is still in the red. The market dropped 13% last month year over year. It seems all this doom and gloom is affecting plugins differently, however. Sales of full electric vehicles were up in July by 13% year over year . There were 28,815 BEV registrations last month, representing 14% of the overall market. On the other hand, plugin hybrids performedthan the overall market . Consumers might be starting to move away from them. The latter had 23,712 registrations, or 11.5% of the total auto market.
Interestingly, the 6th position was occupied by another small car, with the little BMW i3 now running its last laps at a fast clip before going intoIsn’t the i3 being retired too soon? The second half of the table also saw record scores, with the Hyundai Tucson PHEV and the sporty Cupra Born getting best ever scores. The Spaniard benefitted from increased production output, something that could also be said about the Tesla Model Y — with the Berlin factory increasing its output, it is becoming less dependent on the Made-in-China units, thus avoiding the deep valleys of the first months of the quarter.
Finally, we have the Renault Megane EV with 752 registrations. The French hatchback was already Renault’s best selling EV in Germany.Regarding the 2022 table, the Fiat 500e gained significant advantage over the runner-up Tesla Model 3, mostly thanks to the city car’s performance last month, but also benefitting from Tesla’s usual slow first month of the quarter.
In the last positions of the table, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 was up two positions, to #17, while the Audi A3 PHEV replaced the Mercedes GLC PHEV in the 20th position. The Audi Q4 e-tron was in #21, just two units behind its smaller sibling, so we could see PHEVs reduced to just4 German Brands Lead Plugin Vehicle Sales In Germany
Now do not show combustion engine cars.
Hybrids shouldn’t count as electric as most don’t use them as such.