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Electric car stock — Germany

Electric car stock in Germany in 2025 — 3,100,000 vehicles. Ranked 3 in the world out of 45. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 1,239,900%.

2025 3.1M vehicles +16.1% vs 2024
World rank 3of 45
Period maximum 3.1M vehicles2025
Period minimum 250 vehicles2010

Trend over time

2010–2025 · vehicles

Electric car stock — Germany, 2010–202501M2M3M4M2010201220142016201820202022202420252010: 250 vehicles2011: 1,840 vehicles2012: 5,300 vehicles2013: 12,200 vehicles2014: 25,400 vehicles2015: 45,000 vehicles2016: 66,000 vehicles2017: 104,000 vehicles2018: 165,000 vehicles2019: 240,000 vehicles2020: 610,000 vehicles2021: 1,250,000 vehicles2022: 1,860,000 vehicles2023: 2,500,000 vehicles2024: 2,670,000 vehicles2025: 3,100,000 vehicles
Change over the period: +3.1M (+1,239,900%) Average annual rate: 87.45 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Germany

Germany 3.1M vehicles
World 76M vehicles
Europe & Central Asia computed 15.96M vehicles
Western Europe computed 8.04M vehicles
High-income countries computed 26.99M vehicles
Electric car stock — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year vehicles Change Change, %
2025 3.1M +430,000 +16.1%
2024 2.67M +170,000 +6.8%
2023 2.5M +640,000 +34.41%
2022 1.86M +610,000 +48.8%
2021 1.25M +640,000 +104.92%
2020 610,000 +370,000 +154.17%
2019 240,000 +75,000 +45.45%
2018 165,000 +61,000 +58.65%
2017 104,000 +38,000 +57.58%
2016 66,000 +21,000 +46.67%
2015 45,000 +19,600 +77.17%
2014 25,400 +13,200 +108.2%
2013 12,200 +6,900 +130.19%
2012 5,300 +3,460 +188.04%
2011 1,840 +1,590 +636%
2010 250

Western Europe, 2025

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About the indicator

The number of electric cars in use — the accumulated stock, not sales for the year. The difference between a stock and a flow is fundamental here: the share of electric cars in sales can be above half while their share of the stock stays small, because cars serve for some fifteen years and the fleet turns over slowly. It is this series, not sales, that shows when the transition will begin to tell on fuel consumption.

Important: A stock, not a flow: it cannot be compared with sales for the year directly. The stock is smaller than the sum of sales in past years — some of the cars have already been retired.

Source: Global EV Outlook (IEA), license CC BY 4.0.