Battery-electric weekly 2026-W42
Germany registered 604,144 new battery-electric cars in the first nine months of 2026, 27.2 percent of the market and 58 percent more than a year earlier, according to the KBA release of 15 October. Germany counted 214,334 public charging points on 1 September, and the EU27 total stood at 1,159,838 in August.
Specification coverage — core basis (car, truck, bus, rail × BEV, FCEV): 21 of 127 (17%). Old basis (all segments and technologies): 21 of 155 (14%). The core share is higher because ship, aviation and the hydrogen derivatives left the core, not because more figures were found.
Electro Mobility core
Car, truck, bus and rail. Symmetric across both lines: identical definitions, bases and boundaries. Only this layer feeds convergence. This edition shows no convergence value: that is measured in the quarterly layer.
Vehicle stock
Number of registered units of a technology in a segment and region at a stated date.
| Segment | Technology | Region | Value | Qualifiers | Basis | As of | Next due | Status | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger cars | BEV | DE | 2,365,047 | registry | 2026-07-01 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [1] | |
| Trucks (vans excluded unless stated) | BEV | DE | 130,192 | registry | 2026-07-01 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [1] | |
| Buses and coaches | BEV | DE | 5,453 | registry | 2026-07-01 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [1] | |
| Passenger cars | BEV | ES | 312,914 | registry | 2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [2] | |
| Passenger cars | BEV | EU27 | 7,592,725 | registry | 2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [2] | |
| Buses and coaches | BEV | ES | 2,015 | registry | 2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [3] | |
| Trucks (vans excluded unless stated) | BEV | ES | 1,111 | registry | 2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [4] | |
| Trucks (vans excluded unless stated) | BEV | EU27 | 14,057 | registry | 2024-01-01 → 2024-12-31 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [4] | |
| Buses and coaches | BEV | EU27 | 24,402 | registry | 2024-01-01 → 2024-12-31 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [3] | |
| Trucks (vans excluded unless stated) | BEV | EU27 | 28,726 | registry | 2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [5] |
Vehicle stock, battery-electric, passenger cars
verified2,365,047
Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt [1] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
KBA FZ 27.2, "Bestand an Kraftfahrzeugen am 1. Juli 2026", row Deutschland, Kraftstoffart "Elektro (BEV)", class Personenkraftwagen. Workbook published 31 Aug 2026 (Last-Modified); the 1 October 2026 workbook (fz27_202610.xlsx) answered with an HTML 404 page on 2026-10-19.
Vehicle stock, battery-electric, trucks (vans excluded unless stated)
verified130,192
Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt [1] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
KBA FZ 27.2, "Bestand an Kraftfahrzeugen am 1. Juli 2026", row Deutschland, Kraftstoffart "Elektro (BEV)", class Lastkraftwagen. KBA class N1 to N3: includes light goods vehicles up to 3.5 t, so it is larger than a trucks-only (above 3.5 t) count; tractor units (4,125 BEV) are a separate class and not included. Workbook published 31 Aug 2026 (Last-Modified); the 1 October 2026 workbook (fz27_202610.xlsx) answered with an HTML 404 page on 2026-10-19.
Vehicle stock, battery-electric, buses and coaches
verified5,453
Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt [1] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
KBA FZ 27.2, "Bestand an Kraftfahrzeugen am 1. Juli 2026", row Deutschland, Kraftstoffart "Elektro (BEV)", class Kraftomnibusse. Workbook published 31 Aug 2026 (Last-Modified); the 1 October 2026 workbook (fz27_202610.xlsx) answered with an HTML 404 page on 2026-10-19.
Vehicle stock, battery-electric, passenger cars
verified312,914
Source: Eurostat [2] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
Eurostat road_eqs_carpda, Spain, ELC, passenger cars (legal-form total). Eurostat annual stock, dataset period "2025" (valid_from/valid_to span the year; the reference day is not stated in the API response); motor energy ELC = "Electricity" (separate from plug-in hybrid codes); dataset updated 2026-10-06 per the API "updated" field.
Vehicle stock, battery-electric, passenger cars
verified7,592,725
Source: Eurostat [2] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
Eurostat road_eqs_carpda, EU27_2020, ELC, passenger cars (legal-form total). Eurostat annual stock, dataset period "2025" (valid_from/valid_to span the year; the reference day is not stated in the API response); motor energy ELC = "Electricity" (separate from plug-in hybrid codes); dataset updated 2026-10-06 per the API "updated" field.
Vehicle stock, battery-electric, buses and coaches
verified2,015
Source: Eurostat [3] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
Eurostat road_eqs_busmot, Spain, ELC, motor coaches, buses and trolley buses. Eurostat annual stock, dataset period "2025" (valid_from/valid_to span the year; the reference day is not stated in the API response); motor energy ELC = "Electricity" (separate from plug-in hybrid codes); dataset updated 2026-10-06 per the API "updated" field.
Vehicle stock, battery-electric, trucks (vans excluded unless stated)
verified1,111
Source: Eurostat [4] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
Eurostat road_eqs_lormot, Spain, ELC, lorries above 3.5 t (code LOR_GT3P5; vans up to 3.5 t are code VG_LE3P5 and not included). Eurostat annual stock, dataset period "2025" (valid_from/valid_to span the year; the reference day is not stated in the API response); motor energy ELC = "Electricity" (separate from plug-in hybrid codes); dataset updated 2026-10-06 per the API "updated" field.
