SMM: it is reported that thanks to a series of incentives issued by the German government, German electric car sales will surpass California for the first time this year, pushing Europe's largest car market to surpass Tesla's location.
In the first nine months of this year, German consumers bought 98370 pure electric vehicles, about 1/3 more than California electric cars, according to a report by Schmidt Automotive Research, a German research firm.
Although Germany's overall car market fell 3 per cent in November from a year earlier, pure electric car sales rose 523 per cent year-on-year to 28965. Of these, Tesla's car sales rose 500 per cent year-on-year to 1680, accounting for 0.6 per cent of the market.
The German government provides subsidies of up to 9000 euros ($10900) per electric car, prompting Germany to have twice as many electric cars as Norway. However, Norway still has the highest per capita penetration rate of electric vehicles.
Germany's overtaking of California is good news for local carmakers such as Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW, which are struggling to catch up with Tesla. Once a global leader in automotive innovation, the combined market capitalization of Germany's three giants is less than half that of Tesla. Tesla is now building his Berlin super factory in Germany to challenge local carmakers.
Europe is taking unprecedented steps to phase out gasoline and diesel cars. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Boris Johnson) has announced a ban on the sale of fuel vehicles from 2030. Germany last month said it would extend cash incentives for electric cars until 2030, while expanding the country's charging network to simplify the charging payment process and make it easier to charge car batteries.
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced in September that he would ban the sale of gasoline cars in 2035 in a bid to combat climate change.
