In Germany (the largest car market in Europe), the 2020 registration year started with 246,300 newly registered passenger cars—7.3% less than in January 2019, according to figures from the German KBA (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt). However, alternative drive types increased significantly in the reporting month. Source: KBA. With 7,492 new vehicles, the number of electric vehicles grew by +61.2%, and accounted for 3.0% of new registrations. 30,805 hybrids achieved growth of +103.1%, including 8,639 plug-in hybrids (+307.7%). The total hybrid share was 12.5%, the share of plug-in hybrids was 3.5%. Combined with BEVs, the share of plug-in electric drive vehicles was 6.5% 882 new vehicles powered by natural gas led to an increase in registrations of +260.0%. The number of LPG vehicles decreased by -94.9%. Data: KBA. Despite a decrease of -17.2%, more than half (51.5%) of all new cars were gasoline engined. The number of new diesel vehicles fell by -12.4%, […]