The Chinese Xpeng brand has exceeded Tesla and all the other car manufacturers in the survey of Uscale GmbHwhich evaluates the quality of electric cars in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. It is the first time that Tesla loses this record, following the controversies in Europe, especially in German territory, regarding the political exposure of Elon Musk.
For Xpeng it is a very important result, which confirms the technological advantage accumulated by Chinese companies in this sector. The Stellantis group, on the other hand, still struggles to establish itself in the electric car market.
Xpeng dominates the ranking of the best electric cars
Xpeng’s results are mainly due to the trust that the owners of these vehicles put in the brand. To the question “how much is it that you would recommend the brand of your car to a friend or a colleague?”, 81% of the customers of the Chinese brand responded with an excellent score, 9 or 10.
The efficiency of the battery charging and the autonomy of the car is particularly appreciated. Features that solve two of the main problems perceived by motorists who hesitate to choose an electric car. The first positions of the ranking recite
- Xpeng (81%);
- Porsche (78%);
- Polestar (69%);
- BMW (69%);
- Tesla (65%).
Xpeng also stands out for having no “detractor” among its customers. This means that no owner of the Chinese brand cars assigned them a score of less than 6. Good results from this point of view also for Porsche (7% of detractors), Polestar and BMW (5% of detractors), while Tesla stands out in the first positions, with 15% of negative judgments.
Tesla loses the primacy in Europe
The survey of Uscale GmbHmade on 5,000 motorists, sanctioned the collapse of Tesla’s popularity in Europe. The American brand, which for years had remained at the top of the ranking, has undergone the repercussions of the political exhibition of its CEO, Elon Musk.
In Germany in particular, where the South African entrepreneur supported the far right AFD party, the brand saw its reference customers away, tendentially progressive and attentive to the environment.
In the first six months of the year Tesla sales dropped 33.2% in Europe. The market share that the US brand covered was reduced from 2.4% to 1.6%. June was the sixth month of consecutive drop, 22.9% compared to the same period last year.
The results of the Stellantis brands
However, the ranking of USCale GmbH also reveals a partial difficulty of the Stellantis brands, the group that includes most of the Italian car manufacturers, including Fiat, Lancia and Alfa Romeo. The latest positions in the ranking recite:
- Fiat
- Smart
- Peugeot
- Mg
- Opel
It is Fiat, the only Italian brand present in the ranking, to present the best results. The Italian car manufacturer in large part receives neutral or positive judgments, with only 16% of detractors, at the level of the top 10 positions in the standings.
