The German Automobile Industry Association (VDA) announced that in November this year, German domestic automobile production increased by 1%to 404,800 year -on -year. In the first 11 months of this year, German domestic automobile output also increased by 1%year -on -year, close to 3.9 million units, but it was still 12%lower than the same period in 2019. Among them, German electric vehicle output increased by 5%from 1.1 million vehicles in the same period last year.
In November this year, the sales of new passenger cars in Germany were 244,500, which was almost the same as the same period last year. In the first 11 months of this year, the new registered volume of the German passenger car market reached nearly 2.6 million cars, which was the same as the same period last year, but it was still 22%lower than the same time in 2019. Earlier this year, the German Automobile Industry Association predicted that the total sales volume of new passenger cars in Germany this year will reach 2.8 million units, and this sales expectations will be maintained.
As far as the type of power is concerned, in November this year, in the new German car market, electric vehicles (including pure electric vehicles, plug -in hybrid vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles) were 55,790, a year -on -year decrease of 12%; The sales of electric vehicles decreased by 22%year -on -year to 35,170 units; but the sales of plug -in hybrid vehicles once again showed a recovery trend, reaching 20,600 units, an increase of 14%year -on -year.
In the first 11 months of this year, due to the sales of pure electric vehicles in the German new car market, the year -on -year decreased by 26%to 347,100 units, and the overall sales volume of electric vehicles decreased by 17%to 520,000 units. The sales volume increased by 9%year -on -year to 172,800 units, but it was still not enough to offset the decline in sales of pure electric vehicles.
As far as passenger car brands are concerned, in November this year, in the new German car market, the sales volume of Volkswagen brand increased by 0.7%year -on -year to 47,610 vehicles (market share was 19.5%); 10.6%); BMW brand sales increased by 2.2%year -on -year to 22,464 vehicles (market share of 9.2%); Skoda brand sales jumped 16.5%year -on -year to 18,448 units (market share was 7.5%); (Market share is 7.1%); the sales volume of the Seat brand increased by 4.5%year -on -year to 11,747 units (market share is 4.8%); the sales volume of the Obress brand fell 7.5%to 11,625 units (market share was 4.8%).