Vehicle stock, battery-electric, trucks (vans excluded unless stated)
verified14,057
Source: Eurostat [4] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
Eurostat road_eqs_lormot, EU27_2020, ELC, lorries above 3.5 t (LOR_GT3P5). Latest EU27 year: the API returns no EU27_2020 value for 2025. Eurostat annual stock, dataset period "2024" (valid_from/valid_to span the year; the reference day is not stated in the API response); motor energy ELC = "Electricity" (separate from plug-in hybrid codes); dataset updated 2026-10-06 per the API "updated" field.
Vehicle stock, battery-electric, buses and coaches
verified24,402
Source: Eurostat [3] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
Eurostat road_eqs_busmot, EU27_2020, ELC. Latest EU27 year: the API returns no EU27_2020 value for 2025. Eurostat annual stock, dataset period "2024" (valid_from/valid_to span the year; the reference day is not stated in the API response); motor energy ELC = "Electricity" (separate from plug-in hybrid codes); dataset updated 2026-10-06 per the API "updated" field.
Vehicle stock, battery-electric, trucks (vans excluded unless stated)
verified28,726
Source: European Alternative Fuels Observatory (European Commission) [5] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
EAFO dataset total_fleet_n2_n3_af_heavy_duty_trucks.csv (EU27; file Last-Modified 16 Oct 2026), row YEAR 2025, column BEV: 28,726 (N2 and N3, i.e. above 3.5 t; PHEV is a separate column). The file also carries a row "2026" (36,765) whose reference month is not stated; not recorded. A different series from Eurostat (EAFO 2024 row 15,758 vs Eurostat 2024 14,057); the two are not merged.
New registrations
First registrations of new units of a technology in a segment and region during the period [valid_from, valid_to].
| Segment | Technology | Region | Value | Qualifiers | Basis | As of | Next due | Status | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger cars | BEV | DE | 604,144 | registry | 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-30 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [6] [7] | |
| Trucks (vans excluded unless stated) | BEV | DE | 27,115 | KBA class Lastkraftwagen (N1 to N3): includes light goods vehicles up to 3.5 t; tractor units are a separate KBA class and are not included | registry | 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-30 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [7] |
| Buses and coaches | BEV | DE | 829 | KBA class Kraftomnibusse (M2, M3) | registry | 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-30 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [7] |
| Passenger cars | BEV | ES | 100,508 | registry | 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-30 | 2026-11-19 | reported | [8] | |
| Passenger cars | BEV | EU27 | 196,486 | registry | 2026-08-01 → 2026-08-31 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [9] | |
| Passenger cars | BEV | EU27 | 1,641,333 | registry | 2026-01-01 → 2026-08-31 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [9] | |
| Trucks (vans excluded unless stated) | ECV_BEV_PHEV aggregate | EU27 | 8,235 | ACEA total new trucks (medium and heavy, above 3.5 t); vans are a separate ACEA class | registry | 2026-01-01 → 2026-06-30 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [10] |
| Buses and coaches | ECV_BEV_PHEV aggregate | EU27 | 6,247 | ACEA new buses and coaches | registry | 2026-01-01 → 2026-06-30 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [10] |
| Trucks (vans excluded unless stated) | ECV_BEV_PHEV aggregate | ES | 267 | ACEA total new trucks (medium and heavy, above 3.5 t); vans are a separate ACEA class | registry | 2026-01-01 → 2026-06-30 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [10] |
| Buses and coaches | ECV_BEV_PHEV aggregate | ES | 228 | ACEA new buses and coaches | registry | 2026-01-01 → 2026-06-30 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [10] |
New registrations, battery-electric, passenger cars
verified604,144
Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (2 documents) [6] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
KBA press release 43/2026 (15 Oct 2026): "604.144 Elektro (BEV)* Pkw wurden im Berichtszeitraum neu zugelassen" (January to September 2026). The same figure stands in FZ 28.1, row "Januar - September 2026", Personenkraftwagen, column "Elektro (BEV)" of the September workbook (published 15 Oct 2026, downloaded 2026-10-19 08:41 UTC).
New registrations, battery-electric, trucks (vans excluded unless stated)
verified27,115
Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt [7] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
KBA FZ 28.1, row "Januar - September 2026", class Lastkraftwagen, column "Elektro (BEV)". Year to date; the September month value (3,821) is the standing record 2026-Q3-c1:o4.
New registrations, battery-electric, buses and coaches
verified829
Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt [7] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
KBA FZ 28.1, row "Januar - September 2026", class Kraftomnibusse, column "Elektro (BEV)". Year to date; the September month value (132) is the standing record 2026-Q3-c1:o7.
New registrations, battery-electric, passenger cars
reported100,508
Source: ANFAC [8] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
ANFAC September 2026 report, same table, row "Electrico", year-to-date column: 100.508 (January to September 2026). Turismos only. The September month value (17,366) is the standing record 2026-Q3:o23.
