https://www.adac.de/news/neuzulassungen-kba/
(This link is not dated, so contents will change in the future, the archive.org link is not up to February yet)
Top 10 electric cars (again February 2025):
1. VW ID.7
2. VW ID.4, ID.5
3. VW ID.3
4. Skoda Enyaq
5. Audi Q4
6. Seat Born
7. Tesla Model Y
8. BMW 4ER
9. BMW X1
10. Seat Tavascan
So the top 6 are all Volkswagen. And in total 7 of the top 10.
The Volkswagen range (ID.3, ID.4, the ID.Buzz van) is excellent. Of all the EVs I've driven, the ID.3 is my favorite, far superior to a Tesla. I've driven rented EVs from Skoda, Opel, SEAT, Peugeot, etc., and they're all fine, if boring. If you count any brand available in Europe, Hyundai and Kia both have excellent EVs, including the Kia EV6 and EV9.
Tesla have definitely nailed certain things that other manufacturers have struggled with. They're the only manufacturer that does a good UI (but like many others I deeply dislike that everything is on a poorly positioned screen), and their integration is excellent (things like automatic navigation to a supercharger when it knows it will need to charge to get to your destination).
Tesla have also strived for more practical ranges; I find it really frustrating when other manufacturers launch new cars with 300-350km ranges, which is a step backwards.
The main differentiator why people will switch to EVs is price, and Tesla seems to have stopped competing on it and is bettin on full autonomy instead (which is not a bad bet, as Waymo is achieving it slowly).
Not true by any means. There are multiple options available and new cars are being planned / released all the time. Not to mention the second-hand market has ample choice.
EV is on a decline in general after the end of government subsidies
And Germany is still dominated by local brands. https://www.best-selling-cars.com/germany/2024-full-year-ger...
We couldn't be more happy with the purchase.
Tesla meanwhile has been stagnant for a while, which means people who wanted that that kind of car likely already bought one and don’t see much reason to buy a new one. The poor publicity from Elon isn’t helping but they peaked in 2023 even as total EV sales grew substantially in 2024.
And right after that, the fight against climate change will be lost.
Electric cars could have been the enabling technology for intermittent renewable power generation. Smart charging and back-feeding into the grid when needed could have largely solved the intermittency problem.
It is not. Only 18% of newly registered cars are electric i.e. over 80% of the people are still buying new CE cars, to say nothing about the massive used car market which is almost completely CE.
Or maybe I am the one getting it backwards…
Nice 2019 talking point, bud.
It turns out fascist salutes don't help you sell cars.