German car sales up in 2023 but electric models lose ground
Friday, 5 January 2024
BERLIN, Jan 04 (AFP): Sales of new cars in Germany increased in 2023, official data showed Thursday, but an end to government subsidy programmes saw electric vehicles lose ground on fossil-fuel models.
A total of 2.8 million new cars hit the road in Europe's largest economy last year, an increase of 7.3 per cent on 2022, according to the KBA federal transport authority. Among the different engine types, sales of petrol vehicles increased most, up 13.3 per cent on 2022 to 979,000.