- Electric cars become shopkeepers
The sale of electric cars plummeted in July compared to the same month last year. In Germany, 30,762 new pure electric cars were registered in July - 36.8 percent less than in July 2023, as reported by the Federal Motor Transport Authority. The share of all new car registrations in Germany in July was 12.9 percent.
This trend has been ongoing for months, as interest in new electric cars has been lower than in the previous year. Since January, around 215,000 electric cars have been registered in Germany, accounting for 12.6 percent of all new registrations. In the first seven months of the previous year, this figure stood at 268,926 electric cars, with a share of 16.4 percent of all new registrations.
In total, 238,263 cars were newly registered in Germany in July, 2.1 percent less than in the same month last year. According to the Association of the German Automotive Industry, some companies had brought forward car registrations into June due to a new EU regulation. 65.8 percent of new registrations were for commercial vehicles (-6.3 percent compared to July 2023).
The decline in electric car sales also extended to the month of previous year, with a 16.4% share in all new registrations compared to the first seven months of 2023. The total number of electric cars registered in the month before July 2023 was lower than the corresponding period the year before, around 268,926 units.
