In what seems to be a trend for this year, the VW Golf GTE started the year in First Place, with a record 253 units, with VW winning for the first time the Best-Seller title in its Vaterland: Will this mean that in the future, the German EV ranking will be as boring (Golf in #1 since the Jurassic) as the regular ICE is?
The total 1.245 EV's sold this January bode well for the rest of the year, almost doubling the result (690 sales) made twelve months ago.
The regular VW e-Golf also had a good result (132 units), almost grabbing the Second Spot, that went for the BMW i3, with 138 units, with insiders saying that the bavarian manufacturer is sacrificing its home market in order to fulfill others (Aka, the USA) which are more insatiable (And profitable) for the i-sub-brand.
In #4 we have a surprise, with the Kia Soul EV selling 129 units, a new personal best by a long shot (The previous record was 12 units), which seems to indicate the Koreans are into electric carsfor real and they will be a force to be reckoned in the near future.
Deep down in the ranking, we have a newcomer, the Passat GTE has landed and is ready to help the VW mothership to finally take over its domestic market.
By the way, on the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen ascended to the Top Spot for the first time, with 33% share, followed by BMW (15%) and... Kia (10%).
