Thursday, November 17, 2016

Germany October 2016

  

Changes Galore

After a brilliant September, with sales rising 41%, the German EV Market is back at so-so performances in October, with 2.660 units, down 3% regarding the same period last year.

With this result, the EV Share is stable at 0.7%, below the 0.75% registered last year.

Looking at the October models ranking, there weren't surprises at the Top 2 positions, with the BMW i3 and Kia Soul EV collecting Gold and Silver, but in Third Place we have the first surprise, with the Audi A3 e-Tron reaching its first podium in five months, with 266 units, its best result in 18 months.

In Fourth we have a regular on the Top 5, with the Outlander PHEV scoring 169 units, while in Fifth we have the Renault Zoe, with 147 units, its lowest result since January, and since September last year that the French hatch wasn't so low in the ranking. The 40 kWh version is needed badly here...

PlModel
Sales  
1BMW i3391
2Kia Soul EV372
3Audi A3 e-Tron266
4Mit. Outlander PHEV169
5Renault Zoe147

Known for its high volatility and balance, the ranking leader in Germany only has 11% share, the lowest value in the world, October showed once again this feature, with several changes and close races:

- The recent uptick in sales allowed the BMW i3 to reach closer to the leader Renault Zoe, right now only 123 units separate them, November should see the German Hot Hatch surpass the leader, but the big question will be in December, will Renault deliver enough 40 kWh units and recover the Top Spot from the i3? My guess is that it will be a disputed race until the last days of December;

- The race for Third Place seems balanced, with only 45 units separating the new Third Placed Audi A3 e-Tron from the #5 Kia Soul EV (Up from #8), but given the expected strong sprint of the Korean by year end, expect it to secure the last place in the Podium, with the A3 and Model S fighting it out to see who will win thes Fourth Place;

- Audi's wagon-on-stilts Q7 e-Tron climbed another place, to #12, with the BMW 225xe Active Tourer, doing the same, to #10;

- Good month for Mercedes, with the B250e up one place to #16, the S500e also up one to #24, the GLC350e up two positions to #26, while the recently arrived E350e joined the ranking at #35. It will be interesting to follow the career of this last model, as this is the first model to play at the Model S playground.  

The manufacturers ranking is as balanced as usual, with the top brand now being BMW, with 19% (Up 1%), followed by Volkswagen (16%) and Renault (15%, down 1%).

PlGermanyOct. YTD%'15 Pl
1
2
Renault Zoe
BMW i3 *
147
391
2.262
2.139
11
11
6
2
3
4
Audi A3 e-Tron
Tesla Model S
266
52
1.274
1.230
6
6
5
7
5
6
Kia Soul EV
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
372
169
1.229
1.142
6
6
1
3
7Volkswagen Golf GTE1261.10254
8Volkswagen Passat GTE1091.00159
9Nissan Leaf66828410
10
11
12
BMW 225xe Active Tourer
Volkswagen e-Golf
Audi Q7 e-Tron
114
78
132
742
717
697
4
4
3
20
8
24
13
14
15
Renault Twizy   e)
Mercedes C350e   e)
Volvo XC90 T8 
50
41
33
623
578
557
3
3
3
15
13
28
16Mercedes B250e
53
364214
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35

Volkswagen e-Up!
BMW 330e
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In
BMW X5 40e
Tesla Model X
Volvo V60 Plug-In
Mercedes GLE500e
Mercedes S500e    e)
BMW i8
Mercedes GLC350e
BMW 740e
Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia
Renault Kangoo ZE e)
Porsche Panamera PHEV
Peugeot iOn
Citroen C-Zero
Smart Fortwo ED
Citroen Berlingo EV 
Mercedes E350e
Others
42
44
36
37
38
28
28
30
8
46
42
12
10
9
19
9
2

15
6
363
328
301
281
275
237
235
222
201
163
160
131
125
119
105
93
78
45
37
156
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
 1
12
32
17
22
N/A
18
29
19
16
N/A
N/A
25
N/A
23
36
36
11
33
N/A

TOTAL
2.660
20.140
100



* - 274 Bev + 117 Rex 


e) Estimate

Source: kba.de

2 comments:

  1. I don't see Kia Soul EV on our roads. I've heard almost all of them are going from here to Norway. Do you know something about that?

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    1. True, that was the case last year, this latest surge seems to indicate that Kia is doing it again, but there's still no proof, maybe in a couple of months.

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