Friday, April 17, 2015

Germany March 2015

"BIG IN GERMANY"
 
Springtime Records -Deutsch Edition

The 2.076 EV's sold this March were a new record for the German EV Market, with YTD sales now at 4.444 units, doubling last year result in the same period.

Looking at the monthly ranking, plenty of surprises, as always, the Niisan Leaf made a smash result, by selling 409 units, beating a record that lasted since the 2012 Twizy fever, while also winning again the Monthly Best Seller Trophy after a 19 month hiatus.

The #2 Mitsu Outlander PHEV sold 243 units, its best result since last May, while the #3 Tesla Model S also hit a record, never before had the american car sold so much in a single month here, but 211 units are also a respectable performance in the highly competitive full-size-luxury-sport-sedan German General Ranking, to put this result in context, the Merc CLS sold 532 units last month, the #2 Audi A7 sold 426, while the BMW 6-series sold only 12 more units (223) than the Tesla. As for the Panamera, is was behind the Model S, with 153 units...

PlModel
Sales  
1Nissan Leaf409
2Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV243
3Tesla Model S211
4BMW i3177
5Audi A3 e-Tron160

As for the YTD ranking, there was a last minute leadership change, with the BMW i3 dethroning the Golf GTE by just two units, while the Mitsu Outlander PHEV is Third, only 11 units behinfd the leader, all three have 11% share, making this the most fragmented market in the world.

The Nissan Leaf shot through the competition to #4 (Up 10 positions!), while the VW e-Golf dropped to #6 (It was #3 in January), the Tesla Model S climbed two positions to #7, while both the Kia Soul EV and the Smart Fortwo ED were down two positions, to #9 and #8 respectively.

Looking to the second half of the ranking, the Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia jumped four positions to #16, underlining a brilliant performance from Nissan this month.
PlGermanyMar. YTD'15%'14 Pl
1BMW i3 *177497111
2Volkswagen Golf GTE1434951113
3Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV243486115
4Nissan Leaf409458107
5Audi A3 e-Tron160351810
6Volkswagen e-Golf8229778
7Tesla Model S21129476
8Smart Fortwo ED9225162
9Kia Soul EV86240528
 10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26

Renault Zoe
BMW i8
Volkswagen e-Up!
Mercedes B-Class ED
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In
Mercedes S500 Plug-In
Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia
Volvo V60 Plug-In
Renault Twizy e)
Toyota Prius Plug-In
Porsche Panamera Plug-In
Mitsubishi I-Miev
Volkswagen Passat GTE
Opel Ampera
Peugeot iOn
Renaul Fluence ZE
Ford Focus Electric

70
58
57
37
36
57
19
20
10
10
13
7
6

2
1
77   196
153
113
111
89
85
70
64
62
47
36
21
14
8
3
2
1

4
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0

3
11
4
16
19
20
21
12
9
15
14
17
N/A
18
23
31
26

TOTAL2.0764.444100

* - 78 Bev + 99 Rex


Source: kba.de

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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 18, 2015

    Why is the Leaf doing so well, compared to the German brands Volkswagen and BMW?

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  2. José PontesApril 19, 2015

    Unlike the ICE local market, the German EV market is full of surprises, my huntch is that many of these surprises are the result of fleet deals, something that has a major importance here.

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  3. javApril 20, 2015

    and why benz B-klass is doing so bad?

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    1. AnonymousApril 20, 2015

      The Mercedes lacks a fast charge port. So after 150km you have to charge it for hours. That makes the car useless outside the city. In my opinion that's a major design flaw for such an expensive car.

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  4. javApril 20, 2015

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  5. loogMay 04, 2015

    VW is only pretending to be into EVs: "Yes we have the best EV (...there is no other...), but rather buy an ICE". EV-Lovers in Germany see trough this and rather buy from companys, that are truly committed (TESLA, Mitsu, Nissan, Renault).

    German media still says: "EVs? Maybe in a few years..."

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