New registrations, battery-electric, passenger cars
verified196,486
Source: ACEA [9] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
ACEA press release of 24 Sept 2026 (PDF re-downloaded 2026-10-19), monthly table, row EUROPEAN UNION, battery electric, August 2026: 196,486 (provisional). The September release is due 22 Oct 2026; the September PDF answered HTTP 403 on 2026-10-19.
New registrations, battery-electric, passenger cars
verified1,641,333
Source: ACEA [9] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
ACEA press release 24 Sept 2026: "In the first eight months of 2026, 1,641,333 new battery-electric cars were registered" (EU, provisional).
New registrations, ECV_BEV_PHEV (aggregate), trucks (vans excluded unless stated)
verified8,235
Source: ACEA [10] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
ACEA H1 2026 commercial-vehicle release (29 July 2026, PDF re-downloaded 2026-10-19), TOTAL NEW TRUCK registrations, row EUROPEAN UNION, column ELECTRICALLY CHARGEABLE: 8,235 of 171,933. Context only; not a battery-electric value.
New registrations, ECV_BEV_PHEV (aggregate), buses and coaches
verified6,247
Source: ACEA [10] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
ACEA H1 2026 commercial-vehicle release (29 July 2026, PDF re-downloaded 2026-10-19), NEW BUS registrations, row EUROPEAN UNION, column ELECTRICALLY CHARGEABLE: 6,247 of 22,590. Context only; not a battery-electric value.
New registrations, ECV_BEV_PHEV (aggregate), trucks (vans excluded unless stated)
verified267
Source: ACEA [10] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
ACEA H1 2026 commercial-vehicle release (29 July 2026, PDF re-downloaded 2026-10-19), TOTAL NEW TRUCK registrations, row Spain, column ELECTRICALLY CHARGEABLE: 267 of 15,909. Context only; not a battery-electric value.
New registrations, ECV_BEV_PHEV (aggregate), buses and coaches
verified228
Source: ACEA [10] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
ACEA H1 2026 commercial-vehicle release (29 July 2026, PDF re-downloaded 2026-10-19), NEW BUS registrations, row Spain, column ELECTRICALLY CHARGEABLE: 228 of 1,767. Context only; not a battery-electric value.
ECV_BEV_PHEV — Aggregate of several technologies. Composition as stated by the source: ACEA "electrically chargeable" = battery-electric plus plug-in hybrid vehicles (ACEA table footnote 2: "Includes battery electric and plug-in hybrids"). Battery-electric alone is not published separately in the commercial-vehicle release.. Context only: never in convergence.
Infrastructure count
Number of publicly accessible refuelling or charging units at the valid date.
| Segment | Technology | Region | Value | Qualifiers | Basis | As of | Next due | Status | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| all road segments | BEV | EU27 | 1,159,838 | charging_point, unspecified | registry | 2026-08-31 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [11] |
| all road segments | BEV | EU27 | 1,176,554 | charging_point, unspecified | registry | 2026-01-01 → 2026-10-16 | 2026-11-19 | reported | [12] [11] |
| all road segments | BEV | DE | 214,334 | charging_point, unspecified | registry | 2026-09-01 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [13] |
| all road segments | BEV | ES | 49,768 | charging_point, unspecified | registry | 2026-01-01 → 2026-10-16 | 2026-11-19 | reported | [14] [11] |
Infrastructure count, battery-electric, all road segments
verified1,159,838
Source: European Alternative Fuels Observatory (European Commission) [11] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
EAFO news flash (21 Sept 2026, re-fetched 2026-10-19): "Public recharging infrastructure increased to 1,159,838 points, +13.6 % compared with August 2025", EU27, reference period August 2026. No October news flash was listed on 2026-10-19 although the flash announced the next update for 15 October.
Infrastructure count, battery-electric, all road segments
reported1,176,554
Source: European Alternative Fuels Observatory (European Commission) (2 documents) [12] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
Sum computed from the EAFO dataset recharging_points.csv (EU27, Last-Modified 16 Oct 2026), row YEAR 2026: AC 950,397 + DC 226,157. The file labels the row "2026" only and states no reference month; the 21 Sept flash announced that the 15 October update covers September 2026. Valid dates therefore span the labelled year up to the file date. AC/DC do not map onto the schema power classes (no AC-above-22-kW or all-DC class), so only the total is recorded.
Infrastructure count, battery-electric, all road segments
verified214,334
Source: Bundesnetzagentur [13] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
Bundesnetzagentur, "Ladeinfrastruktur (LIS) in Zahlen", Stand 01. September 2026, sheet 2: Anzahl Ladepunkte Insgesamt 214,334 (Normalladepunkte 157,762, Schnellladepunkte 56,572; 1 Sep 2025: 185,941). Includes notifications from unfinished procedures. Power classes in the file (0-3.7, 3.7-15, 15-22, 22-49, 49-59, 59-149, 149-299, >299 kW) do not match the schema class boundary at 150 kW, so no split is recorded.
Infrastructure count, battery-electric, all road segments
reported49,768
Source: European Alternative Fuels Observatory (European Commission) (2 documents) [14] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
Sum computed from the EAFO dataset recharging_points.csv (Spain, Last-Modified 16 Oct 2026), row YEAR 2026: AC 36,055 + DC 13,713. Reference month not stated in the file (see o27).
