New monthly record for new electric car registrations in Germany

So far, the history of electromobility in Germany has been one with many setbacks. If you look at the numbers on how many new electric cars are registered for road use every month, it was a constant up and down for a long time. Only in isolated cases did the number of new registrations shoot up, for example when government funding ran out and many buyers wanted to take them with them quickly. Afterwards it settled back down to a lower level.

But now there is a clear trend that has not stopped for months: in September, for the first time, 34.5 percent of newly registered cars in Germany had a battery-electric drive. To be precise, 88,599 new electric cars hit the road last month, the Federal Motor Transport Authority in Flensburg announced this Monday. A new monthly record.