According to experts, the low variety of electric car models is slowing down their use in company fleets, which are still dominated by combustion engines. In the past year alone, almost half of all pure electric cars in Germany were sold to commercial customers, said Felix Kuhnert, an expert on the car market at the management consultancy PwC Strategy
According to a study by the consultancy, 13 percent of all company cars registered in Germany in March were fully electric cars. After all, that was almost twice as much as in mid-2021. However, according to data from the Federal Motor Transport Authority, the proportion of private buyers was a good fifth higher in March, and in the year to date private car buyers have tended to buy electric cars. Combustion engines still made up the lion’s share of fleet registrations at 55 percent.
According to Kuhnert, there is still no suitable electric replacement for petrol and diesel engines in station wagons. If the political and economic conditions are right, the share of fleet cars could reach 21 percent in the coming year, or even around a third with state subsidies and specifications for green fleets. However, according to the current status, the promotion of electric cars via the environmental bonus for company cars will expire at the beginning of September.
In Germany, the market for company cars is more important for car manufacturers than the private market. Almost two thirds (64.1 percent) of the passenger cars newly registered last year were registered by commercial owners.
