In Germany, more electric cars than petrol cars are currently sold.
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- Omissions
- The claim refers to NEW car registrations/sales, not to the total vehicle fleet: petrol cars still dominate the overall stock of cars on German roads.
- The most recent data supporting the claim (H1 2026, published by KBA around 3 July 2026 and reported by tagesschau) was available just days before the session on 7 July 2026.
- Some German media and the car trade note that part of the strong BEV registration figures may include manufacturers' self-registrations, though this does not reverse the BEV-versus-petrol comparison for the period.
- Evidence is based on two independent secondary sources citing KBA data; the primary KBA press release itself could not be directly inspected for the exact BEV vs petrol figures.
- Sources
- Secondarytagesschau.de (ARD)Gegenüber dem ersten Halbjahr 2025 stieg der Anteil von Elektroautos um rund 48 Prozent. Reine Elektroautos wurden damit häufiger neu zugelassen ... Der Anteil der Benziner lag bei 22 Prozent, der von Diesel-Autos bei 13 Prozent.
- SecondaryClean Energy WireHeadline: 'Electric car registrations ahead of petrol models in Germany'. Registrations of pure electric cars rose 66 percent in March 2026 compared to a year ago to almost 71,000.