Cost per 100 km
Energy cost of 100 km at a stated price basis: charging electricity against hydrogen at the pump, for DE and ES (decision 103). The reference consumption per segment and technology is fixed in this schema with its source (reference_consumption); no purchase price, no total cost of ownership, no wholesale energy.
Cost per 100 km, battery-electric, passenger cars
verified3.29€/100 km
Source: Ministerio para la Transicion Ecologica y el Reto Demografico [15] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
MITECO "Electricidad (Recarga domestica) 3,29 EUR/100km", "Actualizado: 23/09/2026" (unchanged on 2026-10-19); indicative estimate on the European Commission method.
Cost per 100 km, battery-electric, passenger cars
verified8.11€/100 km
Source: Ministerio para la Transicion Ecologica y el Reto Demografico [15] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
MITECO "Electricidad (Recarga rapida) 8,11 EUR/100km", updated 23/09/2026; the page does not state the power class behind "rapida".
Share of new registrations
Share of a segment's new registrations in a region and period held by a technology.
| Segment | Technology | Region | Value | Qualifiers | Basis | As of | Next due | Status | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger cars | BEV | DE | 34.5 % | registry | 2026-09-01 → 2026-09-30 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [16] | |
| Passenger cars | BEV | DE | 27.2 % | registry | 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-30 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [6] | |
| Passenger cars | BEV | ES | 18.5 % | registry | 2026-09-01 → 2026-09-30 | 2026-11-19 | reported | [8] | |
| Passenger cars | BEV | ES | 11.02 % | registry | 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-30 | 2026-11-19 | reported | [8] | |
| Passenger cars | BEV | EU27 | 21.7 % | registry | 2026-01-01 → 2026-08-31 | 2026-11-19 | verified | [9] |
Share of new registrations, battery-electric, passenger cars
verified34.5%
Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt [16] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
KBA press release 41/2026 (5 Oct 2026): "Elektro (BEV) Neuwagen machten mit 88.599 Einheiten und einem Anteil von 34,5 Prozent mehr als ein Drittel der Neuzulassungen im September 2026 aus." Denominator: all 256,774 new passenger cars of September 2026.
Share of new registrations, battery-electric, passenger cars
verified27.2%
Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt [6] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
KBA press release 43/2026 (15 Oct 2026): BEV "entspricht einem Anteil von 27,2 Prozent am Gesamtzulassungsvolumen" of 2,221,798 new passenger cars, January to September 2026.
Share of new registrations, battery-electric, passenger cars
reported18.5%
Source: ANFAC [8] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
ANFAC September 2026 report, table "Matriculaciones de turismos por fuente de energia. Total Espana", row "Electrico", %Mercado 18,50% of 93,858 new passenger cars (BEV only; "Electrico E-REV" is a separate row). Data from DGT republished by ANFAC: secondary, so reported.
Share of new registrations, battery-electric, passenger cars
reported11.02%
Source: ANFAC [8] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
ANFAC September 2026 report, row "Electrico", year-to-date %Mercado 11,02% of 912,059 new passenger cars.
Share of new registrations, battery-electric, passenger cars
verified21.7%
Source: ACEA [9] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
ACEA text: "Up until August 2026, battery-electric cars held a 21.7% share of the EU market, up from 15.8% a year earlier." ACEA states no August month share; none is computed here.
What could not be found
An empty cell is a finding. Each gap names where the agent looked.
| Metric | Segment | Technology | Region | Why | Looked at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New registrations | Trucks (vans excluded unless stated) | BEV | ES | schema gap: the ACEA commercial-vehicle release H1 2026 (29 July 2026, re-downloaded 2026-10-19) publishes electrically chargeable (BEV plus PHEV) only; recorded as aggregate technology ECV_BEV_PHEV in o14. No battery-electric-only value. The Q3 commercial-vehicle release is not yet out. | ACEA H1 2026 commercial-vehicle release PDF (fetched 2026-10-19), ANFAC September 2026 report (turismos only by energy source), DGT (sede.dgt.es, www.dgt.es: proxy allowlist) |
| New registrations | Trucks (vans excluded unless stated) | BEV | EU27 | schema gap: the ACEA commercial-vehicle release H1 2026 (29 July 2026, re-downloaded 2026-10-19) publishes electrically chargeable (BEV plus PHEV) only; recorded as aggregate technology ECV_BEV_PHEV in o12. No battery-electric-only value. The Q3 commercial-vehicle release is not yet out. | ACEA H1 2026 commercial-vehicle release PDF (fetched 2026-10-19), EAFO EU27 datasets (registrations cover M1 and N1 only) |
