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New car sales in Germany have generally declined significantly since last summer. The last thing Germans worry about is a new car.

• Semaphor 2y ago
  Alas, the statistics say the opposite.
• gspr 2y ago
  > New car sales in Germany have generally declined significantly since last summer. The last thing Germans worry about is a new car. The 2023 to 2024 year-on-year decline was 1% [1]. Compared to that, a 60% drop for a single brand is catastrophic. (And wonderful in this case) [1] https://www.best-selling-cars.com/germany/2024-full-year-germany-car-market-overview-and-analysis/ https://www.best-selling-cars.com/germany/2024-full-year-ger...
• fhd2 2y ago
  From TFA: "German road traffic agency KBA’s website on Wednesday showed the number of newly registered Tesla cars fell 59.5% to 1,277 in January, while the overall German market was down just 2.8% at slightly more than 207,000 vehicles during the month." Didn't verify it personally, but if you claim something contrary to TFA, a source would be nice.
  • scarab92 2y ago
    Sales of EVs have fallen much further than sales of all vehicles in general. Electricity prices.
  • CyMonk 2y ago
    Here are charts from the mentioned KBA site which show the decline from 300.000 in 06/2024 down to 208.00 in 01/2025. https://www.kba.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/Fahrzeugzulassungen/2025/pm01_2025_n_12_24_grafik_jahresverlauf.gif?__blob=normal https://www.kba.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/Fahrzeugzula... https://www.kba.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/Fahrzeugzulassungen/2025/pm05_2025_n_01_25_grafik_jahresverlauf.gif?__blob=normal https://www.kba.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/Fahrzeugzula...
    • johnnyanmac 2y ago
      Comparing different months doesn't mean as much due to seasonal trends. YoY numbers from 1/2024 is aroound 215k. sp a 2.8% YoY decline seems to make sense.
• DrBazza 2y ago
  This perhaps? https://fortune.com/2025/01/06/germanys-ev-sales-crash-electric-cars-tesla-volkswagen/#:~:text=The%20overall%20slump%20in%20electric,percent%20in%20the%20previous%20year. https://fortune.com/2025/01/06/germanys-ev-sales-crash-elect... The overall slump in electric car sales in Germany saw battery-powered vehicles lose market share relative to traditional combustion engines and hybrid cars. Electric cars made up 13.5 percent of sales in 2024, down from 18.4 percent in the previous year.6 Jan 2025