# Battery electric cars on the road in Köln

Battery electric cars on the road in Köln was 96,788 in 2024. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

- Indicator id: `battery_electric_cars_in_use`
- Place id: `de-nuts-dea2`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Passenger cars powered only by electricity registered at the end of the year (the stock, not new registrations).
- Note: Counts cars on the register on 31 December, as reported by national vehicle registers to Eurostat. Plug-in hybrids, other hybrids and hydrogen cars are not included. Germany counts its register on 1 January of the following year, so its 2024 value is the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) figure for 1 January 2025. Regions use NUTS 2024 codes; a few countries report no regional breakdown.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Eurostat reuse policy (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: Eurostat. Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/battery-electric-cars-on-the-road/koln-dea2
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=battery_electric_cars_in_use&place=de-nuts-dea2

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 96,788 |
| 2023 | 79,565 |
| 2022 | 57,102 |
| 2021 | 31,929 |
| 2020 | 15,679 |
| 2019 | 6,698 |
| 2018 | 3,551 |