News Digest Item
02 Nov 2018

Pure electric vehicle share of new car registrations rises to 1.3 percent in October

Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA)

The share of pure electric vehicles in Germany’s new car registrations climbed to 1.3 percent in October, as the number of new EVs increased 55 percent year-on-year, according to the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA). The share of hybrid cars rose to 4.4 percent, while diesel fell to 31.8 percent and the share of petrol models was 62.3 percent. Average CO2 emissions of new cars rose 2.5 percent to 130.9 grammes per kilometre.   

Find the press release in German here.

Shares of new car registrations in Germany

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