Nio 21, Xpeng 176, Leapmotor 332, BYD 805

China EV gross sales in Germany have been principally up, with a number of exceptions. Xpeng was up 9% and BYD was up 335%, whereas Nio was down 16% in contrast with the earlier month. The newcomer Lepmotor registered 332 EVs in its first month in Germany.

253,497 passenger automobiles have been registered in Germany in March, barely down 3.9% from final 12 months. Of it, 16.8% have been battery electrical autos (BEVs), up 35.5% from final 12 months. 10.5% have been plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), up 65.8% from final 12 months.

For comparability, the US automaker Tesla registered 2,229 autos in Germany in March, down 42.5% from the identical month final 12 months.

The brand new automobile registrations are revealed by the German Federal Motor Authority, which tracks new automobile plate registrations within the nation and compiled by CarNewsChina.

March 2025 registrations in Germany

SAIC-owned MG received the primary spot with 2,100 registered autos, up 19.8% from 1,753 models in February and up 35% from 1,559 autos in the identical month final 12 months. MG gross sales additionally embrace PHEV autos and a few ICE automobiles.

EU import duties hit state-owned SAIC the toughest because it was a non-cooperative firm. MG is topic to an extra 35.3% tariff to the EU on high of the prevailing 10% responsibility, making the entire tariff price 45.3%.

BYD registered 805 autos, up 335.1% from 185 models in February and up 403% from 160 autos in the identical month final 12 months.

For BYD, that is the most effective month since August 2023, when it registered 2,034 autos.

Polestar registered 357 autos, up 35.7% from 263 models in February and remaining unchanged from 357 autos in the identical month final 12 months.

Stellantis-backed Leapmotor registered a record-breaking 332 autos, up 78.5% from 186 models in February.

Globally, Leapmotor delivered 37,095 autos in March, up 154.7% from final 12 months. The very best vendor is the C10 mid-size SUV, which sells in a BEV and EREV variant. It packs a 69.9 kWh LFP battery pack, good for 530 km underneath CLTC situations, and begins at 113,800 yuan (15,650 USD) in China.

Geely-made Sensible registered 240 autos, down 14.6% from 281 models in February and down 84% from 1,497 autos in the identical month final 12 months.

Sensible is a model underneath Geely Holding that’s co-engineered with Mercedes-Benz. In response to the firm, the Sensible EVs are designed by Mercedes-Benz’s world design group, whereas Geely is accountable for the engineering and growing the brand new fashions. Sensible automobiles are produced in China at Geely’s Xi’an plant, which began manufacturing in October 2021.

Volkswagen-backed Xpeng registered a record-breaking 176 autos, up 8.6% from 162 models in February.

In 2024, Xpeng registered 362 autos in Germany, and in December, the corporate introduced it reached the milestone of 10,000 delivered automobiles in Europe.

Like Nio and different corporations cooperating with the EC anti-subsidy investigation, Xpeng is topic to an extra 20.7% tariff on high of the prevailing 10% tariff.

GWM registered 134 autos, up 21.8% from 110 models in February and down 56% from 307 autos in the identical month final 12 months.

Lotus registered 32 autos, up 33.3% from 24 models in February and up 68% from 19 autos in the identical month final 12 months.

Nio registered 21 autos, down 16.0% from 25 models in February and down 56% from 48 autos in the identical month final 12 months.

Globally, Nio delivered 15,039 autos in March, primarily in China, up 26.7% from final 12 months. About 10k have been Nio-branded autos, and 5k have been automobiles from its sub-brand Onvo.

Nio will launch its reasonably priced EV hatchback, Firefly, in Europe in Q3 of the 12 months; in China, it’s anticipated to launch 1 / 4 earlier.