Worldwide electric cars on record course: Germany remains behind!

Worldwide electric cars on record course: Germany remains behind!

Electromobility is increasing more and more. At the turn of 2025, almost 56 million cars with electric drive were registered, which corresponds to an impressive increase of around a third compared to the previous year. According to

The USA and Germany follow 6.4 million and 2.6 million electric cars, while Great Britain and France each have around 2.1 million. Norway has managed to allow over 1 million electric cars. These figures make it clear that the demand for electric vehicles has been unbroken, even if growth in Germany still offers potential, as the numbers of adac

Current new registrations

In May 2025, more than 43,000 pure battery cars (BEV) were re-approved in Germany, which corresponds to 18 percent of all new car registrations. This is an impressive increase of 45 percent compared to May of the previous year. Even if the total number of new registrations is 239,297 vehicles-an increase of 1.2 percent compared to the previous year-we are still behind the number of corona numbers. The proportion of electric cars in the total number of the approved car was 3.3 percent, while plug-in-hybrids are 2.0 percent, the current information from adac .

we take a look at the market shares: VW leads with 20.9 percent of new registrations, followed by Mercedes, BMW and ŠKODA. It is particularly exciting that BYD was able to record a sudden increase in 800 percent in the new registrations, while Tesla only reported 1,210 new approvals. The successful models in May are the VW Golf, T-Roc and Tiguan, whereby the VW ID.7 stands out as the best-selling Stromer.

global trends and challenges

But what about electromobility worldwide? According to Statista , the number of e-car was almost 42 million at the end of 2023, with most of the largest part to be located in China. In Europe, the Netherlands are leading with the most charging infrastructure, followed by Germany. In this country there are a charging point on about 20.5 electric cars, which underlines the dependence on public infrastructure.

The good news: The average CO₂ emissions of newly approved car dropped to 109 g/km. This is a sign that the industry is becoming increasingly environmentally friendly. However, the electric cars are only really ecological if the required electricity comes from renewable energies. In addition, the still high speed of the battery shows that a new race for the best and most environmentally friendly technologies has started here.

Finally, it should be noted that electromobility is in the middle of an exciting change. Despite challenges in the existing and competitive pressure on the market, the prospects are promising. With growing demand and increasing offers, e-cars could continue to move into our streets in the near future.