Sunday 17 November 2013

EVs surge in Germany in October

According to InsideEVs, last month was a real hit in Germany, where the number of electric vehicle registrations almost exceeded 1,000 units.
According to KBA, 978 units were added in October, which is almost three times more than in October 2012 and nearly two times higher than the 532 in September.
 The electric smart hassold 331 units and probably will be number one for 2013 with over 1,500 units delivered so far.
Despite sales not even underway, the BMW i3 took second with 197 registrations – all by companies.
Plug-in Priuses had 142 registrations, compared to 16 Opel Amperas and 2 Chevrolet Volts.
Renault ZOE had 125, Nissan LEAF 40, Peugeot iOn 8, Mitsubishi i-MiEV 4 and C-Zero, as it name indicates, 0.
Tesla registered 38 units, with the remaining 75 split between Renault, Ford and others.