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Car Sales in Germany Fall in March

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The number of new passenger cars registered in Germany fell by 3.9% in March compared to the same month last year to 253,497, the Federal Motor Transport Authority said in a report.

Meanwhile, sales of petrol-powered cars fell by 29.4%, diesel by 21.7%, while registrations of electric cars rose by 35.5% and hybrids by 22.1%.

Among German brands, Volkswagen (+5.7%), Audi (+2.4%) and Mercedes (+1.6%) showed sales growth last month. VW has the largest share of the country’s car market – more than 20%.

Meanwhile, Opel sales fell by 26.1%, Porsche by 20.8%, Ford Motor by 17.5% and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG by 2.4%.

Last month, American Tesla’s sales in Germany fell by 42.5% to 2,229 electric cars. In the first quarter, the decrease was 62.2% to 4,935 thousand. – can you generate the corresponding image of this article