As of: January 20, 2024, 5:31 a.m
By: Sebastian Oppenheimer
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According to KBA, more than half a million electric cars were newly registered in Germany for the first time in 2023.
But which models sold best?
We clarify.
1 / 1010th place - Mini Cooper E/SE: 13,953 new registrations in 2023 were enough for Mini to move into the Stromer top 10.
The Cooper E/SE secured tenth place in the annual ranking.
© Mini
2 / 109th place – BMW iX1: The fully electric version of the BMW X1 was registered 14,694 times last year.
This puts the iX1 in ninth place in the 2023 annual ranking. © BMW
3 / 108th place – Tesla Model 3: The US manufacturer Tesla secured eighth place in the ranking with its Model 3.
According to KBA, the Stromer had 15,865 new registrations in Germany in 2023.
© Imagebroker/Imago
4 / 107th place - Cupra Born: Once a Seat offshoot, now its own brand: According to KBA, the fully electric Cupra Born was newly registered 17,464 times last year - and thus landed in 7th place. © Cupra
5 / 106th place - Audi Q4 e-tron: According to KBA, the Audi Q4 e-tron had 18,061 new registrations in 2023.
The Ingolstadt resident thus reached sixth place in the ranking.
© Audi
6 / 105th place - VW ID.3: A "own" VW product was able to place itself ahead of the brands belonging to the group: With 22,270 new registrations in 2023, the VW ID.3 secured fifth place.
© VW
7 / 104th place - Fiat 500e: According to KBA, the Fiat 500e electric car was newly registered 22,608 times in Germany in 2023 - that's enough for fourth place.
© Fiat
8 / 103rd place – Škoda Enyaq: A brand from the VW empire is also in third place: the Škoda Enyaq electric SUV was registered 23,498 times last year.
© Skoda
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9 / 10 2nd place - VW ID.4/ID.5: For the Wolfsburg team, who are used to success, it was only enough for the runner-up title in 2023. The KBA counted 36,353 new registrations of the ID.4 (photo) and ID.5 electric models last year.
© VW
10 / 101st place – Tesla Model Y: Defending your title is never easy – but Tesla did it.
As in 2022, the Model Y was able to secure the top spot in terms of new registrations (45,818) in Germany in 2023.
© Pond5 Images/Imago
When it comes to electric cars, there is once again a record to report: For the first time, more than half a million electric vehicles were newly registered in Germany.
According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA), there were exactly 524,219 BEVs (Battery Electric Vehicles) in 2023 - significantly more than the year before (470,559).
Five German models made it into the electric car top 10 for 2023, but the US manufacturer Tesla was also represented twice.
In our picture gallery we show the ten electric vehicles with the most new registrations.