Overview

• Nearly 250,000 battery-electric vehicles were registered in Germany in the first half of 2025, a 36% year-on-year rise that lifted EV market share to 17.7%.
• Manufacturers and dealers self-registered over one in four EVs in June, exceeding the roughly 20% level considered healthy and inflating headline figures.
• Private consumer demand for electric vehicles remains weak as corporate fleets and tactical registrations continue to dominate new EV uptake.
• In the United States, 607,089 electric vehicles were sold through June, marking the strongest first half on record ahead of federal tax-credit expiry in September.
• The German government is debating fresh incentives, including social-leasing schemes, to convert headline registration growth into sustained private adoption.