| New registrations | Buses and coaches | BEV | ES | schema gap: the ACEA commercial-vehicle release H1 2026 (29 July 2026, re-downloaded 2026-10-19) publishes electrically chargeable (BEV plus PHEV) only; recorded as aggregate technology ECV_BEV_PHEV in o15. No battery-electric-only value. The Q3 commercial-vehicle release is not yet out. | ACEA H1 2026 commercial-vehicle release PDF (fetched 2026-10-19), ANFAC September 2026 report (turismos only by energy source), DGT (sede.dgt.es, www.dgt.es: proxy allowlist) |
| New registrations | Buses and coaches | BEV | EU27 | schema gap: the ACEA commercial-vehicle release H1 2026 (29 July 2026, re-downloaded 2026-10-19) publishes electrically chargeable (BEV plus PHEV) only; recorded as aggregate technology ECV_BEV_PHEV in o13. No battery-electric-only value. The Q3 commercial-vehicle release is not yet out. | ACEA H1 2026 commercial-vehicle release PDF (fetched 2026-10-19), EAFO EU27 datasets (registrations cover M1 and N1 only) |
| New registrations | Passenger cars | BEV | global | No fetched page states a dated global battery-electric figure: IEA blocked by bot protection and no committed IEA data file. | www.iea.org Global EV Outlook 2026 (HTTP 403, bot protection, 2026-10-19), api.iea.org (robots.txt disallows all; not used), no file under data/raw/iea |
| Vehicle stock | Passenger cars | BEV | global | No fetched page states a dated global battery-electric stock: IEA blocked by bot protection and no committed IEA data file. | www.iea.org Global EV Outlook 2026 (HTTP 403, bot protection, 2026-10-19), api.iea.org (robots.txt disallows all; not used), no file under data/raw/iea |
| New registrations | Trucks (vans excluded unless stated) | BEV | global | No fetched page states a dated global battery-electric figure: IEA blocked by bot protection and no committed IEA data file. | www.iea.org Global EV Outlook 2026 (HTTP 403, bot protection, 2026-10-19), api.iea.org (robots.txt disallows all; not used), no file under data/raw/iea |
| Vehicle stock | Trucks (vans excluded unless stated) | BEV | global | No fetched page states a dated global battery-electric stock: IEA blocked by bot protection and no committed IEA data file. | www.iea.org Global EV Outlook 2026 (HTTP 403, bot protection, 2026-10-19), api.iea.org (robots.txt disallows all; not used), no file under data/raw/iea |
| New registrations | Buses and coaches | BEV | global | No fetched page states a dated global battery-electric figure: IEA blocked by bot protection and no committed IEA data file. | www.iea.org Global EV Outlook 2026 (HTTP 403, bot protection, 2026-10-19), api.iea.org (robots.txt disallows all; not used), no file under data/raw/iea |
| Vehicle stock | Buses and coaches | BEV | global | No fetched page states a dated global battery-electric stock: IEA blocked by bot protection and no committed IEA data file. | www.iea.org Global EV Outlook 2026 (HTTP 403, bot protection, 2026-10-19), api.iea.org (robots.txt disallows all; not used), no file under data/raw/iea |
| Share of new registrations | Passenger cars | BEV | global | No fetched page states a global battery-electric-only share. | www.iea.org Global EV Outlook 2026 (HTTP 403, bot protection, 2026-10-19), api.iea.org (robots.txt disallows all; not used), no file under data/raw/iea |
| Infrastructure count | all road segments | BEV | global | No fetched page states a dated global public charging-point count. | www.iea.org Global EV Outlook 2026 (HTTP 403, bot protection, 2026-10-19), api.iea.org (robots.txt disallows all; not used), no file under data/raw/iea |
| Cost per 100 km | Passenger cars | BEV | EU27 | No EU-wide publication of a stated cost per 100 km found; combining Eurostat prices with a consumption from another source is barred. | MITECO (Spain only, fetched 2026-10-19), EAFO site (recharging-price calculator is interactive, prices not cost per 100 km), ICCT posts since 20 Sept 2026 via the site API (no cost-per-100-km study) |
| Range per fill event | Passenger cars | BEV | EU27 | No paired range and charge time on one basis and fill event from a dated primary page. ev-database.org (reachable) shows no publication or update date and gives its own charge-time basis, not the WLTP basis of its range. | ev-database.org home page (fetched 2026-10-19, undated), manufacturer sites (not reachable through the proxy in the 2026-10-13 test), EEA (host reachable; no model-level range page located) |
| Refuel or charge time | Passenger cars | BEV | EU27 | Paired with range_per_fill; neither is recorded. | see range_per_fill |
| Electricity per 100 km, well-to-wheel | Passenger cars | BEV | EU27 | No well-to-wheel study with kWh per 100 km for a named BEV route found. ICCT posts since 20 Sept 2026 (listing via the site API, 2026-10-19): market-share release, truck charging-demand study, two policy pieces of 13 and 16 Oct; none is a WTW study. | theicct.org post listing (2026-10-19), joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu (reachable; no new WTW study located) |
