Germany: All-Electric Car Sales Share Improved To 20% In July 2023

1 year, 3 months ago - 15. August 2023, Inside EVs

BEV sales increased by nearly 70 percent year-over-year, while PHEV sales continued to decrease.

In July, new passenger car registrations in Germany increased by 18 percent year-over-year to 243,277. During the first seven months of 2023, 1,640,147 new cars were registered (up 13.6 percent year-over-year).

Meanwhile, the plug-in electric car segment continued to expand, despite the fact that only battery electric cars (BEV) are growing this year.

In July, the total new plug-in electric car registrations amounted to 63,027 (up 20 percent year-over-year), which is 25.9 percent of the total volume (compared to 25.5 percent a year ago).

All-electric car registrations amounted to 48,682 (up 69 percent year-over-year), which was enough to capture 20.0 percent of the market (compared to 14.0 percent a year ago). That's the highest BEV share so far this year.

On the other hand, plug-in hybrid car registrations, decreased year-over-year for the seventh consecutive month, dragging down the overall plug-in segment. Let's recall that this year, PHEVs are not supported by the generous incentives, which is the main reason behind the substantial sales drop.

New plug-in vehicle registrations:

BEVs: 48,682 – up 69% at 20.0% market share
PHEVs: 14,345 – down 40% at 5.9% market share
Total: 63,027 – up 20% at 25.9% market share
Plug-in electric car registrations in Germany – July 2023

So far this year, more than 362,000 new passenger plug-in electric cars have been registered in Germany, which is one percent more than a year ago.

Registrations year-to-date:

BEVs: 268,926 – up 37% at 16.4% market share
PHEVs: 93,410 – down 43% at 5.7% market share
Total: 362,336 – up 1% at 22.1% market share
For reference, in 2022, more than 832,000 new passenger plug-in cars were registered in Germany (31.4 percent of the total volume), compared to over 681,000 in 2021.

Top brands
In July, the highest number of new plug-in electric car registrations was noted by three German brands - Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW. Tesla was fourth overall, and second in terms of BEV registrations, behind Volkswagen. Mercedes-Benz remains the king of PHEVs.

Plug-in car registrations by brands (at least 2,000) last month:

Volkswagen: 7504 - 7061 BEVs and 443 PHEVs
Mercedes-Benz: 6961 - 3700 BEVs and 3261 PHEVs
BMW: 5177 - 3142 BEVs and 2035 PHEVs
Tesla: 3905 - 3905 BEVs
Hyundai: 3767 - 3314 BEVs and 453 PHEVs
Audi: 3709 - 2371 BEVs and 1338 PHEVs
Seat: 2755 - 1744 BEVs and 1011 PHEVs
Fiat: 2516 - 2516 BEVs
Skoda: 2396 - 1896 BEVs and 500 PHEVs
Opel: 2370 - 1935 BEVs and 435 PHEVs
Kia: 2218 - 1628 BEVs and 590 PHEVs

Thanks to a solid July, Volkswagen become the number one brand in terms of all-electric car registrations in Germany, overtaking Tesla (41,475 vs. 40,289). It will be interesting to see whether Volkswagen will maintain its position through the end of the quarter and end of the year, as Tesla often notes the highest results at the end of a quarter.

Plug-in car registrations by brands (at least 7,000) year-to-date:

Volkswagen: 46399 - 41475 BEVs and 4924 PHEVs
Mercedes-Benz: 42735 - 20613 BEVs and 22122 PHEVs
Tesla: 40289 - 40289 BEVs
BMW: 27413 - 15987 BEVs and 11426 PHEVs
Audi: 25997 - 16786 BEVs and 9211 PHEVs
Hyundai: 18169 - 15411 BEVs and 2758 PHEVs
Seat: 14222 - 7673 BEVs and 6549 PHEVs
Skoda: 12646 - 9665 BEVs and 2981 PHEVs
Opel: 12112 - 8928 BEVs and 3184 PHEVs
Fiat: 11289 - 11289 BEVs
Volvo: 10163 - 4963 BEVs and 5200 PHEVs
Kia: 9792 - 6228 BEVs and 3564 PHEVs
MG Roewe: 9666 - 9646 BEVs and 20 PHEVs
smart: 9661 - 9661 BEVs
Renault: 8364 - 7800 BEVs and 564 PHEVs
Peugeot: 8249 - 6274 BEVs and 1975 PHEVs
Ford: 7434 - 2541 BEVs and 4893 PHEVs
MINI: 7240 - 7052 BEVs and 188 PHEVs

Top BEV models
Last month, the Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5 duo happened to be the most registered BEV in Germany (4,028 units), significantly ahead of the Fiat 500 electric (2,487) and Tesla Model Y (2,067).

There are not many changes in the year-to-date ranking, as the Tesla Model Y is ahead of the Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5 and Volkswagen ID.3.

Top all-electric models year-to-date:

Tesla Model Y - 29,892
Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5 - 22,405
Volkswagen ID.3 - 13,647
Fiat 500 electric - 11,159
Audi Q4 e-tron - 9,737
Skoda Enyaq iV - 9,664
Tesla Model 3 - 9,045