |
| 2 | BMW i3 * | 138 | 138 | 11 | 1 |
| 3 | Volkswagen e-Golf | 132 | 132 | 11 | 8 |
| 4 | Kia Soul EV | 129 | 129 | 10 | 28 |
| 5 | Renault Zoe | 98 | 98 | 8 | 3 |
| 6 | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 73 | 73 | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | Smart Fortwo ED | 64 | 64 | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | Tesla Model S | 57 | 57 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | Audi A3 e-Tron | 52 | 52 | 4 | 10 |
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 19 20 21 22 23 | BMW i8 Mercedes B-Class ED Volvo V60 Plug-In Nissan Leaf Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Volkswagen e-Up! Mercedes S500 Plug-In Toyota Prius Plug-In Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Porsche Panamera Plug-In Volkswagen Passat GTE Peugeot iOn Mitsubishi I-Miev Ford Focus Electric |
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42 29 27 24 23 15 12 12 9 4 3 2 1 | 46 42 29 27 24 23 15 12 12 9 4 3 2 1 | 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 | 11 16 12 7
19
4
20
15 21 14
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23 17 26 |
| TOTAL | 1.245 | 1.245 | 100 |
Source: kba.de
The link says "December 2015" but I think this is for January
ReplyDeleteYes it is... :)
DeleteSales for Evs are too slow in Germany due to lack of incentives.Volkmar Kunerth. Www.ev-mobility.net
ReplyDeleteSales for Evs are too slow in Germany due to lack of incentives.Volkmar Kunerth. Www.ev-mobility.net
ReplyDeleteVK. Why should there be incentives? Car makers can contain the costs across their whole product portfolio. The parts for EVs are still high and all incentives do is help keep the MSRP of the cars high since automakers know the buyers are getting after-sale discounts through incentives. This points out the issue that without incentives, the whole EV market may collapse.
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