| Infrastructure throughput | all road segments | BEV | EU27 | Quarterly P2 cell. No energy-delivered figure for the region in any fetched source. Fastned reported Q3 2026 trading (16 Oct) but for its own network across several countries, without a total GWh in the article read; its own release host is not reachable. | EAFO news flash and EU27 datasets (no throughput), electrive.net Fastned article (16 Oct 2026), fastnedcharging.com (proxy allowlist) |
| Infrastructure utilisation | all road segments | BEV | EU27 | Quarterly P2 cell. No utilisation percentage with a named capacity basis in any fetched source. | EAFO news flash and datasets, electrive.net Fastned article (no utilisation percentage) |
| Infrastructure closures | all road segments | BEV | EU27 | No source read states a charging-point closure count; zero is not assumed. EAFO and Bundesnetzagentur publish stock counts only. | EAFO datasets, Bundesnetzagentur LIS in Zahlen (counts, no closures) |
| Infrastructure throughput | all road segments | BEV | global | Quarterly P2 cell. No energy-delivered figure for the region in any fetched source. Fastned reported Q3 2026 trading (16 Oct) but for its own network across several countries, without a total GWh in the article read; its own release host is not reachable. | EAFO news flash and EU27 datasets (no throughput), electrive.net Fastned article (16 Oct 2026), fastnedcharging.com (proxy allowlist) |
| Infrastructure utilisation | all road segments | BEV | global | Quarterly P2 cell. No utilisation percentage with a named capacity basis in any fetched source. | EAFO news flash and datasets, electrive.net Fastned article (no utilisation percentage) |
| Infrastructure closures | all road segments | BEV | global | No source read states a charging-point closure count; zero is not assumed. EAFO and Bundesnetzagentur publish stock counts only. | EAFO datasets, Bundesnetzagentur LIS in Zahlen (counts, no closures) |
| Water intensity | Passenger cars | BEV | EU27 | Annual P2 cell, no standing value. No new study with litres per 100 km for BEV found. | theicct.org post listing (2026-10-19), JRC (reachable; nothing new located) |
| Material intensity | Passenger cars | BEV | EU27 | Annual P2 cell, no standing value. No new study with mass per vehicle by material found. | theicct.org post listing (2026-10-19), JRC (reachable; nothing new located) |
| Share of vehicle stock | Passenger cars | BEV | ES | No fetched source states a share of stock; Eurostat, KBA and EAFO publish counts only, and a computed share is not recorded. | Eurostat road_eqs datasets (counts, fetched 2026-10-19), EAFO EU27 and Spain datasets (counts), ACEA releases (new registrations only) |
| Share of vehicle stock | Passenger cars | BEV | EU27 | No fetched source states a share of stock; Eurostat, KBA and EAFO publish counts only, and a computed share is not recorded. | Eurostat road_eqs datasets (counts, fetched 2026-10-19), EAFO EU27 and Spain datasets (counts), ACEA releases (new registrations only) |
| Share of vehicle stock | Passenger cars | BEV | global | No stated global stock share fetched. | www.iea.org Global EV Outlook 2026 (HTTP 403, bot protection, 2026-10-19), api.iea.org (robots.txt disallows all; not used), no file under data/raw/iea |
| Share of vehicle stock | Trucks (vans excluded unless stated) | BEV | ES | No fetched source states a share of stock; Eurostat, KBA and EAFO publish counts only, and a computed share is not recorded. | Eurostat road_eqs datasets (counts, fetched 2026-10-19), EAFO EU27 and Spain datasets (counts), ACEA releases (new registrations only) |
| Share of vehicle stock | Trucks (vans excluded unless stated) | BEV | EU27 | No fetched source states a share of stock; Eurostat, KBA and EAFO publish counts only, and a computed share is not recorded. | Eurostat road_eqs datasets (counts, fetched 2026-10-19), EAFO EU27 and Spain datasets (counts), ACEA releases (new registrations only) |
| Share of vehicle stock | Trucks (vans excluded unless stated) | BEV | global | No stated global stock share fetched. | www.iea.org Global EV Outlook 2026 (HTTP 403, bot protection, 2026-10-19), api.iea.org (robots.txt disallows all; not used), no file under data/raw/iea |
| Share of vehicle stock | Buses and coaches | BEV | ES | No fetched source states a share of stock; Eurostat, KBA and EAFO publish counts only, and a computed share is not recorded. | Eurostat road_eqs datasets (counts, fetched 2026-10-19), EAFO EU27 and Spain datasets (counts), ACEA releases (new registrations only) |
| Share of vehicle stock | Buses and coaches | BEV | EU27 | No fetched source states a share of stock; Eurostat, KBA and EAFO publish counts only, and a computed share is not recorded. | Eurostat road_eqs datasets (counts, fetched 2026-10-19), EAFO EU27 and Spain datasets (counts), ACEA releases (new registrations only) |
| Share of vehicle stock | Buses and coaches | BEV | global | No stated global stock share fetched. | www.iea.org Global EV Outlook 2026 (HTTP 403, bot protection, 2026-10-19), api.iea.org (robots.txt disallows all; not used), no file under data/raw/iea |
