The German automotive market registered 327,700 new electric passenger cars in the first four months of 2026, an increase of 33% compared to the same months last year.

New registrations of battery electric vehicles reached 224,000 across the four-month period, up by 41% year on year. There were also registrations of 103,700 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, an increase of 18%.

Industry association VDA has said that the figures for April alone show that well over one in three new registrations was for an electric passenger car.

Image shows the Audi Q4 e-tron, which can run for nearly 600 kilometres on one charge.

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