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Electricity is in demand: Of the 3,150 newly registered cars in the Starnberg district last year, 915 were purely electric cars.
Combustion engines without electrical support only make up half of new cars.
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Three out of ten newly registered cars in the district run exclusively on electricity, around one in two at least partially.
This is evident from the district office’s registration figures for 2023.
Car dealers will immediately feel the loss of subsidies this year.
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- In 2023, a total of 4,427 vehicles were newly registered in the Starnberg district, including 3,150 cars - and of these, 915 were purely electric vehicles, which accounts for almost 30 percent.
The year before there were significantly fewer electric cars at 809.
According to the statistics portal Statista, there was a record number of 524,200 newly registered electric cars across Germany last year.
The combustion engine, on the other hand, was on the decline: with 1,418 vehicles, only just under half of the new registrations - i.e. really new cars, no used vehicles or re-imports - had the conventional drive.
Several hundred new cars have a combined drive (hybrid).
The new registrations also included 395 motorcycles, 270 trucks and 16 special vehicles.
The latter include, for example, ambulances.
This emerges from statistics from the district office determined in response to a request from Starnberger Merkur.
Not only cars, but also 38 other vehicles run on electricity.
The trucks include 51 agricultural and forestry tractors.
District residents continue to enjoy going on vacation with “homes on wheels” – 28 caravans and 121 mobile homes were newly registered, although this represents a decline compared to the Corona years.
In 2020, 39 caravans and 177 mobile homes were newly registered.
The preferred colors when buying new cars were classic - 31.6 percent of vehicles across Germany were gray and 26.5 percent were black.
The Bauer car dealership in Pöcking is experiencing a new trend.
“Strong colors such as turquoise, red, blue and gold tones are in demand again,” says owner Stephanie Bauer in an interview with Merkur.
Overall, the total number of vehicles in the Starnberg district as of December 31, 2023 was 124,778 vehicles.
Since 139,156 people officially live in the district, statistically speaking almost every resident has their own vehicle.
How many people in the district have a driver's license?
The district office cannot give this number exactly, but estimates it at 98,000.
Statistics from the district office show that there were a total of 10,686 electric cars last year: 4,218 purely electric vehicles, 4,229 electric vehicles with combined operation (hybrid) and 2,239 plug-in hybrid cars, vehicles with hybrid drive and externally rechargeable storage.
Ten years earlier there were 235 electric cars.
A rapidly increasing development has been apparent since 2019.
The list of manufacturers of purely electric vehicles is also interesting: BMW leads with 739 registrations, ahead of Tesla with 702 vehicles and Volkswagen in third place with 524 vehicles.
Porsche comes in eleventh with 69 electric vehicles.
There has been no more government funding for e-mobility since the beginning of this year.
“Demand has dropped significantly due to the spontaneous elimination of the environmental bonus,” explains Stephanie Bauer from Autohaus Bauer.
The high costs would deter customers.
“However, if you own your own home and even have a solar system on the roof, the purchase can still be interesting,” she says.
Charging at home is then inexpensive and environmentally friendly.
Hybrid models and rental purchase in the form of leasing and subscription models are the trend.
“We are currently also being sold out of our high-quality small cars,” says Bauer.
The reasons for this are the declining supply of small cars from all manufacturers and the fact that the manual transmission would quickly disappear in the future.
“It’s better to rely on affordable and proven technology now,” says Bauer, explaining her customers’ motto.
She sees no future for the topic of hydrogen - it is not economical.
At the other end of the age scale, the numbers are increasing: In 2018, there were 2,218 registered classic cars in the district, compared to 3,199 last year. A classic car is a vehicle that is at least 30 years old.