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Passenger Car Registrations 2025: Electrification in the Private Market Catches Up, Diesel Under Pressure
The German passenger car market showed almost stability in April 2025 compared to the previous year. New registrations were almost at the previous year's level at -0.2%. Despite one fewer working day in April, a higher seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 2.76 million cars compared to 2.67 million in April 2024 is observed. However, the volume remains at a low level.
Self-registrations offset declines in the fleet market
A look at the sales channels reveals uneven development. The private market saw a slight increase of 1%, while registrations in the relevant fleet market fell significantly by 13%. Demand in the regular channels is increasingly being replaced by self-registrations - such as employee registrations at manufacturers or discounted daily registrations in retail.
Accordingly, vehicle manufacturing recorded a registration increase of 31%, vehicle trading increased by 12%. The so-called special influences - including car rental companies - also grew by 11% and reached the second highest value since June 2024 with a share of 36.7% of the total market.
The SAAR figure for the German car market rose to 2.76 million units in April 2025, surpassing last year's value (2.67 million). Despite this slight increase, the market level remains low. | Photo: Dataforce
Diesel Decline Strains Fleets – Electrification Not Sufficient
The declines in the fleet market mainly affect conventional drives. Diesel registrations fell by 32%, gasoline by 28%. While registrations of battery electric vehicles (BEV) increased by 33% and plug-in hybrids (PHEV) by 50%, they could not compensate for the losses in combustion engines.
In contrast, diesel in the private market increased by 9%. As a result, the diesel engine remains particularly difficult to replace in the commercial sector.
Electric Cars Gain Ground in the Private Market
The private market is compensating for the declines in combustion engines much better. PHEV registrations increased by 128%, BEVs by 44%. The market share of BEVs in the private segment was 19% in April—only four percentage points below the fleet market at 23%. At the beginning of the year, the difference had been seven percentage points.
The private market is also catching up in absolute numbers: over 15,500 fully electric cars were newly registered here, compared to 16,400 in the fleet sector.
The van market remained nearly stable in April. Significant growth was seen in vehicle manufacturing (+94%), while fleets, rentals, and trade recorded declining numbers. Electric vans increased by 24%, but could not compensate for the decline in diesel and petrol. | Photo: Dataforce
Stability in the Van Market through Private Customers and Manufacturers
The van market remained almost unchanged in April 2025 with a decrease of 1% compared to the previous year. However, the private market (+17%) and vehicle manufacturing (+94%) were able to make significant gains, indicating an increasing importance of self-registrations in this segment.
In contrast to passenger cars, registrations by the vehicle trade have not increased here so far. The growing numbers for electric vans (+24%) were not enough to offset the declines in diesel (-4%) and gasoline (-21%).
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