New car registrations will increase in 2025: electric cars will conquer the market!

New car registrations will increase in 2025: electric cars will conquer the market!

In the period from January to May 2025, 115,183 new cars were registered in Austria, which corresponds to an increase of 10.3 percent compared to the same period last year. The increase in May is particularly noteworthy, where new registrations rose by 22.7 percent compared to the previous year vienna.at reported. In the total number of newly registered motor vehicles (motor vehicles), the increase during the first five months of the year was only 1.1 percent, which corresponds to a total of 155,168 vehicles.

The demand for vehicles with alternative drives, especially gasoline hybrids and pure electric cars, has increased significantly. Meanwhile, registrations of new diesel cars experienced a dramatic decline of almost a third. This reveals a significant change in the purchasing decisions of consumers in Austria, who are increasingly turning to environmentally friendly technologies. This is also reflected in the figures nachrichten.at confirmed.

Dominance of electric vehicles

In the purely electrically powered passenger car segment, BMW led the way with a market share of 13 percent of new registrations, followed by VW, BYD, Audi and Tesla. In May 2025, Tesla ranked second among pure electric cars behind VW, underscoring the growing competition in the electric vehicle sector. These trends are also reflected in the overall market shares of electric cars, which have experienced a notable increase in recent years.

• Marktanteil Elektroautos in Österreich 2025:
• BMW: 13%
• VW: Hauptkonkurrent im E-Segment
• Tesla: Zweiter Platz im Mai 2025

An overarching trend towards electric vehicles can also be seen in Germany, where the number of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) was 1.65 million on January 1, 2025. This corresponds to an increase of 17.25 percent compared to the previous year. Despite slowing growth due to expiring government subsidies and higher financing interest rates, the long-term growth trend remains intact. Allianz Direct predicts that around 11.3 million electric vehicles will be registered in Germany by 2030.

Future prospects and challenges

Consumer preferences show a clear trend towards more environmentally friendly forms of propulsion. There is greater acceptance of electric vehicles in urban regions, while rural regions still have some catching up to do when it comes to charging infrastructure and the use of electric cars. The federal government has set itself the goal of achieving an emission-free new registration rate of at least 50 percent by 2030, which underlines the urgency of driving forward the switch to sustainable transport systems.

Overall, it can be said that the registration numbers in Austria and Germany indicate a clear change in mobility behavior. With the decline in diesel cars and the rapidly growing popularity of electric and hybrid vehicles, the car market could change fundamentally in the coming years.