Automotive
Comparing the ranking below with the current Status Quo, one can see the decreasing importance of both GM and Toyota, Third and Fourth in cumulative sales, but only #9 and #12 this year, if The General is waiting for the 2nd Volt and the near future Bolt to return to the first places, Toyota on the other hand is losing a lot of time preparing the next year Prius, with the Plug-in version even further distanced in time, it risks to be outdated right from the launch.
Tesla, BYD and BMW all show good improvements this year regarding their historic record, but the real performer is the Volkswagen Group, only #10 in the All Time ranking, but #2 this year, with 14.000 * of their 24.000 units being sold between January and April of this year.
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* - 9k from Volkswagen, 3k from Audi and 2k from Porsche |
