EVs Just Beat Gas And Diesel In Europe’s Biggest Car Market For The First Time

Splitting gas diesel and hybrids is misleading in this stat. Once EV beats all of the above, true progress is on the horizon.

Not really as they mostly have different rolls.

Diesel is pretty much limited to commercial usage. I’m sure some idiot is driving a diesel truck around but that’s not common.

The remaining are all commuter based yes, but the hybrid at least indicates the market is preferring cost saving measures over traditional gas. I would expect hybrid sales to transition to EVs as they drop in price and as battery tech improves.

Honestly for the average hybrid buyer they likely only pick that over an Eav due to Germany’s insanely high electric prices. Highest in the EU if I recall.

If Germany got there electricity prices under control I’d expect a portion of that market to switch.

Also the last hurdle may be access to charging stations. Charging at home is the most affordable, but there are not many Germans with parking and charging access. I know at my Oma’s apartment they have like 4 parking spots (no charging) per building and then everyone fights for street parking. Infrastructure has a long way to go to make EV viable for the average German.

Diesel is pretty much limited to commercial usage. I’m sure some idiot is driving a diesel truck around but that’s not common.

That’s not really true for Germany. Diesel is still common for commuter cars, I see it a lot with station wagons for example.

Quite odd given the price, I’d love to see the number on that

You can get diesel wagons that do 4l/100km extraurban. Makes up for the little fuel price difference. Every other used car imported to Estonia is a diesel that started its life in Germany.

There are currently about 230k diesel cars on sale on mobile.de that aren’t classified as SUVs, pickup trucks or vans. I even excluded minivans from the search. If you add all the crossover SUVs (VW T-whatever, BMW Xwhatever, Audi Qwhatever), you’ll have even more and those are still not really trucks.

I drive a 27 year old TDI Skoda that gets 4-5 l/100km.