Tesla’s car sales in Germany fell in September, even as the country’s overall EV market grew by nearly 32%. The drop comes amid rising competition from BYD and anticipation ahead of Tesla’s October 7 announcement.

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.

  • Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    3 days ago

    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.

    • HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.orgEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      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.