New registrations of vehicles with alternative drive systems (pure electric drive, hybrids with and without plugs and gas) grew by 6.2 percent to 98,124 passenger cars in February 2024 compared to February last year. Adjusted for the additional working day compared to February of the previous year, the increase was only 1.1%. The share of alternative drive systems in total registrations reached 45.1% (February 2023: 44.8%). Since the beginning of the year, a total of 189,012 vehicles with alternative drive systems have been registered in Germany, which corresponds to a 43.9% share of total registrations. In 2023 as a whole, the figure was 48.5%.
Registrations of purely battery electric cars (BEV) fell significantly in February. 27,479 BEVs were registered, a drop of 15.4% compared to February 2023, or around 19% when the additional working day is taken into account. The BEV share of total registrations reached 12.6%. For the first time since 2015, the February figures for both the number of BEV registrations and the BEV market share fell. Cumulatively for the first two months of the year, BEV registrations declined by 1.3%, with BEVs accounting for 11.6% of total registrations.
14,575 plug-in hybrids (PHEV) were newly registered in February – 22.3% more than in February last year. The share of this drivetrain type in total registrations in February and also cumulatively since the beginning of the year was 6.7%. Since January, plug-in hybrids have increased by 39.5% to a total of 28,969 registrations.
Electric cars as a whole – i.e. BEVs, plug-in hybrids and fuel cell vehicles combined – totaled 42,062 registrations in February 2024, a drop of 5.3 percent compared to the same month last year.
The VDIK regularly updates the list of electric vehicles of its member companies. The VDIK electric list can be accessed here.
Hybrid vehicles without plugs continue to account for the highest proportion of alternative drivetrains. 54,792 registrations represent a year-on-year increase of 16.4%, with this drive system accounting for 25.2% of total registrations in February. With 47,020 registrations, mild hybrids achieved an increase of 16.6%. New registrations of full hybrids rose by 15.2 percent to 7,772 units.
1,249 LPG passenger cars (+48.9 percent), 21 natural gas passenger cars (-80.9 percent) and 8 fuel cell passenger cars (-42.9 percent) were newly registered in February.
Registrations of pure combustion vehicles amounted to 77,106 petrol cars (+2.3%) and 42,153 diesel cars (+9.7%) in February. The share of pure combustion vehicles was 54.9 percent in February and has reached 56.2 percent since the beginning of the year (36.9 percent petrol and 19.3 percent diesel).
| February | January – February | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +/- (%) | Share of total car market | +/- (%) | Share of total car market | |||||
| BEV | 27.479 | -15,4 | 12,6 | 49.953 | -1,3 | 11,6 | ||
| PHEV | 14.575 | 22,3 | 6,7 | 28.969 | 39,5 | 6,7 | ||
| FCEV | 8 | -42,9 | 0,0 | 130 | -60,6 | 0,0 | ||
| Electric Vehicles (total) | 42.062 | -5,3 | 19,3 | 78.935 | 10,5 | 18,3 | ||
| HEV including: |
54.792 | 16,4 | 25,2 | 106.894 | 20,1 | 24,8 | ||
| full hybrid | 7.772 | 15,2 | 3,6 | 15.397 | 12,9 | 3,6 | ||
| mild hybrid | 47.020 | 16,6 | 21,6 | 91.497 | 21,4 | 21,2 | ||
| CNG | 21 | -80,9 | 0,0 | 35 | -83,1 | 0,0 | ||
| LPG | 1.249 | 48,9 | 0,6 | 3.148 | 65,1 | 0,7 | ||
| Alternative Drivetrains (total) | 98.124 | 6,2 | 45,1 | 189.012 | 16,3 | 43,9 | ||
| Petrol | 77.106 | 2,3 | 35,5 | 158.830 | 9,3 | 36,9 | ||
| Diesel | 42.153 | 9,7 | 19,4 | 83.089 | 7,0 | 19,3 | ||
| Passenger car (total) | 217.388 | 5,4 | 430.941 | 11,8 | ||||
Glossary:
Electric vehicles: BEV, PHEV und FCEV
BEV, Batterieelektrisches Fahrzeug, engl: Battery Electric Vehicle
PHEV, Plug-In-Hybrid, engl: Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle
FCEV, Brennstoffzellenfahrzeug / Wasserstofffahrzeug, engl.: Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle
Hybride, Hybrid ohne Stecker bzw. nicht aufladbar, engl.: Hybrid Electric Vehicle
CNG, Gasförmiges Erdgas, engl: Compressed Natural Gas
LPG, Flüssiggas bzw. Autogas, engl: Liquified Petroleum Gas
Models with a maximum e-motor output of 20 KW are classified as mild hybrids, while full hybrids have a maximum e-motor output of more than 20 KW.
