Overview
- Germany registered about 2.86–2.9 million new cars in 2025, up roughly 1.4%, with nearly 55,000 BEVs accounting for more than 22% of December registrations.
- Battery-electric registrations rose 43.2% to 545,142 for a 19.1% market share, while petrol and diesel fell 21.6% and 18.3% respectively and average fleet CO₂ dropped 11.7% to 105.8 g/km.
- Volkswagen led the BEV market with 102,339 registrations (about 18.8% share) and the ID.7 was the top electric model at 34,563, followed by the ID.3 and the combined ID.4/ID.5; BMW ranked second and Skoda more than doubled its BEV tally.
- Tesla’s German new registrations declined 48.4% to 19,390, pushing the brand to ninth among BEV makers as former bestseller Model Y fell well down the model rankings.
- Chinese competition intensified as BYD’s German sales jumped about 706% to over 23,000 and its global EV deliveries reached about 2.26 million versus Tesla’s 1.64 million, while SUVs took 33.3% of German new registrations and a purchase bonus of up to €5,000 has been announced for 2026 pending rollout.