It seems the German automotive market has bottomed out. After growing 3% in August, September brought a solid 14% increase in sales, while plugins grew even faster. Sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) were up
in September by 33% year over year . There were 43,692 BEV registrations last month, representing 19% of the overall market. This time, plugin hybrids also helped, posting a 25% increase, its highest growth rate in a year. Is the announced end of incentives for PHEVs towards the end of the year already impacting the market? Either way, PHEVs had 28,268 registrations, or 13% of the total auto market.
But it wasn’t only the ID.4 providing a good result for Volkswagen, as the VW ID.3 ended the month in 6th, with 1,686 deliveries. That was its best result in 11 months. This all points to the German make recovering its grip on its domestic market. Speaking of Mercedes, the #16 E300 PHEV was the automaker’s best selling model, thanks to 1,019 registrations. It lost by fewer than 100 units to the Audi e-tron in the full-size class. Also of interest, the E300’s pure electric alternative, the EQE, had only 354 registrations, a surprisingly low number considering the current tailwinds that BEVs are profiting from.
On the other hand, station wagons in China are an oddity. Even so, SAIC took the time and money to create a station wagon body out of its 5 sedan, and market it in Europe. And surprise, surprise, MG got success with it! Still on the podium, the Tesla Model 3 climbed into 3rd position, displacing the Ford Kuga PHEV which moved to 4th. Thus, there were two Teslas … on the German podium.
The Audi Q4 e-tron is up to #18, and expect the compact Audi to benefit from higher production output to continue climbing the table, possibly reaching a top 15 position by year end.
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