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%.

New cars (2024)
2,817,331
EV share
13.5%
Total car fleet (2024)
49,339,166

EV share of new cars over time

Electric vehicle share of new passenger cars in Germany per year
20130.2%
20140.3%
20150.4%
20160.3%
20170.7%
20181.0%
20191.8%
20206.7%
202113.6%
202217.7%
202318.4%
202413.5%

New passenger cars by fuel (2024)

New passenger car registrations in Germany by fuel (2024)
Petrol991,948 (35.2%)
Hybrid755,486 (26.8%)
Diesel483,261 (17.2%)
Electric380,609 (13.5%)
Plug-in hybrid191,903 (6.8%)
Gas13,848 (0.5%)
Hydrogen179 (0.0%)
Other97 (0.0%)

New registrations per year

New passenger car registrations in Germany per year
20132,952,431
20143,036,773
20153,206,042
20163,285,904
20173,441,262
20183,435,778
20193,607,258
20202,917,678
20212,622,132
20222,651,357
20232,844,609
20242,817,331

Car fleet by age (2024)

42.9% of passenger cars in Germany are older than 10 years.

Passenger cars in Germany by age (2024)
Under 2 years7,411,894 (15.0%)
2–5 years7,590,729 (15.4%)
5–10 years13,175,660 (26.7%)
10–20 years16,243,520 (32.9%)
Over 20 years4,917,363 (10.0%)

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).

Car fleet in Germany by fuel (2024)
Petrol32,712,008 (66.3%)
Diesel14,592,567 (29.6%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)2,034,591 (4.1%)

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.

Average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in Germany (g/km)
2010151.1 g
2011145.6 g
2012141.6 g
2013136.1 g
2014132.5 g
2015128.3 g
2016126.9 g
2017154.2 g
2018157 g
2019159 g
2020136 g
2021113.5 g
2022105.9 g
2023113 g
2024117.1 g

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.

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