In Germany, consumers are still fairly reluctant to purchase electric cars. In 2017, only 0.7% or 25,056 of 3,441,262 newly registered passenger cars ran on electricity.
Despite the small share of electric cars, Germany was in the upper middle range of European countries. Norway was the most progressive here. 41,583 (22.6%) of the 183,728 newly registered passenger cars were electric vehicles, followed by the Netherlands (1.9%) and Switzerland (1.6%).
For more detailed data on Germany please consult the German language website of the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt. For more data on transport in Germany please consult the corresponding theme page on the main Destatis website.
More information on the deployment of alternative fuels in Europe are available on the European Alternative Fuels Observatory (EAFO) website.