| Battery raw material price | all road segments | — | CN | Lithium carbonate: the aggregator page dates its only value 19 October 2026 (102,950 CNY/T, after the window); its "Previous" 102,150 carries no date. The ECB reference rate for 19 Oct is published in the afternoon and was not available at compile time, so no EUR conversion on the valid_to date is possible. Not recorded. | tradingeconomics.com/commodity/lithium (fetched 2026-10-19 08:46 UTC), ECB EXR CNY series (latest 16 Oct: 7.524) |
| Battery raw material price | all road segments | — | global | Nickel: the page dates its value 19 October 2026 (after the window) and contradicts itself in one fetch (15,418.25 in the text, 15,418.50 in the commodity table, 15418 in the header); not recorded (brief rule 5). | tradingeconomics.com/commodity/nickel (fetched 2026-10-19) |
| Battery raw material price | all road segments | — | global | Graphite: the aggregator page carries no graphite price (only a market ticker). | tradingeconomics.com/commodity/graphite (fetched 2026-10-19) |
| Battery raw material price | all road segments | — | CN | schema gap: manganese is quoted as ore in CNY per metric tonne unit (28.85 CNY/mtu, 19 Oct 2026); the metric has no ore-grade or per-mtu basis and EUR/t of metal cannot be derived without assumptions. | tradingeconomics.com/commodity/manganese (fetched 2026-10-19) |
| Battery pack price | all road segments | — | global | Annual metric; the BloombergNEF survey appears in December and its host is refused by the proxy; no other dated primary with a volume-weighted pack price by chemistry found. | about.bnef.com (proxy CONNECT 403, 2026-10-19), web search (no in-window publication) |
| Grid connection queue | all road segments | — | DE | schema gap: the definition mixes charging infrastructure and storage ("affects charging infrastructure or storage") and names no queue stage (request, reserved, contracted) or voltage level; published German queue figures are mostly storage requests to TSOs and would not be comparable. No MW figure recorded. | www.amprion.net (host reachable; no queue dataset located), Bundesnetzagentur E-Mobilitaet page (counts of charging points only), web search |
| Battery recycling capacity | all road segments | — | EU27 | schema gap: "installed battery recycling capacity" does not say which stage (pre-treatment/spoke versus hydrometallurgical/hub, which Fraunhofer ISI reports separately at about 270 and 290 kt/a for Q2 2025), whether production scrap is included, or EU27 versus Europe; the latest dated source (Fraunhofer ISI, 24 July 2025) covers Europe and is older than a year. | isi.fraunhofer.de Battery Update on recycling capacities (fetched 2026-10-19, dated 24 July 2025), web search |
Checked, unchanged
| Metric | Segment | Technology | Region | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New registrations | Passenger cars | BEV | DE | Re-checked 2026-10-19: FZ 28.1 September 2026, Personenkraftwagen, "Elektro (BEV)" = 88,599, identical to standing value 2026-Q3-c1:o1; the October workbook is due mid-November. Year to date recorded as o1. |
| New registrations | Trucks (vans excluded unless stated) | BEV | DE | Re-checked 2026-10-19: FZ 28.1 September 2026, Lastkraftwagen, "Elektro (BEV)" = 3,821, identical to standing value 2026-Q3-c1:o4; nothing newer. Year to date recorded as o4. |
| New registrations | Buses and coaches | BEV | DE | Re-checked 2026-10-19: FZ 28.1 September 2026, Kraftomnibusse, "Elektro (BEV)" = 132, identical to standing value 2026-Q3-c1:o7; nothing newer. Year to date recorded as o5. |
| New registrations | Passenger cars | BEV | ES | Re-checked 2026-10-19: ANFAC September 2026 PDF (downloaded, %PDF, published 1 Oct 2026), row "Electrico" September = 17,366, identical to standing value 2026-Q3:o23; the October report is due early November. Year to date recorded as o7. |
Comparisons
This publication shows a number only where two technologies really compete inside the core. Where they compete outside electro mobility the pair is "outside the core"; where there is no real contest it is "not comparable". Each carries its reason.
| Segment | Scope | Pair | Outcome | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| all | BEV vs FCEV | not comparable | Charging points and hydrogen stations are different units of service; counts are never compared across technologies (compare throughput instead). |
Technology depth
Asymmetric by nature: specific to battery-electric, and not used in any comparison.
raw materials
Battery raw material price
reported32,715.7€/t
Sources: Trading Economics [17]; European Central Bank [18] · retrieved 19 Oct 2026
Notes
Trading Economics cobalt (CFD tracking the benchmark; underlying index not named): "Cobalt fell to 36,815 USD/T on October 16, 2026, down 6.43% from the previous day"; the commodity table gives the same 36,815.00 dated Oct/16. Converted at the ECB reference rate 1.1253 USD per EUR for 2026-10-16 (36,815 / 1.1253 = 32,715.7 EUR/t). Original: 36,815 USD/t. Secondary aggregator, single source; page read 2026-10-19 08:47 UTC.
