A total of 224,721 new passenger cars were registered in Germany in December, 124,355 of which had alternative drive systems (purely electric, hybrids with and without plugs and gas-powered). This is 4.0% less than in the same month last year. The share of new registrations with alternative drive systems in the overall market rose to 55.3% in December. In December 2023, it was still 53.6%.
Cumulatively, 1,342,013 new vehicles with alternative drive systems rolled onto the roads in 2024 as a whole. This corresponds to a decrease of 2.7% compared to the previous year. In 2024, the market share of alternative drive systems reached 47.6% after 48.5% in 2023. The international vehicle manufacturers’ market share of alternative drive systems thus rose by 1.6 percentage points to 43.1% in 2024.
Non-plug-in-Hybrid vehicles achieved a significant increase of 26.7% in December 2024. 70,570 new registrations correspond to a 31.4% share of passenger car registrations (December 2023: 23.0%). Between January and December 2024, hybrid vehicles without plugs increased by 13.7% to 755,493 new registrations, with their share rising to 26.8% (full year 2023: 23.4%). The international vehicle manufacturers’ market share of hybrids thus rose by 3.6 percentage points to 47.3% in 2024.
In contrast, new registrations of purely battery electric passenger cars (BEV) fell by 38.6% to 33,561 units in December. The BEV share of total new passenger car registrations reached 14.9%. In comparison: in December 2023, the BEV market share was 22.6%, after a reduction in purchase subsidies in 2024 had been assumed at the end of the year. Since the beginning of 2024, a total of 380,609 BEVs (-27.4%) have been newly registered, accounting for 13.5% of passenger car registrations.
New registrations of vehicles with plug-in hybrid drive (PHEV) once again recorded an increase in December. 19,103 PHEVs rolled onto the roads, 6.8% more than in the same month last year. The share of all new passenger car registrations rose to 8.5% (December 2023: 7.4%), which once again corresponds to the highest PHEV market share since the end of the purchase subsidy for plug-in hybrids at the end of 2022, following the highs in the previous months. In 2024 as a whole, 191,905 PHEVs were newly registered, which is 9.2% more than in 2023. The international vehicle manufacturers’ market share of plug-in hybrids thus rose by 2.6 percentage points to 38.0% in 2024.
Together, electric vehicles (BEVs, plug-in hybrids and fuel cell vehicles) therefore accounted for a market share of 23.4% in December with 52,672 new registrations. This corresponds to a decline of 27.4% compared to December of the previous year. Since the beginning of the year, the market for electric vehicles has fallen by 18.2%. This means that 572,672 electric vehicles were newly registered in 2024. The share of the total passenger car market was 20.3 percent.
The VDIK regularly updates the list of electric vehicles of its member companies. The VDIK electric list can be accessed here.
In addition, 1,113 LPG passenger cars (-15.7 percent) rolled onto the roads in November. Since the beginning of the year, around 4.3 percent more LPG passenger cars have been newly registered than in the previous year.
New registrations of combustion passenger cars reached 100,364 units in December, of which 69,333 were petrol (-7.4 percent) and 31,031 diesel (-17.0 percent). The petrol share of passenger car registrations was 30.9%, while diesel accounted for 13.8%. In 2024 as a whole, 991,948 petrol cars (+1.4%) and 483,261 diesel cars (-0.7%) were newly registered.
| Dezember | January – Dezember | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +/- (%) | Share of total car market | +/- (%) | Share of total car market | |||||
| BEV | 33.561 | -38,6 | 14,9 | 380.609 | -27,4 | 13,5 | ||
| PHEV | 19.103 | 6,8 | 8,5 | 191.905 | 9,2 | 6,8 | ||
| FCEV | 8 | 33,3 | 0,0 | 158 | -39,9 | 0,0 | ||
| Electric Vehicles (total) | 52.672 | -27,4 | 23,4 | 572.672 | -18,2 | 20,3 | ||
| HEV including: |
70.570 | 26,7 | 31,4 | 755.493 | 13,7 | 26,8 | ||
| full hybrid | 11.956 | 58,5 | 5,3 | 129.815 | 38,7 | 4,6 | ||
| mild hybrid | 58.614 | 21,7 | 26,1 | 625.678 | 9,6 | 22,2 | ||
| CNG | 0 | -100,0 | 0,0 | 137 | -89,7 | 0,0 | ||
| LPG | 1.113 | -15,7 | 0,5 | 13.711 | 4,3 | 0,5 | ||
| Alternative Drivetrains (total) | 124.355 | -4,0 | 55,3 | 1.342.013 | -2,7 | 47,6 | ||
| Petrol | 69.333 | -7,4 | 30,9 | 991.948 | 1,4 | 35,2 | ||
| Diesel | 31.031 | -17,0 | 13,8 | 483.261 | -0,7 | 17,2 | ||
| Passenger car (total) | 224.721 | -7,1 | 2.817.331 | -1,0 | ||||
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.
