{"id":31330,"date":"2022-09-13T09:03:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T13:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=31330"},"modified":"2022-09-13T09:03:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T13:03:54","slug":"germany-plugin-car-sales-august2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=31330","title":{"rendered":"Germany: Plug-in Car Sales Returned To Growth In August 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good news comes from Germany, where car sales rebounded a bit after several months of decline.<\/p>\n<p>New passenger car registrations increased in August by 3% year-over-year to 199,183. However, during the first eight months of the year, new registrations decreased by 10% to 1,643,069.<\/p>\n<p>Plug-in electric cars also returned to growth after five months in the red. Last month, 56,725 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in Germany, which is 6% more than a year ago. The market share increased slightly to 28.5% (compared to 27.6% a year earlier).<\/p>\n<p>Both all-electric and plug-in hybrid car sales are up, although for PHEVs it&#8217;s just under 1% (after 10 consecutive months of decline), while BEVs maintain a double-digit result.<\/p>\n<p>An interesting thing is that non-rechargeable hybrids were down 1.5% in August to 59,835 (30% share).<\/p>\n<p>Results by type:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BEVs: 32,006 \u2013 up 11% at 16.1% market share<\/li>\n<li>PHEVs: 24,719 \u2013 up 1% at 12.4% market share<\/li>\n<li>Total: 56,725 \u2013 up 6% at 28.5% market share<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"special_image\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"spi_wrapper\"><a class=\"lightzoom\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/plug-in-electric-car-registrations-in-germany-august-2022.png\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/thumbnail\/plug-in-electric-car-registrations-in-germany-august-2022.png\" alt=\"external_image\" width=\"915\" height=\"424\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>So far this year, more than 415,000 new passenger plug-in cars were registered in Germany:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BEVs: 228,084 \u2013 up 12% at 13.9% market share<\/li>\n<li>PHEVs: 187,311 \u2013 down 14% at 11.4% market share<\/li>\n<li>Total: 415,395 \u2013 down 1% at 25.3% market share<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For reference, <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/560910\/germany-plugin-car-sales-2021\/\">in the 12 months of 2021, a total of over 681,000 plug-in cars were registered<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"special_image\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"spi_wrapper\"><a class=\"lightzoom\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/plug-in-electric-car-registrations-in-germany-august-2022-b.png\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/thumbnail\/plug-in-electric-car-registrations-in-germany-august-2022-b.png\" alt=\"external_image\" width=\"913\" height=\"436\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>According to the official data, Volkswagen &#8211; as usual, has been the top plug-in brand with over 6,600 units in August. However, Mercedes-Benz (thanks to a high volume of PHEVs) has been relatively close behind.<\/p>\n<p>Despite August not being the last month of the quarter, Tesla managed to achieve a pretty high volume of deliveries and captured third place with over 5,200 units.<\/p>\n<p>Plug-in car registrations by brands (at least 2,000) last month:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Volkswagen: 6637 &#8211; 4174 BEVs and 2463 PHEVs<\/li>\n<li>Mercedes-Benz: 6179 &#8211; 1769 BEVs and 4410 PHEVs<\/li>\n<li>Tesla: 5291 &#8211; 5291 BEVs<\/li>\n<li>BMW: 4900 &#8211; 2143 BEVs and 2757 PHEVs<\/li>\n<li>Audi: 4460 &#8211; 2225 BEVs and 2235 PHEVs<\/li>\n<li>Hyundai: 3298 &#8211; 1941 BEVs and 1357 PHEVs<\/li>\n<li>SEAT: 2831 &#8211; 1257 BEVs and 1574 PHEVs<\/li>\n<li>Ford: 2666 &#8211; 422 BEVs and 2244 PHEVs<\/li>\n<li>Kia: 2497 &#8211; 1026 BEVs and 1471 PHEVs<\/li>\n<li>Opel: 2411 &#8211; 2080 BEVs and 331 PHEVs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/fiat\/500e\/\">Fiat 500 electric<\/a>, with a decent result of 1,527 units, remains the most registered passenger electric car in Germany so far this year.<\/p>\n<p>However, the star of the show was the <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/tesla\/model-y\/\">Tesla Model Y<\/a>, which set a new monthly record of 4,216 units and went up several positions to 2nd.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming Tesla&#8217;s strong final month of the quarter, the Model Y might become #1 in Germany, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/volkswagen\/id-4\/\">Volkswagen ID.4<\/a> (counted together with ID.5) is slightly behind.<\/p>\n<p>The top all-electric models year-to-date:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fiat 500 electric &#8211; 14,975<\/li>\n<li>Tesla Model Y &#8211; 12,709<\/li>\n<li>Tesla Model 3 &#8211; 12,023<\/li>\n<li>Volkswagen ID.4\/ID.5 &#8211; 10,229<\/li>\n<li>Hyundai Kona Electric &#8211; 9,577<\/li>\n<li>Opel Corsa-e &#8211; 8,978<\/li>\n<li>Volkswagen ID.3 &#8211; 8,956<\/li>\n<li>BMW i3 &#8211; 8,039<\/li>\n<li>Skoda Enyaq iV &#8211; 7,701<\/li>\n<li>Volkswagen e-up! &#8211; 7,700<\/li>\n<li>Audi e-tron &#8211; 7,384<\/li>\n<li>Hyundai Ioniq 5 &#8211; 7,220<\/li>\n<li>Renault ZOE &#8211; 7,145<\/li>\n<li>MINI Cooper SE &#8211; 7,098<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Official stats (KBA):<\/p>\n<section class=\"trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"special_image\" data-align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"spi_wrapper\"><a class=\"lightzoom\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/plugin-car-reg-germany-8-2022-source-kba.png\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.motor1.com\/images\/custom\/thumbnail\/plugin-car-reg-germany-8-2022-source-kba.png\" alt=\"external_image\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1093\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"relatedContent-new trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"related-content\" data-widget-size=\"content\" data-params=\"%7B%22type_id%22%3A0%2C%22title_id%22%3A%22%22%2C%22items%22%3A%5B%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22608060%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22US%3A%20Ford%20BEV%20Sales%20Quadrupled%20In%20August%202022%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22us-ford-bev-sales-august2022%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2FAkkMxL%2Fs5%2Ffrom-left-ford-f-150-lightning-ford-e-transit-and-ford-mustang-mach-e.jpg%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22608094%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Norway%3A%20Plug-In%20Electric%20Car%20Sales%20Decreased%20Again%20In%20August%202022%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22norway-plugin-car-sales-august2022%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2Fkv9XR%2Fs5%2Fvolkswagen-id.4-gtx-2021.jpg%22%7D%7D%5D%7D\">   <\/section>\n<section class=\"trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"video_mstv\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizer\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAYAAAA7KqwyAAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAABpJREFUeNpi\/P\/\/PwMlgImBQjBqwLAwACDAAOVfAw9\/ZDvcAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC\" alt=\"\"\/>  <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good news comes from Germany, where car sales rebounded a bit after several months of decline. New passenger car registrations increased in August by 3% year-over-year to 199,183. However, during the first eight months of the year, new registrations decreased by 10% to 1,643,069. 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