New car registrations are increasing 2025: E-cars conquer the market!

Neuzulassungen von Pkw in Wien steigen 2025 stark an. E-Autos und Hybride gefragt, während Diesel-Pkw rückläufig sind.
New registrations of cars in Vienna increase sharply in 2025. E-cars and hybrids in demand while diesel cars decline. (Symbolbild/DNAT)

New car registrations are increasing 2025: E-cars conquer the market!

From January to May 2025, 115,183 cars were re -approved in Austria, which corresponds to an increase of 10.3 percent compared to the same period in the previous year. The growth in May is particularly remarkable, when the new registrations rose by 22.7 percent compared to the previous year, as vienna.at . In the total number of newly approved motor vehicles (vehicle), the increase was only 1.1 percent during the first five months of the year, which corresponds to a total number of 155,168 car

The demand for vehicles with alternative drives, especially petrol hybrids and pure electric cars, has increased significantly. In the meantime, the approvals of new diesel cars experienced a dramatic decline of almost a third. This reveals a significant change in consumers' purchase decisions in Austria, which are increasingly relying on environmentally friendly technologies. This is also confirmed in the figures of the

dominance of electric vehicles

In the segment of the purely electrically driven car, BMW led with a market share of 13 percent of the new registrations, followed by VW, BYD, Audi and Tesla. In May 2025, Tesla took second place under the pure e-car behind VW, which underlines the growing competition in the sector of electric vehicles. These trends are also reflected in the general market shares of electric cars that have experienced a remarkable increase in recent years.

  • Market share of electric cars in Austria 2025:
  • BMW: 13%
  • VW: main competitor in the e-segment
  • Tesla: Second place in May 2025

A comprehensive trend towards electric vehicles is also shown in Germany, where the stock of battery electric vehicles (BEVS) on January 1, 2025 was 1.65 million. This corresponds to an increase of 17.25 percent compared to the previous year. Despite a declining growth due to expiring state grants and higher financing interest, the long -term growth trend remains intact. Allianz Direct forecast that around 11.3 million electric vehicles will be approved in Germany by 2030.

future prospects and challenges

The preferences of consumers show a clear tendency towards more environmentally friendly drive forms. In urban regions there is a higher acceptance for electric vehicles, while rural regions in the charging infrastructure and use of electric cars still have catching up to do. 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 urgency to advance the switch to sustainable transport systems.

Overall, it can be stated that the number of admission in Austria and Germany indicates a clear change in mobility behavior. With the decline in diesel cars and the rapidly growing popularity of electrical and hybrid vehicles, the car market could change fundamentally in the coming years.

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