According to data provided by the German motor vehicle office , KBA , Tesla has sold only 958 units of their Model S in Germany in the first six months of this year . In the same period , Mercedes - Benz , which sells the much more expensive S - Class sedan , has been able to sell 500 units of the vehicle . Furthermore , BMW was able to sell around 30 % more units of its i3 electric car in comparison to the Model S Reports say the﻿ German driving population simply tends to have more trust in tried and true local brands than newcomers like Tesla . Other factors involved could be Tesla ’s failure to fill the vacant position of European sales chief , and also not announcing any plans to expand its German charging network .
According to data provided by the German motor vehicle office, KBA, Tesla has sold only 958 units of their Model S in Germany in the first eight months of this year. In the same period, Mercedes-Benz, which sells the much more expensive S-Class sedan, has been able to sell 5,149 units of the vehicle. Furthermore, BMW was able to sell around 30% more units of its i3 electric car in comparison to the Model S. Reports say the﻿ German driving population simply tends to have more trust in tried and true local brands than newcomers like Tesla. Other factors involved could be Tesla’s failure to fill the vacant position of European sales chief, and also not announcing any plans to expand its German charging network.