At the end of the third quarter, new registrations of passenger cars with alternative drive systems (electric (BEV), hybrid, plug-in, fuel cell, gas, hydrogen) were above the result for the same period last year (+11.3%). 45.3 percent of all new passenger car registrations in 2022 were equipped with alternative drives. 26.2 percent (+10.5%) were new vehicles with an electric drive (electric (BEV), plug-in, fuel cell) and the proportion of electric vehicles (BEV) grew to 14.6 percent.
Among the alternatively powered passenger cars of German brands, Audi led the field within its new vehicle fleet with a share of 69 percent (-2.0%). BMW’s share was slightly lower at 64.6 percent (+16.8%). At Mercedes, with a share of 49.8 percent (+18.3%), around half of the new cars were equipped with an alternative drive. Ford (46.9%/+20.9%), Mini (32.3%/+17.0%) and Opel (18.8%/+38.2%) also recorded growth. The fleet shares at Porsche (25.4%/-19.6%) and VW (17.5%/-25.8%) did not reach the level of the reference period.
Import brands accounted for 48.2 percent of all newly registered passenger cars with alternative drives. Among the imported brands, Suzuki achieved a 99.9 percent (-0.1%) share within its fleet, followed by Volvo (91.9%/+3.6%), Toyota (69.5%/+3.7). %), Hyundai (65.0%/+0.3%) and Mazda (61.6%/+13.0%). More than half of the new car fleets are owned by Nissan (60.6%/+161.2%), Renault (55.0%/+25.6%), Fiat (57.3%/+64.7%), and Kia (54.0%/+20.8%) had an alternative drive. Seat achieved a share of 32.6 percent (-0.6%). At Skoda, the share fell to a fleet share of 15.7 percent (-25.6%) compared to the same period.
In the reporting period, German brands accounted for a total of 49.5 percent of newly registered passenger cars with electric drives. The proportion for Mini was 32.3 percent, for BMW 29.6 percent and for Mercedes 28.7 percent. Porsche achieved 25.3 percent and Audi 24.0 percent. Ford increased its share to 20.1 percent and Opel to 18.8 percent. VW recorded a decline to 14.9 percent. Among the German brands, VW registered the most new cars with an electric drive with 50,968 units, closely followed by Mercedes (47,665) and BMW (45,327).
Among import brands, Volvo achieved a total share of 46.0 percent within its fleet in the reporting period. Mitsubishi (45.2%), Peugeot (44.4%), Hyundai (40.2%), Kia (36.1%), Renault (36.0%) and Fiat (31.5%). Seat achieved a share of 27.6 percent, for Skoda the share was 13.6 percent in the reporting period.
Smart registered 8,151 electric (BEV) cars (100% of the fleet). In the reporting period, VW achieved the largest total volume with a total of 32,326 electric (BEV) cars, the share was 9.4 percent (-31.9%). Opel (15.7%/+61.9%), Audi (11.8%/+87.3%) and BMW (10.6%/+71.0%). At Mercedes (8.8%/+95.6%), the shares were still in the single digits after a significant increase. Ford achieved the most significant increase with a plus of 129.4 percent and a share of 3.9 percent.
Tesla continued to lead the imported brands as the brand with the highest share and volume with a share of 100 percent and 38,485 electric (BEV) passenger cars. After nine months of registration, five-digit new registrations also added up for Hyundai (27.6%/+16.9%), Fiat (31.5%/+150.0%) and Renault (30.8%/+29.4%) . With a total volume of 3,355 electric vehicles (BEV), Polestar achieved a share of 99.3 percent (+0.1%). (awm)