{"id":34076,"date":"2022-10-19T12:03:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T16:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=34076"},"modified":"2022-10-19T12:03:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T16:03:54","slug":"tesla-ev-registrations-germany-vw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=34076","title":{"rendered":"Tesla tops EV registrations in Germany, beating VW"},"content":{"rendered":"

BERLIN \u2014 Tesla<\/a> topped registrations of battery-electric vehicles in Germany in the first nine months of this year at nearly 38,500, federal data showed, beating the Volkswagen<\/a> brand by around 6,000 vehicles.<\/p>\n

Tesla’s<\/a> battery-electric registrations jumped nearly 50% from the January-September period last year, while Volkswagen’s<\/a> dropped 40% to just over 32,300 in line with a broader drop across most of the Volkswagen Group brands in Europe’s biggest car market.<\/p>\n

Only Audi<\/a> and Seat<\/a> saw an increase in the number of electric cars<\/a> registered in Germany among Volkswagen Group brands, the data from the federal motor transport authority showed.<\/p>\n

Globally, Volkswagen Group saw total deliveries of its battery-electric vehicles rise 25% in January-September from a year earlier, figures released by the carmaker last week showed.<\/p>\n

But supply chain bottlenecks have hit the carmaker particularly hard in Europe, where inflation and rising energy costs are also weighing on demand.<\/p>\n

Across all vehicle types \u2014 combustion engine, hybrid<\/a> and electric \u2014 deliveries of Volkswagen Group vehicles globally fell 12.9% this year, the carmaker reported last week, with Europe the hardest-hit region.<\/p>\n

“The tense situation of component supply has repeatedly led to adjustments in production. We expect a stabilization of supply over the course of the coming year,” a Volkswagen spokesperson said of the data.<\/p>\n

Tesla has seen record deliveries globally but also battled with logistical challenges and delivered less in the third quarter than analysts had expected.<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Victoria Waldersee; Editing by Susan Fenton)<\/em><\/p>\n

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