The German car market continues to move in reverse gear. Even electric cars are now losing momentum, but can continue to expand their market share.
In June, too, new passenger car registrations in Germany were below the previous year’s level. As reported by the Federal Motor Transport Authority today, 224,558 new cars were registered last month. That is 18.1 percent less than in June 2021. The proportion of commercial owners fell by 21.3 percent to 64.3 percent, and private registrations fell by 11.6 percent. In the first half of the year, 1,237,975 new cars were delivered. That’s a drop of 11 percent.
Among the German manufacturers, only Mercedes-Benz was able to increase in June (plus 9.5 percent). All other domestic brands had to accept sales losses. They were lowest at Porsche with a minus of 3.5 percent and highest at Smart with 67 percent.
Demand for VW models fell by 24 percent, but the Wolfsburg-based brand remains the most popular brand with a 19.4 percent market share. Among the imported brands, Polestar, Dacia, DS and Alfa Romeo increased. Kia was able to keep the previous year’s result (plus 0.2 percent). Suzuki and Mazda recorded declines of more than 50 percent.
The strongest foreign brand was Skoda with a 5.5 percent market share. Only demand for large vans (13.3 percent) and luxury vehicles (9.5 percent) increased. With a share of 29.8 percent, most new registrations were still in the SUV segment, where registrations were only 1.7 percent below those of the previous year.
At 32,234 units, the number of new electric cars fell by 3.5 percent compared to the same month last year. However, their market share rose to 14.4 percent. For the first half of the year there was an increase of 12.5 percent. There were also 26,203 plug-in hybrids in June, 16.3 percent fewer than a year ago. The proportion of purely petrol-powered cars fell to 37 percent, and that of diesel vehicles to 18.9 percent.
Liquid gas cars experienced a strong upswing. Their new registrations increased last month by more than 64 percent to 1120, while natural gas passenger cars are still on the decline with only 116 units (-75.2 %). According to the KBA, the average CO2 emissions of all newly registered passenger cars fell by 3, 2 percent and averaged 117.8 grams per kilometer.
It should be noted, however, that the registration figures do not necessarily reflect current purchasing behavior, but rather the order volume around a year ago or earlier – mainly due to the massive delivery delays due to a shortage of raw materials, supply chain problems and corona measures worldwide. In the case of electric cars in particular, significantly fewer vehicles are currently being delivered than were ordered and are currently being delivered. (awm)
On our e-mobility portal EFAHRER.com you will find all e-vehicles available on the German market
You can also arrange a test drive for the car of your choice free of charge and thus start e-mobility in an uncomplicated manner.