German Plug-In Electric Car Sales Exceeded 40,000 In September 2020 - 1,771 ID.3s sold!

German plug in electric vehicle sales exceeded 40,000 in a single month for the first time! In September 41,315 vehicles were sold.

VW accounted for 5,547 units sold (VW record), 3,935 BEVs and 1,612 PHEVs. The ID.3 was responsible for 1,771 of them.


The all-new Volkswagen ID.3 had 1,771 registrations, which is of course a lot, but not yet on par with Tesla Model 3 or Renault ZOE, and not that far above Volkswagen e-Golf (1,210) and Volkswagen e-up! (909).

A pretty strong result was also recorded by the Hyundai Kona Electric with 1,526 registrations. For all interested in how Polestar 2 coped in Germany, well 147 were registered.

Mercedes-Benz turned out to be the top brand, having several strong plug-in hybrid models.

Brands that recorded the highest number of plug-in car registrations were:

• Mercedes-Benz: 6,928 (record) - 375 BEVs and 6,573 PHEVs
• Volkswagen: 5,547 (record) - 3,935 BEVs and 1,612 PHEVs
• Renault: 3,929 (record) - 3,603 BEVs and 326 PHEVs
• Audi: 3,923 (record) - 904 BEVs and 3,019 PHEVs
• Tesla: 3,065 (record)
• BMW: 2,743 - 985 BEVs and 1,758 PHEVs

We also noted that Mazda noted its first three-digit result - 548 BEVs.