Overview
- Germany recorded 250,133 new cars in October, up 7.8% year over year, with 65.6% registered to businesses and 34.4% to private owners.
- Hybrids were the largest drivetrain in Germany at 101,598 registrations (40.6%), while BEVs rose to 52,425 (21.0%, +47.7% YoY) and PHEVs to 30,946 (+60.0%).
- Skoda’s Elroq was the most-registered BEV and Volvo’s XC60 led PHEVs in Germany; the VW Golf remained the top overall model.
- German segment shifts showed double‑digit gains for Minis, midsize, upper‑midsize, SUVs and mini‑vans, with sharp declines for luxury class and large vans; no fuel‑cell cars were registered and average CO₂ fell 11.4% to 100.6 g/km.
- Austria logged 24,479 new cars in October, including 5,165 BEVs for a 21.1% share (+29.4% YoY), with Jan–Oct BEVs at 51,316 (+40.1%) and 63.0% of all new cars in that period registered to legal entities; Statistik Austria aggregates mild, full and plug‑in hybrids in its hybrid totals.