Overall year 2018 was positive as registrations increased 24% to 67,504
December brings a decrease of plug-in electric car sales in Germany, completing a run of four weak months (after the required WLTP certification, which eliminated many PHEVs). In total, new registrations decreased by 9% to 5,711, but market share remains relatively solid - 2.4%.
- BEVs: 3,836 – up 12% at ≈1.6% market share
- PHEVs: 1,875 – down 35% at ≈0.8% market share
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Plug-in electric car registrations in Germany – December 2018
The top-selling model in December was Renault ZOE with 944, but noteworthy is 528 Audi e-tron. Relatively good results were set also by BMW i3 (534) with a high advantage of BEVs (497) over REx (37), and the Volkswagen e-Golf (529).
The StreetScooters all-electric delivery vehicle registrations decreased in December to just 97 (4,214 YTD).
The year 2018 closed with 67,504 new plug-in electric car registrations (up 24% year-over-year) at an average of 1.96% market share.
- BEVs: 36,062 – up 44% at ≈1.05% market share
- PHEVs: 31,442 – up 7% at ≈0.92% market share
For the year, again the top model was Renault ZOE, which is kind of interesting in a rank consisting mostly of German cars:
- Renault ZOE – 6,360
- Volkswagen e-Golf – 5,743
- BMW i3 – 5,095
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