Germany November 2016

Running neck to neck for Number One

Renault Zoe vs BMW i3

Some 2.664 plug-ins were registered last month in Germany, in line with last year result (2.676), with the EV Share at 0.74%, slightly below the 0.75% registered last year.

Looking at the November models ranking, the Renault Zoe returned to the Top Spot, with 303 units, its best result of the year (Stock clearance or were there already new 40 kWh units arriving?), followed by the BMW i3, with 291 units, down 26% over the previous month, a possible reason for this disappointing result is that BMW left its home market dry up a little, in order to dispatch as much units for Norway as possible.

In Third we have a surprise, with the BMW 225xe Act. Tourer scoring its best result ever, with 225 units, making it three consecutive months in the three digit area, this recent uptick in sales is probably due to the recent incentive scheme made by the German government.

Fourth we have the Nissan Leaf, pulling its best result (181 units) since March and proving that generous discounts can do wonders for a model performance, while in Fifth we have the VW Golf GTE, with 167 units, its best result since January, also possibly due to some nice dealership discounts...

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Renault Zoe	303
2	BMW i3	291
3	BMW 225xe A. Tourer	225
4	Nissan Leaf	181
5	Volkswagen Golf GTE	167

Known for its balanced ranking and frequent position changes, the German YTD ranking didn't disappointed in November:

- The race for the Best Seller title is pretty much undecided, with the Renault Zoe and BMW i3 separated by just 135 units, a lot can still happen, but guess is that it will be a disputed race until the last days of December, with both models pushing sales to record levels;

- In the race for Third Place, the Audi A3 e-Tron seems to have the upper hand now, although the 118 units buffer still hasn't safeguarded it from the usual December deliveries peak of the Tesla Model S, but at this point i just don't see the Model S with enough strength to pull this off;

- The VW Golf GTE climbed to #5, surpassing the Kia Soul EV, that registered only 34 units, down 91% regarding October;

- The Volkswagen e-Up! had its best result in two years(!), with 109 registrations, climbing to #16, the Tesla Model X surpassed the BMW X5 PHEV, reaching #20, while the Mercedes SUV's keep on climbing, with the GLE500e up one position to #22 and its smaller brother, the GLC350e, is now #24.  

BMW (20%, up 1%) increased the lead in the manufacturers ranking, being followed by Volkswagen (16%) and Renault (15%).

Pl	Germany	Nov.	YTD	%	'15 Pl
1 2	Renault Zoe BMW i3 *	303 291	2.565 2.430	11 11	6 2
3 4	Audi A3 e-Tron Tesla Model S	158 84	1.432 1.314	6 6	5 7
5 6	Volkswagen Golf GTE Kia Soul EV	167 34	1.269 1.263	6 6	4 1
7	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	114	1.256	6	3
8	Volkswagen Passat GTE	113	1.114	5	9
9	Nissan Leaf	181	1.009	4	10
10 11 12	BMW 225xe Active Tourer Volkswagen e-Golf Audi Q7 e-Tron	225 115 48	967 832 745	4 4 3	20 8 24
13 14 15	Mercedes C350e   e) Renault Twizy   e) Volvo XC90 T8	56 20 55	634 620 612	3 3 3	13 15 28
16	Volkswagen e-Up!	109	472	2	12
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35	Mercedes B250e BMW 330e Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Tesla Model X BMW X5 40e Mercedes GLE500e Volvo V60 Plug-In Mercedes S500e    e) Mercedes GLC350e BMW i8 BMW 740e Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Renault Kangoo ZE e) Peugeot iOn Porsche Panamera PHEV Citroen C-Zero Smart Fortwo ED Mercedes E350e Citroen Berlingo EV e) Others	51 38 38 63 47 25 22 15 74 16 24 41 10 25 10 4 33 5 50	415 366 339 338 328 260 259 237 237 217 184 172 135 130 129 97 78 70 50 206	2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0  1	14 32 17 N/A 22 29 18 19 N/A 16 N/A 25 N/A 36 23 36 11 N/A 33
	TOTAL	2.664	22.781	100

* - 181 Bev + 110 Rex 

e) Estimate

Source: kba.de