In October, new passenger automotive registrations in Germany decreased for the fourth consecutive month, by 35% year-over-year to 178,683.

The plug-in phase is rising, however extra slowly proper now. Final month, some 54,294 new plug-in vehicles have been registered (up 13% year-over-year). The market share has reached a brand new file of almost 30.4%. It is, by the way in which, the third file in a row.

One other fascinating factor is that the all-electric automotive gross sales are rising at a wholesome fee, whereas the plug-in hybrids are struggling to keep up their tempo from late 2020.

Outcomes by sort:

• BEVs: 30,560 – up 32% at 17.1% market share
• PHEVs: 23,734 – down 5% at 13.3% market share
• Whole: 54,294 – up 13% at 30.4% market share

Thus far this 12 months, greater than 532,000 new passenger plug-in vehicles have been registered in Germany. It is the biggest plug-in market in Europe.

New registrations year-to-date:

• BEVs: 267255 – up 120% at 12.2% market share
• PHEVs: 264,798 – up 103% at 12.1% market share
• Whole: 532,053 – up 111% at 24.2% market share

Because of excessive gross sales of plug-in hybrids, Mercedes-Benz was the highest model within the plug-in phase. Volkswagen, the second hottest model, had an reverse ratio with gross sales consisting principally of all-electric vehicles. In third was BMW.

Excellent outcomes have been famous by Hyundai and Renault, whereas Tesla in its off-peak month (the primary in 1 / 4), famous a average end result (however nonetheless a lot better than a 12 months earlier).

Manufacturers that recorded the best variety of plug-in automotive registrations (at the very least 1,000) have been:

• Mercedes-Benz: 7,435 – 1,542 BEVs and 5,893 PHEVs
• Volkswagen: 6,119 – 4,298 BEVs and 1,821 PHEVs
• BMW: 4,713 – 1,715 BEVs and a couple of,998 PHEVs
• Hyundai: 3,354 – 2,231 BEVs and 1,123 PHEVs
• Audi: 3,234 – 1,400 BEVs and 1,834 PHEVs
• Renault: 3,139 – 2,838 BEVs and 301 PHEVs
• sensible: 2,758 – 2,758 BEVs
• Skoda: 2,443 – 1,833 BEVs and 610 PHEVs
• Kia: 2,367 – 1,355 BEVs and 1,012 PHEVs
• Opel: 2,171 – 1,735 BEVs and 436 PHEVs
• Volvo: 1,945 – 100 BEVs and 1,845 PHEVs
• Peugeot: 1,750 – 1,304 BEVs and 446 PHEVs
• Ford: 1,676 – 209 BEVs and 1,467 PHEVs
• Tesla: 1,469 – 1,469 BEVs
• SEAT: 1,364 – 150 BEVs and 1,214 PHEVs
• Fiat: 1,258 – 1,258 BEVs
• MINI: 1,193 – 956 BEVs and 237 PHEVs

It seems that the Renault ZOE (2,209), sensible fortwo EQ (2,195) and Volkswagen ID.3 (2,145) have been the three hottest fashions in October.

The year-to-date rating is changing into increasingly fascinating with the Tesla Mannequin 3 forward of the Volkswagen ID.3, a really excessive place for the Volkswagen e-up! and comparatively robust outcomes for the Renault ZOE and Hyundai Kona Electrical.

However our eyes are directed in direction of the Skoda Enyaq iV, which simply handed its cousin, the Volkswagen ID.4., in Germany.

Business analyst Matthias Schmidt notes that not the whole lot goes to plan for the Volkswagen Group:

The all-new Hyundai Ioniq 5 strikes ahead with extra 1,052 new registrations (4,365 complete). We additionally noticed the primary quantity registrations of the Kia EV6 (473).

The highest all-electric fashions year-to-date:

• Tesla Mannequin 3 – 1,359 (25,341 YTD)
• Volkswagen ID.3 – 2,145 (23,684 YTD)
• Volkswagen e-up! – 1,087 (22,977 YTD)
• Renault ZOE – 2,209 (15,965 YTD)
• Hyundai Kona Electrical – 968 (14,688 YTD)
• sensible fortwo EQ – 2,195 (13,953 YTD)
• Skoda Enyaq iV – 1,790 (10,461 YTD)
• Volkswagen ID.4 – 1,022 (10,233 YTD)

Official stats (KBA):