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EV market development
Infographics on new registrations of all-electric cars in Germany
About this Graphic
April 2026: In light of high fuel prices and the announced retrospective subsidies for electric cars, the proportion of fully electric cars among new vehicle registrations in Germany is rising significantly: in April, it stood at 25,8 per cent. The number of new fully electric registrations rose by 41 per cent compared with the same month last year.
The German government should further strengthen this trend – because with electric powertrains, motorists are no longer exposed to price fluctuations at the petrol pump, and Germany’s economy becomes less dependent on oil imports. Electricity, on the other hand, can increasingly be generated from renewable sources such as wind and solar power.
It would be counterproductive for the German government to seek to water down the European CO2 targets for passenger cars. This would slow down the uptake of electric mobility and further increase uncertainty for Germany as a motor industry hub.
Instead, measures such as the following would be sensible:
- Transparent and fair charging prices by establishing a nationwide market transparency agency for charging infrastructure and consistently enforcing EU requirements for non-discriminatory prices.
- Better access to charging infrastructure by removing bureaucratic hurdles to the expansion of private charging infrastructure and providing targeted support for charging points in apartment buildings.
- Reform company car taxation (increase the flat rate for combustion engines from 1 to 1.5 percent of the list price).
- Increase planning security through an ambitious and reliable continuation of CO2 fleet limits and an orderly transition of CO2 pricing for fuels into European emissions trading.
More Information
Read the blog post “Electric car subsidy: An important step – more should follow” by Marion Vieweg-Mersmann of Agora Verkehrswende to find out how the planned purchase subsidy could be improved and what else is needed.
Read our detailed recommendations in the analysis “Effectively promoting private electric mobility”.
Notes on the older graphics:
In addition to the current sales figures for the past month, you find a few more graphics from recent months and years above.
