In October, new passenger car registrations in Germany increased by nearly 17% year-over-year to 208,642, bringing the year-to-date result to 2,076,527 (down 5.5%).

Plug-in electric car sales also increased, slightly outpacing the general market and expanding their market share.

Last month, 67,845 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in Germany, which is 25% more than a year ago. The market share increased to 32.5% (compared to 30.4% a year earlier).

Both all-electric and plug-in hybrid car sales increased – BEVs by 17%, while PHEVs went up by 35%.

Results by type:

• BEVs: 35,781 – up 17% at 17.1% market share
• PHEVs: 32,064 – up 35% at 15.4% market share
• Total: 67,845 – up 25% at 32.5% market share

So far this year, more than 555,000 new passenger plug-in cars were registered in Germany:

• BEVs: 308,254 – up 15% at 14.8% market share
• PHEVs: 247,711 – down 6% at 11.9% market share
• Total: 555,965 – up 4% at 26.8% market share

For reference, in the 12 months of 2021, a total of over 681,000 plug-in cars were registered.

In October, the Volkswagen brand noted the highest number of new plug-in electric car registrations (8,603), although PHEV-rich Mercedes-Benz was not far behind at 8,107. BMW (5,079) and Audi (4,890) completed the top four for the month.

Volkswagen was also #1 in terms of all-electric car sales (5,429), noticeably ahead of Tesla (3,185).

Plug-in car registrations by brands (at least 2,000) last month:

• Volkswagen: 8603 – 5429 BEVs and 3174 PHEVs
• Mercedes-Benz: 8107 – 2628 BEVs and 5479 PHEVs
• BMW: 5079 – 1461 BEVs and 3618 PHEVs
• Audi: 4890 – 2297 BEVs and 2593 PHEVs
• SEAT: 3884 – 1140 BEVs and 2744 PHEVs
• Tesla: 3185 – 3185 BEVs
• Hyundai: 3508 – 2275 BEVs and 1233 PHEVs
• Ford: 2999 – 518 BEVs and 2481 PHEVs
• Opel: 2768 – 1855 BEVs and 913 PHEVs
• Renault: 2559 – 2405 BEVs and 154 PHEVs
• Fiat: 2399 – 2399 BEVs
• Kia: 2384 – 581 BEVs and 1803 PHEVs
• Volvo: 2061 – 806 BEVs and 1255 PHEVs

Year-to-date the list (at least 20,000 plug-ins):

• Volkswagen: 59571 – 37755 BEVs and 21816 PHEVs
• Mercedes-Benz: 55772 – 17247 BEVs and 38525 PHEVs
• BMW: 50401 – 17702 BEVs and 32699 PHEVs
• Tesla: 41643 – 41643 BEVs
• Audi: 41362 – 20169 BEVs and 21193 PHEVs
• Hyundai: 33603 – 23235 BEVs and 10368 PHEVs
• SEAT: 26515 – 7102 BEVs and 19413 PHEVs
• Opel: 22452 – 18325 BEVs and 4127 PHEVs
• Kia: 22281 – 8554 BEVs and 13727 PHEVs
• Ford: 21402 – 4098 BEVs and 17304 PHEVs
• Renault: 21187 – 18363 BEVs and 2824 PHEVs

The Fiat 500 electric appears to be the best-selling all-electric car in October with 2,363 new registrations. The Volkswagen ID.3 (2,160) and Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5 counted together (2,115) completed the podium.

Tesla also had a decent first month of the quarter with 1,622 Tesla Model Y and 1,563 Tesla Model 3 sales.

With two months to go, there is a big chance that Tesla will secure the two top positions in 2022, but due to a growing number of BEV models, its market share probably will continue to decrease.

The top all-electric models year-to-date:

• Tesla Model Y – 24,177
• Fiat 500 electric – 19,219
• Tesla Model 3 – 17,464
• Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5 – 14,785
• Volkswagen ID.3 – 12,802
• Hyundai Kona Electric – 12,030
• Opel Corsa-e – 9,924
• Skoda Enyaq iV – 9,800
• Hyundai Ioniq 5 – 9,773
• Audi e-tron – 9,598
• BMW i3 – 9,520
• Volkswagen e-up! – 9,511
• Audi Q4 e-tron – 8,700
• Renault ZOE – 8,344
• Dacia Spring – 8,273
• MINI Cooper SE – 8,006

Official stats (KBA):