The proportion of new plug-in cars rolling off German production lines rose to a new monthly high of 39.4% in January 2025, according to VDA data.
That translated to 132,869 units of the 337,231 total manufactured models across all drivetrains in January.
On a 12-month trailing basis, data shows that the total number of manufactured passenger cars rose to 4.14 million units, which was the highest 12-month trailing period since March 2020, the final month before production lines were halted prior to COVID shutdowns.
Of that 4,144,925 total between February 2024 and January 2025, 1,401,941 models were plug-ins, witnessing over 1.4 million total achieved on a 12-month rolling basis for the first time.
However, Tesla now manufactures Model Y for Israel, Qatar, and Taiwan in Germany, helping to utilise its German plant and filling chartered ships – backloads – that are returning east, which should also be factored into this data, highlighting that not all vehicles are for the domestic European market.
New plug-in models that began production in 2024 include Ford's Cologne-built Explorer/Capri, and the PPE-architecture-based Porsche Macan and Audi A6/Q6, as well as MINI's Countryman PHEV/BEV.
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*Western Europe 18 Markets: EU Member States prior to the 2004 enlargement plus EFTA markets Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, plus UK
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