Daimler Group sold 2.2 million light vehicles in 2020
- The Daimler group (Mercedes, Smart) sold 2.2 million light vehicles (passenger and utility) in 2020, down 7.5% compared to 2019. Sales reached 2.16 million units for Mercedes (excluding heavy utility vehicles) and 38,391 units for Smart.
- The Mercedes brand sold 145,865 battery electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) vehicles last year, including around 115,000 PHEVs and 31,000 BEVs. The Mercedes EQC sold at 28,936 units in 2020 (including nearly 4,000 in China), accounting for the bulk of the brand's BEV sales last year. This model will be accompanied by the EQV, EQA, EQB, EQE and EQS in 2021, which will significantly increase the share of electric vehicles in the brand's production. As for plug-in hybrids (PHEV), Mercedes has generalized this type of engine over practically its entire sedan, SUV and MPV range, from A-Class A to S-Class. At Smart, almost all of the 38,391 units sold were BEVs, as the brand had stopped to sell its thermal engine models at the end of 2019. Smart production should be transferred from Europe to China in 2022.
- The Daimler Group's top-produced model in 2020 was the Mercedes GLC SUV which was sold at 320,000 units.
- By region, Europe remained the most important market for the Daimler group, with 811,312 units in 2020 (-24.7%) including 784,183 Mercedes (738,236 passenger cars and 45,947 light utility vehicles) and 27,129 Smart. Europe is ahead of China, which is increasing (644,911 sales; + 7.9%) and the United States, which is declining (322,929 sales; -9.9%).
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