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 2023, at 111,713. Bremen had the lowest, at 7,048. The median was 31,226 and the figure for Germany was 1.41 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest111,713Oberbayern
Lowest7,048Bremen
Median31,22638 regions
Germany1,408,681History

All regions, 2023

Oberbayern: 111,713 countOberbayern111,713Stuttgart: 94,138 countStuttgart94,138Darmstadt: 93,178 countDarmstadt93,178Düsseldorf: 80,504 countDüsseldorf80,504Köln: 79,565 countKöln79,565Karlsruhe: 56,347 countKarlsruhe56,347Arnsberg: 55,943 countArnsberg55,943Schleswig-Holstein: 51,654 countSchleswig-Holstein51,654Weser-Ems: 46,743 countWeser-Ems46,743Münster: 46,589 countMünster46,589Detmold: 43,500 countDetmold43,500Freiburg: 42,458 countFreiburg42,458Braunschweig: 40,400 countBraunschweig40,400Tübingen: 36,613 countTübingen36,613Berlin: 35,815 countBerlin35,815Hannover: 34,957 countHannover34,957Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 34,725 countRheinhessen-Pfalz34,725Schwaben: 34,225 countSchwaben34,225Mittelfranken: 32,366 countMittelfranken32,366Hamburg: 30,086 countHamburg30,086Lüneburg: 30,034 countLüneburg30,034Brandenburg: 27,530 countBrandenburg27,530Unterfranken: 26,806 countUnterfranken26,806Koblenz: 25,780 countKoblenz25,780Niederbayern: 24,313 countNiederbayern24,313Kassel: 22,330 countKassel22,330Oberpfalz: 20,820 countOberpfalz20,820Thüringen: 18,888 countThüringen18,888Oberfranken: 18,705 countOberfranken18,705Gießen: 17,306 countGießen17,306Sachsen-Anhalt: 16,402 countSachsen-Anhalt16,402Saarland: 14,698 countSaarland14,698Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 12,208 countMecklenburg-Vorpommern12,208Dresden: 11,962 countDresden11,962Chemnitz: 11,784 countChemnitz11,784Trier: 9,612 countTrier9,612Leipzig: 9,479 countLeipzig9,479Bremen: 7,048 countBremen7,048Oberbayern: 111,713 countOberbayern111,713Stuttgart: 94,138 countStuttgart94,138Darmstadt: 93,178 countDarmstadt93,178Düsseldorf: 80,504 countDüsseldorf80,504Köln: 79,565 countKöln79,565Karlsruhe: 56,347 countKarlsruhe56,347Arnsberg: 55,943 countArnsberg55,943Schleswig-Holstein: 51,654 countSchleswig-Holstein51,654Weser-Ems: 46,743 countWeser-Ems46,743Münster: 46,589 countMünster46,589Detmold: 43,500 countDetmold43,500Freiburg: 42,458 countFreiburg42,458Braunschweig: 40,400 countBraunschweig40,400Tübingen: 36,613 countTübingen36,613Berlin: 35,815 countBerlin35,815Hannover: 34,957 countHannover34,957Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 34,725 countRheinhessen-Pfalz34,725Schwaben: 34,225 countSchwaben34,225Mittelfranken: 32,366 countMittelfranken32,366Hamburg: 30,086 countHamburg30,086Lüneburg: 30,034 countLüneburg30,034Brandenburg: 27,530 countBrandenburg27,530Unterfranken: 26,806 countUnterfranken26,806Koblenz: 25,780 countKoblenz25,780Niederbayern: 24,313 countNiederbayern24,313Kassel: 22,330 countKassel22,330Oberpfalz: 20,820 countOberpfalz20,820Thüringen: 18,888 countThüringen18,888Oberfranken: 18,705 countOberfranken18,705Gießen: 17,306 countGießen17,306Sachsen-Anhalt: 16,402 countSachsen-Anhalt16,402Saarland: 14,698 countSaarland14,698Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 12,208 countMecklenburg-Vorpommern12,208Dresden: 11,962 countDresden11,962Chemnitz: 11,784 countChemnitz11,784Trier: 9,612 countTrier9,612Leipzig: 9,479 countLeipzig9,479Bremen: 7,048 countBremen7,048
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

RankRegions2023
count
Change on 2022
1Oberbayern111,713+40.4%
2Stuttgart94,138+40%
3Darmstadt93,178+39%
4Düsseldorf80,504+39%
5Köln79,565+39.3%
6Karlsruhe56,347+40.4%
7Arnsberg55,943+37.2%
8Schleswig-Holstein51,654+32.3%
9Weser-Ems46,743+40.2%
10Münster46,589+37%
11Detmold43,500+34.8%
12Freiburg42,458+33.4%
13Braunschweig40,400+47.4%
14Tübingen36,613+39.7%
15Berlin35,815+43.6%
16Hannover34,957+40.4%
17Rheinhessen-Pfalz34,725+39.7%
18Schwaben34,225+42.6%
19Mittelfranken32,366+43.2%
20Hamburg30,086+46.2%
21Lüneburg30,034+42.2%
22Brandenburg27,530+38%
23Unterfranken26,806+35.1%
24Koblenz25,780+40.8%
25Niederbayern24,313+42.5%
26Kassel22,330+35.2%
27Oberpfalz20,820+37.6%
28Thüringen18,888+37.7%
29Oberfranken18,705+39.4%
30Gießen17,306+37.5%
31Sachsen-Anhalt16,402+37.2%
32Saarland14,698+26.4%
33Mecklenburg-Vorpommern12,208+38.6%
34Dresden11,962+40.9%
35Chemnitz11,784+35.6%
36Trier9,612+29.8%
37Leipzig9,479+43.2%
38Bremen7,048+39.9%

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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.

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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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, 2023. 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=2023.

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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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Oberbayern, with 111,713 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Bremen, with 7,048 in 2023.

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.

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