Mercedes-Benz sold 170,000 fewer electric models worldwide last year than internally planned. Sales are well below the ambitious targets and are even in danger of falling again in 2024.
BMW was able to increase the number of deliveries of BEV models by a whopping 40 percent over the course of the year so far and has sold over 30,000 more models in three months. The biggest problem child seems to be the EQS luxury sedan: the response, particularly in the most important sales market of China, is far below expectations. A “Mercedes veteran” even describes the vehicle as a “still” in ‘still’ in China. People now too strong for electric cars: Tesla sells significantly more cars now than Mercedes and BMW. In the Middle Kingdom, Mercedes in contrast to the luxury segment has been left behind. According to this, sales in the world's most important passenger car markets fell from 22 to 22,500 in the last three months of 2014.