The German plug-in electric vehicle market was up 90% YoY, having registered 2,715 units, with the EV Share starting the year at a record 1.12%, significantly above from the 0.75% registered last year.
The BMW i3 was the leader in January, with 388 units, followed #2 by the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (282 units, best result in 19 months) and the BMW 225xe Active Tourer (210).
The four placed Renault Zoe sold 180 units, while Kia registered 177 units of its Soul EV.
Rather surprisingly, in January we saw the arrival of the first 13 units of the Opel Ampera-e.
In the manufacturers ranking, BMW (22%) started the year in the lead, followed by Mercedes-Benz, with 13% share (It ended 2016 in fifth, with 8% share) and Volkswagen (12%).
[source: kba.de]
