Car statistics for Germany
In 2024, 2,817,331 new passenger cars were registered in Germany, of which 13.5% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 13.5%.
EV share of new cars over time
New passenger cars by fuel (2024)
New registrations per year
Car fleet by age (2024)
42.9% of passenger cars in Germany are older than 10 years.
Car fleet by fuel (2024)
Of 49,339,166 registered passenger cars in Germany, 66.3% run on petrol, 29.6% on diesel and 4.1% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).
CO2 emissions of new cars (2024)
New passenger cars in Germany emitted on average 117.1 g CO2/km in 2024. The EU average was 107.9 g/km, so Germany is above the average.
EV charging stations
Germany has 44,231 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 52.9 per 100,000 inhabitants). See the EV charging ranking.
Road safety (2024)
Germany recorded 3.3 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (2,770 in total) in 2024. The EU average was 4.4 per 100,000, so Germany is safer than the EU average. See the road safety ranking.