cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/50541715
BYD, China’s largest EV maker, registered 3,255 new vehicles in September, more than twenty times its sales from a year earlier. BYD has sold 11,810 cars in Germany since January, narrowing the gap with Tesla’s year-to-date total.
Yeah, BYD sold 3,255 units and has now a market share of 1.4%, quite the same as Tesla’s.
Market leader is VW (September sales +16.2%, 45,225 vehicles sold, 19.2% market share), followed by Mercedes, BMW, Skoda, Audi, SEAT, Opel that could also increase their sales numbers (and now hold market shares between 5.6% and 8.6%), as well as Japanese producer Toyota (market share now is 3.4%, excluding Nexus).
Addition:
These numbers refer to total car registrations.
The German Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) has a press release for more detail (only available in German).
TLDR:
In September, registrations of purely battery-electric passenger vehicles (BEVs) rose by 32% to 45,500 units. New registrations of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) recorded growth of 85%, reaching 27,700 vehicles. For the year as a whole, new BEV registrations increased by 38% to 382,200 units. The PHEV segment grew by 64%, reaching a volume of 217,800 vehicles in the first nine months.
BYD and Tesla’s volume are a fraction of these numbers.
Also note that some registrations are done by car dealers, so the number of new cars registered is not the same as the number of cars bought by people, and these will not be bought at the nominal price.
“Twentyfold growth” from “We don’t sell any cars there but there was somebody who imported one” to “We sell cars there but barely anyone cares” (~1% market share)…
I’m tired of car-centric architecture man
Chinese EV maker Nio sold 20 cars in Germany in September, just fyi. I am waiting for these guys now, posting, “I see them everywhere” or something. (/s, to be safe.)
Sad fascist noises
