VW has recaptured the top position in pure electric cars in Germany from Tesla. With 41,475 first registrations in the first seven months of the year, the Wolfsburg brand is again just ahead of its US competitor, which came up with 40,289 cars, according to figures from the Federal Motor Transport Authority. At the end of the first half of 2022 and also for the whole of 2022, Tesla was still ahead. As of the end of July, Mercedes followed with 20,613 first registrations, followed by Audi with 16,786, BMW with 15,987 and Hyundai with 15,411. From January to July, the KBA registered a total of 268,926 first registrations of purely electric cars. With combustion engines, the number was a good 1.64 million.
VW overtakes Tesla in first registrations of electric cars – economy
