Electric cars
Battery-electric cars (BEV) as a share of all registered passenger cars, 1.1.2026
On 1 January 2026 4.4% of cars registered in the former West were fully electric, against 2.3% in the East (1.9 times). The share ranges from 12.5% in Wolfsburg to 1.2% in Görlitz.
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Inner-German border 1949–1990 ·401 districts · 1.1.2026
Former West
4.4%
excl. Berlin
Former East
2.3%
excl. Berlin
Berlin
4.0%
Germany
4.1%
The East stands at 52% of the West's level (1.1.2026).
By state
- Hamburg5.3%
- Bayern4.7%
- Baden-Württemberg4.6%
- Hessen4.6%
- Niedersachsen4.4%
- Nordrhein-Westfalen4.3%
- Schleswig-Holstein4.2%
- Berlin4.0%
- Rheinland-Pfalz3.8%
- Bremen3.5%
- Saarland3.2%
- Brandenburg2.8%
- Thüringen2.3%
- Sachsen2.2%
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern2.1%
- Sachsen-Anhalt2.0%
1.1.2026
Notes & caveats
- KBA registers Trier and Trier-Saarburg as one district, shown with the same value. Hanau (a separate district since 1 January 2026) is combined with Main-Kinzig-Kreis because KBA has no population base for it yet.
- Battery-electric (BEV) only; plug-in hybrids are not counted.
- Cars are counted where they are registered: company and leasing fleets registered at a head office (e.g. Wolfsburg, Ingolstadt, Munich) raise the share there.
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| State | Side | 1.1.2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Saarland | west | 3.2% |
| Berlin | berlin | 4.0% |
| Brandenburg | east | 2.8% |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | east | 2.1% |
| Sachsen | east | 2.2% |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | east | 2.0% |
| Thüringen | east | 2.3% |
| Schleswig-Holstein | west | 4.2% |
| Hamburg | west | 5.3% |
| Niedersachsen | west | 4.4% |
| Bremen | west | 3.5% |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | west | 4.3% |
| Hessen | west | 4.6% |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | west | 3.8% |
| Baden-Württemberg | west | 4.6% |
| Bayern | west | 4.7% |