In March 2022, the Tesla Model 3 became the second best-selling car in Germany (5,516 registrations) and the first was acquired by the more affordable Volkswagen Golf (7,564 registered).
The German Federal Automobile Agency (KBA) announced that the number of newly registered passenger cars in March fell by 17.5% year-on-year to 241,330 units, compared with the same period last year, overall sales continued to decline, but the frontrunner of new energy vehicles Tesla continued to grow, for example, in March 2022, Volkswagen sales fell 31.8% year-on-year, Mercedes sales fell 26.0%, Skoda fell 27.4%, BMW fell 15.5%, Ford fell 6.7%. But Tesla sales increased from 117.3% (3,703 to 8,045)
In addition, the Model Y produced by the Berlin factory also played an important role in the final data, after the factory delivered the first batch of 30 cars on March 22, Tesla has successively sent vehicles to delivery centers throughout Germany, and the Model Y shipped from the Shanghai factory has also helped (2,529 units sold), under the blessing of the two factories, Tesla Model Y also successfully ranked second in the field of electric vehicles, second only to Model 3, as for other electric vehicles such as Fiat Other vehicles such as the 500e, BMW i3 and Hyundai Kona EV all have fewer than 2,000 new registrations.