{"id":245036,"date":"2023-11-13T17:49:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T17:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/?p=245036"},"modified":"2023-11-13T17:49:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T17:49:01","slug":"german-all-electric-car-sales-rebound-in-october-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/car-reviews\/german-all-electric-car-sales-rebound-in-october-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"German All-Electric Car Sales Rebound In October 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
In October, new passenger car registrations in Germany amounted to 218,959, which a five percent increase compared to a year ago. During the first ten months of 2023, 2,357,025 new cars were registered (up 13.5 percent year-over-year).<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, this positive trend does not include plug-in electric cars \u2013 mostly because of the ongoing collapse of plug-in hybrid car sales.<\/p>\n
In October, the total new plug-in electric car registrations amounted to 53,695 (down 21 percent year-over-year), which is 24.5 percent of the total volume (compared to 32.5 percent a year ago). Let’s recall that the market is now affected by the recent incentive cuts and it will take some time to recover.<\/p>\n
Battery electric car (BEV) registrations improved by over four percent year-over-year to 37,334 taking slightly over 17 percent of the market, which is a good sign after a nearly 29 percent drop in September.<\/p>\n
Plug-in hybrid car (PHEV) registrations decreased again (tenth time in a row), by 49 percent year-over-year to 16,361, indicating that customers prefer all-electric cars.<\/p>\n
Plug-in car registrations last month (YOY change):<\/p>\n