Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by battery electric cars on the road

Oberbayern had the highest battery electric cars on the road of 38 regions in 2018, at 9,784. Trier had the lowest, at 407. The median was 1,827 and the figure for Germany was 83,175. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest9,784Oberbayern

Lowest407Trier

Median1,82738 regions

Germany83,175History

All regions, 2018

count. Source: Eurostat, Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2018 count
1	Oberbayern	9,784
2	Stuttgart	7,431
3	Darmstadt	4,601
4	Düsseldorf	3,680
5	Köln	3,551
6	Karlsruhe	3,286
7	Schleswig-Holstein	3,090
8	Freiburg	2,926
9	Berlin	2,713
10	Arnsberg	2,650
11	Tübingen	2,355
12	Detmold	2,352
13	Mittelfranken	2,301
14	Hamburg	2,233
15	Schwaben	2,119
16	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	2,011
17	Unterfranken	2,004
18	Braunschweig	1,904
19	Hannover	1,867
20	Münster	1,786
21	Weser-Ems	1,768
22	Brandenburg	1,699
23	Lüneburg	1,419
24	Niederbayern	1,367
25	Oberpfalz	1,281
26	Oberfranken	1,207
27	Thüringen	1,189
28	Kassel	1,073
29	Koblenz	1,064
30	Gießen	944
31	Dresden	918
32	Sachsen-Anhalt	860
33	Leipzig	829
34	Saarland	701
35	Chemnitz	683
36	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	626
37	Bremen	446
38	Trier	407

Other periods

About this ranking

Passenger cars powered only by electricity registered at the end of the year (the stock, not new registrations).

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst) (Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by battery electric cars on the road, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table

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Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst), Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by battery electric cars on the road, 2018. Eurostat, European Commission, 31 Aug. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/battery-electric-cars-on-the-road/germany-regions?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst). Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by battery electric cars on the road, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/battery-electric-cars-on-the-road/germany-regions?period=2018.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst), Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by battery electric cars on the road, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/battery-electric-cars-on-the-road/germany-regions?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which region has the highest battery electric cars on the road?

Oberbayern, with 9,784 in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest battery electric cars on the road?

Trier, with 407 in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst). Retrieved 2026-10-12.