Overview

• KBA recorded 45,495 new battery-electric cars in September, giving pure EVs a 19.3% share of new registrations.
• Total new-car registrations reached 235,528, up 12.8% year over year, yet year-to-date volumes are still 0.3% lower than 2024.
• Company buyers accounted for roughly two thirds of registrations, underscoring the limited role of private households.
• Tesla logged 3,404 registrations, a 9.4% decline from a year earlier, a smaller drop than in previous months.
• Plug-in hybrids surged 85.6% to 27,685, while diesel fell 7.2% to 28,871 and petrol models dipped 5.9% to 63,047, with hybrids totaling 69,527.