Plug-In Car Sales Continue To Decrease In June 2022

New passenger car registrations in Germany decreased in June by 18.1% year-over-year to 224,558, which is the fourth consecutive decrease. During the first half of the year, new registrations decreased by 11% to 1,237,975.

The situation on the market is challenging and even all-electric cars are now affected (plug-in hybrids were struggling for almost a year already).

Last month, some 58,437 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in Germany, which is 10% less than a year ago (4th consecutive decline). The only positive sign is that the rate of decrease is lower than the market average, which enables an increase in the market share (to 26% in June).

Results by type:

BEVs: 32,234 – down 3.6 % at 14.4% market share
PHEVs: 23,209 – down 16% at 11.7% market share
Total: 52,391 – down 10% at 26.0% market share

So far this year, more than 300,000 new passenger plug-in cars were registered in Germany, compared to over 681,000 during 12 months of 2021:

BEVs: 167,263 – up 12% at 13.5% market share
PHEVs: 138,880 – down 15% at 11.2% market share
Total: 306,143 – down 2% at 24.7% market share

A 2% decrease year-over-year of new plug-in electric car registrations indicates that the ongoing supply constraints, amplified by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the struggling economy, severely impacted the segment.

According to the official data, the four top brands in terms of plug-in electric car registrations remain the same: Volkswagen, BMW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz. Volkswagen is also the #1 among all-electric cars.

Plug-in car registrations by brands (at least 2,000) last month:

Volkswagen: 7675 – 4843 BEVs and 2832 PHEVs
BMW: 5210 – 1089 BEVs and 4121 PHEVs
Audi: 4453 – 1969 BEVs and 2484 PHEVs
Mercedes-Benz: 4244 – 1638 BEVs and 2606 PHEVs
SEAT: 3602 – 888 BEVs and 2714 PHEVs
Hyundai: 3517 – 2246 BEVs and 1271 PHEVs
Renault: 3057 – 2775 BEVs and 282 PHEVs
Fiat: 2987 – 2987 BEVs
Tesla: 2908 – 2908 BEVs
Opel: 2575 – 2385 BEVs and 190 PHEVs
Kia: 2326 – 762 BEVs and 1564 PHEVs
Ford: 2265 – 460 BEVs and 1805 PHEVs

Last month, the Fiat 500 electric scored a very strong result of 2,973 registrations (a new record), which enabled it to take first place year-to-date, at 11,278.

The second most registered BEV model happens to be the Tesla Model Y (2,144), but the supply appears to be constrained so the results are lower than in the previous peak months. Nonetheless, the Model Y is now ahead of the Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5 counted together.

The third best appears to be the Volkswagen e-up! (1,765), slightly ahead of the Volkswagen ID.3 (1,620).

The top all-electric models year-to-date: