Germany has become one of the fastest growing plug-in vehicle markets this year, and continued that trend in May with 3,843 new registrations (that's nearly s 1.2% market share).

2017 Audi A3 Sportback e-tron
Sales for the month almost tripled that of May 2016 (1,380) - up by 178% to be exact:
- BEVs: 1,520 – up 159%
- PHEVs: 2,323 – up 193%
- Audi A3 Sportback e-tron - 516 (which is 10% of total 5,121 A3)
- BMW 225xe Active Tourer - 298 (which is 7.3% of total 2-series)
- BMW i3 - 297 (201 BEV/96 REx)
- Renault ZOE - 271
- Tesla Model S - 206 (Tesla Model X stands at 116)
- Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV - 201 (which is 21.5% of total 935 Outlander).
Opel Ampera-e? Well, only two new units were registered.

Plug-in electric car registrations in Germany – May 2017

Plug-in electric car registrations in Germany – May 2017
By: Mark Kane
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