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| Dashboard from Opel Ampera, the slightly fancier Volt's brother |
Waiting For Godot Edition
It looks that the german plug-in cars being previewed on the next Geneva Auto Show are originating a wait-and-see attitude on german consumers, January marked the fourth consecutive down month, with the Teutonic EV market shrinking to just 125 units sold on the first month of the year, down from the 356 sold last October.
The model with the worst hit was the Renault Twizy, with 37 sales, down from 63 in December or 132 in November. Maybe when spring arrives its sales start to defrost...
The Opel Ampera took the Twizy misfortunes to achieve the first place, something it failed to do since the arrival of the french quadricycle. Rounding up the podium was the Nissan Leaf, an habitué here who was also far away from its best performance (96 cars last October).
These negative numbers are expected to continue for a few more months, at least until VW and the rest of the gang start to sell their EV's. And don't forget that Tesla has Germany as a priority target, it will be interesting to see how the start-up behaves
| Pl | Germany | Jan | YTD | % | '12 Pl |
| 1 | Opel Ampera | 44 | 44 | 35 | 2 |
| 2 | Renault Twizy | 37 | 37 | 30 | 1 |
| 3 | Nissan Leaf | 24 | 24 | 19 | 5 |
| 4 | Peugeot iOn | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| 5 | Citröen C-Zero | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Mitsubishi I-Miev | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| TOTAL | 125 | 125 | 100 |
(1) - Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz
Source: KBA
