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Germany loves German electric cars; Leaf, Volt, not so much.
It is not unusual for citizens of a particular country to use a bit of patriotism when buying vehicles and stick to brands that country.
A huge band of Americans buying cars built by the big three, for example, Italians buy a lot of French drivers often stick Decrees, Renaults Peugeot and Citroen cars.
And in Germany, it seems, electric car buyers are not really interested in electric cars designed and built in Germany - at the expense of some vehicles of big names.
EV Obsession has kept track electric car sales figures in Germany in January and February, and two German Recent debutantes sitting atop the list by quite some margin - BMW i3 and the Volkswagen E-Up.
Both had strong starts to the year, the management of e-Up 314 units in January, and BMW sold 229 I3S February figures were lower but the overturned positions - BMW leads with 179 cars and 101 e -Ups found homes.
It is too early to see a real trend since the popularity goes, but there is certainly a trend regarding nationality is - following the two German vehicles is fortwo electric drive, Daimler-owned intelligent.
January sales of 106 electric drives fell to 84 in February, and both VW and BMW are likely to exceed the electric car as the most sold in Germany this year, after his 2146 total in 2013.
What is clear is that no other electric vehicle becomes a glance.
Is the closest Renault Zoe France and America Tesla Model S - 110 and 96 sold to date this year, and the example of Renault was the second best selling EV in Germany in 2013.
The sheet is also close with 95 sold to date in 2014, but is far behind its leading market position in several other European markets.
Nissan car negotiates with locations in the US, Chevrolet Volt, is almost nowhere to be seen in Germany - only 11 were sold in February, its own sales this year, exceptionally, its German Opel badged cousin, the Ampera , isn t do much better over 19 years units to date.
Well, that buyers are clearly loyal to vehicles built in their own countries - in France, Kangoo and Zoe Renault led the charts last year.
On this basis, several plug-in coming German car - the Volkswagen Golf and e-GTE Golf, Audi A3 Sportback e-tron - are likely to do very well indeed in Germany, all not only German, but size People for the compact car segment.
ISN Nationality clearly not the only factor - after all, Nissan Leaf Japan is only slightly behind the Chevrolet Volt in the U S sales - but for companies designing vehicles competitive, innovative and attractive power, it certainly helps in Europe.
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