Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Germany November 2015



Renault Zoe beats Kia Soul EV

Some 2.700 EV's were sold last month in Germany, up 130% regarding the same month last year, with the EV Share going further north to 0,71%, up some 0,03% regarding the previous month and a significant departure from 2014, having recorded at the time 0,44% share.

As tradition in the German EV market, there is always something interesting to talk about, this time, after three impressive wins by the Kia Soul EV, there is a new Monthly Best Seller, the Renault Zoe registered 465 units, three more than the Korean, beating its own personal record and returning to #1 for the first time this year.

Below the Top Two, the BMW i3 posted an impressive 314 units, its best result ever, while the VW Passat GTE was Fourth, thanks to 280 sales, a new record, consistently beating its smaller brother Golf GTE, #5 with 168 units, somewhat affected by the arrival of its newer relative.

PlModel
Sales  
1Renault Zoe465
2Kia Soul EV462
3BMW i3314
4Volkwagen Passat GTE280
5Volkswagen Golf GTE168

Looking at the YTD ranking, the BMW i3 returned to #4, exchanging positions with the Audi A3 e-Tron, while the Renault Zoe jumped two positions to #7, a funny fact regarding the french model, is that although it is four positions below the Bronze Medal won last year, its sales are actually up 26% YoY...Which says something about the current pace of the market as a whole. 

The Volkswagen Passat GTE jumps another two positions to #10, while the Mercedes C350e also climbed two positions to #15.

There are two newcomers to the ranking, with the Audi R8 e-Tron registering its first six units and preparing the way to give the BMW i8 some serious competition in 2016, speaking of BMW, a new Bimmer plug-in model (The fifth!) has landed last month, the 330e registered its first 19 units and, as usual in every motorway-bruiser coming from BMW, it has the Premium sales leadership incorporated in its CPU, in this case meaning: "Beat the Mercedes C350e".

Looking into the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen remains in the lead (20% share, down 1%), followed by the surprise Kia (14%), with BMW in Third with 13%, Mitsubishi #4 (10%, down 1%), and right behind we have Audi and Renault, with 9%.  


PlGermanyNov. YTD'15%'14 Pl
 1Kia Soul EV4622.9211428
2Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV1441.997105
3Volkswagen Golf GTE1681.966913
4BMW i3 *3141.93791
5Audi A3 e-Tron1161.741810
6Tesla Model S1361.34866
7
8
9
Renault Zoe
Volkswagen e-Golf
Nissan Leaf
465
42
29
1.337
1.047
921
6
5
4
3
8
7
10Volkswagen Passat GTE
280
752
4
N/A
11
Smart Fortwo ED
23
660
3
2

12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
19
21
22
23
23
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
35
37
Volkswagen e-Up!
Mercedes B-Class ED
Renault Twizy e)
Mercedes C350e   e)
BMW i8
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In
BMW 225xe Act. T. PHEV
Mercedes S500e   e)
Volvo V60 Plug-In
Renault Kangoo ZE e)
Porsche Panamera Plug-In
BMW X5 40e PHEV
Audi Q7 e-Tron
Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia
Toyota Prius Plug-In
Mitsubishi I-Miev
Mercedes GLE500e
Porsche 918
Opel Ampera
BMW 330e
Ford Focus Electric
Citröen C-Zero
Peugeot iOn
Volvo XC90 T8 Plug-in
Audi R8 e-Tron
Renault Fluence ZE
28
43
15
100
11
42
41
20
23
15
12
38
28
4
6
4
17


19

4
2
5
6
1
508
457
395
382
378
337
261
247
247
165
141
137
137
127
109
94
60
46
23
19
14
11
9
6
6
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
16
9
N/A
11
19
N/A
20
12
N/A
14
N/A
N/A
21
15
 N/A
N/A
25
18
N/A
26
24
23
N/A
N/A
31

TOTAL
2.662
20.948
100


* - 122 Bev + 192 Rex


Source: kba.de

4 comments:

  1. I'm wondering how many of those Souls were part of the 'scam' where they 'sell' the car in Germany and then ship it off to Norway, just to reach their emission targets.

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  2. My thoughts precisely @Surya!
    Jose, last couple of months you took care to point this out. Do you have new info this month, or is it still the same, actual Norway SoulEV sales posing as German?
    And regardless, do you think this happens with other EV brands "sold" in Germany?

    Thanks!

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  3. I would guess 3 out of 4 units must have gone to Norway, as for other models, i would say some e-Golf's, Leaf's and even a couple of Zoe's will end up in Norway.

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    1. Zoe in Germany has battery lease, but not in Norway. I don't see why would they import them.

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