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Germany reaches a share of 37% electric vehicles in October, more than petrol and diesel cars combined (electricfuture.org)
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In October, fully electric cars took 37 percent of the new-car market: 94,086 of them, more than petrol and diesel cars combined for the second month in a row. Less than three years after the old subsidy was scrapped overnight and sales collapsed, the birthplace of the automobile is buying electric faster than its own car industry predicted!

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Germany’s best-selling electric car in October was Tesla's Model Y as it outsold the Volkswagen Golf, Germany’s best-selling car every year since 1981.

The catch is Tesla’s rhythm. Its German registrations swing with the delivery quarter, so the Model Y went from 299 in July to 8,038 in September, and the Tesla brand as a whole registered just 2,932 cars in October.

Over the full year sits second, outsold by Czech automobile manufacturer Skoda's Elroq that registered more than 3,000 cars in every month of 2026 through September and leads the year to date with 30,845, ahead of the Model Y.

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The top-10 brands in Germany according to the latest registration come exclusively from domestic brands: Volkswagen, Mercedes, and BMW.

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[–] 4 points 5 hours ago* (1 child)

Try harder what? I just wanted to give a counterpoint to a single argument. Your miles driven don't say much. I don't care about the rest of your comment, at this time. That's a valid way to answer to a comment online, and it doesn't mean your whole post is wrong.

Not everyone is out to get you. Sometimes someone just points out your bias to you and you have to accept it. But yes, let me try harder.

This seems to suggest charging satisfaction is 87%, a few percentage points above average (82%) in Germany: https://www.rolandberger.com/en/Insights/Publications/EV-Charging-Index-Expert-insight-from-Germany.html

87% is still quite low. Bad even, in my opinion. Imagine, that means that every 8th charge has some issue. I have had way fewer issues on gas stations back when I still drove an ICE car. I'd say my gas station satisfaction rate with the tech is approximately 99.5%, and my satisfaction rate with EV chargers is approx. 80%. Approx. every fifth charge there's an issue. It's annoying.

I have written several emails and tickets and reported issues to charging providers. It got better compared to 2021-2022 (I'd say my satisfaction was about 70% then? Matches the linked article), even a lot better than in 2018 (jeez, every second charge then had an issue), but I'm still not happy with public infrastructure, by a long shot.

I'm driving in lots of different countries (FR, DK, CZ, PL) and Bundesländer (mainly BW, NRW, RP, BY, HE) though, which means I have lots of (12?) different apps and two contracts with monthly subscriptions (EnBW and MVV).

I wouldn't ever go back to an ICE car, and EVs are the future, but I would also not want to give any wrong impressions. Germany's charging network still has a long way to go. I'd say it has approx. 10 percentage points to go, anything more than every 20th charge having an issue (95% satisfaction) is unacceptable and German politicians should feel bad for that.

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  • [–] 2 points 45 minutes ago

    To be honest, I wasn't expecting such a nuanced answer. Thanks for that! It's much easier to just spout an opinion than to actually look up some facts.

    When it comes to electric vehicles, I just get worked up really quickly because I keep hearing these statements that discourage others from trying it out for themselves. I especially wanted to set the record straight on these exaggerated claims:

    Third party chargers are completely enshittyfied in Germany, with outrageous prices, a billion different providers, each one forcing you to use their shitty app, and with slow charging and unreliable service.

    Of course there is room for improvement but nowadays it's just not as bad as stated there.

    You really do seem to be a power user, and I recognise that your experiences have been different from mine. It just surprises me that you seem to run into difficulties so often. It might be because I don’t see it as a big deal if, on very rare occasions, I have to switch to a charging point right next to it if the first one doesn’t work straight away. As long as I don’t have to drive to a completely different location, it’s no problem for me.

    Regarding your satisfaction report: I couldn't find the exact questions that were asked. Therefore, I can't tell whether there were serious technical issues or if people simply said there could be more options for buying coffee nearby. (Actually, I can’t explain to myself why more businesses haven’t set up shop near charging points.)

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