The record market share of 13.2% means that on average, one in 7.6 new cars are plug-ins.
The plug-in car sales in Germany maintained its high momentum from July also in August, despite the overall car market being down 20% to 251,044.
In total, some 33,171 new passenger plug-ins were registered last month (up 308% year-over-year), which was enough to set a new market share record of 13.2%!
The biggest force behind such an unprecedented growth – we assume – is the generous incentives for plug-ins, to help the automotive industry in times of slowdown.
Plug-in hybrids are selling noticeably better than all-electric:
Plug-in electric car registrations in Germany – August 2020
New registrations year-to-date:
Sales of models/brands
The top-selling electric car in August seems to be the Tesla Model 3 with 2,824 new registrations, followed by Renault ZOE (2,210).
Tesla actually noted a pretty strong month with a total of 2,846 new registrations (up 453%), although the Model S/X were almost not present with just 11 and 10 units respectively. After eight months, Tesla had 8,152 EV registrations (up over 11% year-over-year).
Brands that recorded the highest number of plug-in car registrations (above 2,000) were:
We saw also a batch of 239 Polestar 2.
Official stats:
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