Archives for December 2022

Sales of electric vehicles have been strong in Germany for a while, but in November, it was a veritable BEV-boom. Registrations of new battery-electric vehicles rose 44% in November year-on-year, for a share of 22.3%. Don’t get used to these numbers. Come January, Germany’s generous BEV subsidies will be a little less generous. It’s not so much a run on electric cars, but a run on government money, with a hangover expected for January.

For the month of November, Tesla is in second place behind Volkswagen, but it still fails to disrupt the dinosaurs. More than 80% of all BEVs sold in Germany come from legacy carmakers.

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