Following a manufacturing 12 months riddled with provide chain constraints, chip shortages, and a conflict in Ukraine, German automakers BMW Group, Mercedes-Benz, and Volkswagen Group nonetheless noticed important development in EV gross sales. Conversely, combustion automobile gross sales proceed to drop as a result of causes above, along with increasingly drivers becoming a member of the inexperienced aspect.
We gained’t waste any of your time at present recapping who the legacy automakers out of Germany are. We’re fairly assured you’re accustomed to every and their respective lineups of all-electric fashions. Though Mercedes or BMW won’t be Volkswagen’s prime competitor, the three automakers nonetheless compete at some stage, significantly within the electrified phase.
For instance, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and VW’s Audi marque are all competing for international EV gross sales within the luxurious phase, whether or not it’s sedans or, in Mercedes’s case, SUVs and vans as nicely. Volkswagen Group has grow to be a rising menace available in the market share of EV gross sales in recent times, nipping on the heels of worldwide chief Tesla, however did it maintain regular in 2022?
Right here’s how every of those German automakers stacked up towards each other in general EV gross sales in 2022.
Which German automaker noticed the very best EV gross sales in 2022?
Should you guessed Volkswagen Group, you’d be right… to an extent. The German automaker chargeable for the ever-popular ID.4 reported round 330,000 deliveries of BEVs across the globe this previous 12 months, noting 23.6% development year-over-year.
For comparability, VW delivered 4.56 million autos in all, down 6.8% in comparison with a 12 months prior. Since delivering its first ID.3 in 2020, Volkswagen has delivered over 580,000 ID. fashions worldwide. In response to a current report by Reuters, Volkswagen Group additionally fared the worst (of those three) in response to produce chain constraints in 2022.
BMW Group is reporting related numbers by way of general deliveries since committing to electrification. The automaker delivered its 500,000th BEV to a buyer in late 2022. As for final 12 months’s totals, nonetheless, BMW Group fell nicely in need of Volkswagen.
It delivered 215,755 absolutely electrical BMW and MINI autos throughout its most up-to-date journey across the solar, however greater than doubled EV gross sales in comparison with 2021 (107.7% development). So whereas its supply numbers couldn’t maintain a candle to VW Group, its development leaves loads of room for optimism headed into 2023, particularly with the all-electric i5 becoming a member of the lineup.
Final however not least is Mercedes-Benz, which is reporting the bottom variety of EV gross sales of the trio, however is touting the very best YOY development. Absolutely electrical variants of the A- and B-Class made up 10% of all gross sales, doubling in comparison with 2021.
EV gross sales totaled 117,800 in 2022, showcasing 124% development. For comparability, Mercedes’s worldwide passenger automotive gross sales fell 1% to 2.05 million final 12 months, however the one key area to see a year-on-year gross sales lower was China. Mercedes-Benz can also be the one firm on the checklist reporting electrical van numbers, which noticed a 15% improve in gross sales (14,700 models) in 2022.
To recap, Volkswagen Group noticed the very best variety of EV gross sales however the lowest development. Mercedes-Benz noticed probably the most development however the smallest variety of EV gross sales, and BMW Group was center of the pack in each classes.
All in all, every of those German automakers seems to be heading in the right direction by way of electrification, and we’d count on these numbers to proceed to development upward a 12 months from now.