The week's movements
- The European Alternative Fuels Observatory refreshed its country datasets: the EU27 file lists 950,397 AC and 226,157 DC public recharging points in its 2026 row and 36,765 battery-electric heavy trucks (N2, N3) in the 2026 fleet row, without stating the reference month. [12] [5] verified
- Volkswagen is preparing a battery recall for several ID. models and the Cupra Born in Europe, limiting charge to 80 percent by over-the-air update after cell defects attributed to suppliers; no KBA recall entry was published when reported. [19] reported
- A preliminary French-German paper on the EU car package, as quoted by Spiegel, would keep the 90 percent 2035 fleet CO2 reduction without offsetting the remainder, in exchange for stricter Made-in-Europe rules; the paper itself is undated in the report. [20] reported
- Fastned reported Q3 2026 charging revenue of EUR 51.3 million (EUR 46.3 million adjusted, +47 percent) and opened 17 stations in the quarter. [21] reported
- Cobalt fell 6.43 percent to 36,815 USD/t on the aggregator's benchmark-tracking contract. [17] reported
- The Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt reported 604,144 new battery-electric passenger cars in Germany for January to September 2026, a 27.2 percent share of 2,221,798 new cars and 58.1 percent more than a year earlier; the FZ 28 workbook with the September split by vehicle class was published the same day. [6] [7] verified
- At the REGIOSTARS awards the Commission gave the Green Europe prize to eLiRec, a German battery-recycling project supported with about EUR 329,000 from the ERDF (announced 14 October). [22] verified
- ACC reported its five-millionth cell from the Douvrin gigafactory; a second 12.9 GWh block is planned to start in 2027 and supply Mercedes-Benz. [23] reported
Watchlist
| When | What | Status | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | ACEA new car registrations, September 2026 (EU battery-electric month and year to date) | Closes the pending EU27 car cells. | |
| late October 2026 | ACEA commercial-vehicle registrations Q1-Q3 2026 | Only source for EU27 and Spanish truck and bus registrations; so far electrically chargeable only (schema gap). Exact date not re-checked: the ACEA calendar page answered HTTP 403. | |
| mid-November 2026 | KBA FZ 28 October workbook and FZ 27 stock at 1 October 2026 | Next German registrations by vehicle class and next quarterly stock. | |
| November 2026 | EAFO news flash for September/October data | The 15 October update was announced but no flash was listed by 19 October; the datasets changed on 16 October. | |
| 2026-10-22 or later | European Parliament transport committee vote on the car CO2 package | Postponed from 5 October by about two weeks according to trade press; not verified on a Parliament page (host not reachable). |
Caveats
Series start. W42 is the first edition of the weekly battery series. Earlier dry-run files are tests and hold no standing values; only the Q3 quarter files do. Cells whose re-checked value equals a Q3 record are marked unchanged against that record; everything else recorded here starts the series.
Registrations. German, Spanish and EU figures come from different publishers and periods (KBA September, ANFAC September, ACEA August); ACEA September follows on 22 October. Spanish figures are republished DGT data (ANFAC) and are reported, not verified.
Trucks and buses. KBA trucks are class N1 to N3 (vans included); Eurostat and EAFO truck counts are above 3.5 t only. EU27 truck stock has two series (Eurostat 2024, EAFO 2025) that differ for the same year and are not merged. ACEA commercial-vehicle data are electrically chargeable (BEV plus PHEV) and recorded only as context.
Charging points. EU27 and Spanish counts from the EAFO datasets are sums of the AC and DC columns of a row labelled 2026 without a stated reference month, so they are reported, not verified; the EAFO flash figure for August is the stated value. The German count is the Bundesnetzagentur total at 1 September 2026. AC/DC splits and the Bundesnetzagentur power classes (boundary at 149/150 kW) do not map onto the schema power classes; only totals are recorded.
Raw materials. Only cobalt is recorded, from a single secondary aggregator tracking an unnamed benchmark. Lithium and nickel values on the page are dated 19 October, after the window, and nickel contradicts itself within one fetch; manganese is quoted per ore tonne unit (schema gap); graphite has no price.
Global cells. All global cells are empty: the IEA is behind bot protection and no IEA data file has been committed for reading.
Battery depth definitions. Grid-connection queue and recycling capacity are left empty as schema gaps (decision 83): their definitions do not fix the stage, scope or region that published figures use.
News reach. Most battery news in the window was available only through a German trade-press site; company pages (ACC, Fastned, Volkswagen) are not reachable, so these movements are reported, not verified. The Commission press corner was scanned for 12 to 18 October and carried no battery or electric-vehicle decision apart from a recycling award.
Sources
- KBA, Bestand an Kraftfahrzeugen nach Bundeslaendern, Kraftstoffarten und Fahrzeugarten (FZ 27), 1. Juli 2026 — Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt, published 2026-08-31, primary, confidence high
- Eurostat road_eqs_carpda, Passenger cars by type of motor energy (stock), 2024-2025, ELC and TOTAL — Eurostat, published 2026-10-06, primary, confidence high
- Eurostat road_eqs_busmot, Motor coaches, buses and trolley buses by type of motor energy (stock), 2024-2025 — Eurostat, published 2026-10-06, primary, confidence high
- Eurostat road_eqs_lormot, Lorries by type of motor energy (stock), 2024-2025 — Eurostat, published 2026-10-06, primary, confidence high
- EAFO dataset total_fleet_n2_n3_af_heavy_duty_trucks.csv, European Union (EU27), alternative-fuel heavy-duty truck fleet (N2, N3) by year — European Alternative Fuels Observatory (European Commission), published 2026-10-16, primary, confidence medium
- Neuzulassungen von Personenkraftwagen im Jahresverlauf 2026 nach Marken und alternativen Antrieben (Pressemitteilung Nr. 43/2026) — Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt, published 2026-10-15, primary, confidence high
- KBA, Neuzulassungen von Kraftfahrzeugen mit alternativem Antrieb (FZ 28), September 2026 — Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt, published 2026-10-15, primary, confidence high
- ANFAC (data from DGT), Matriculaciones de vehiculos electrificados y de bajas emisiones, Septiembre 2026 — ANFAC, published 2026-10-01, secondary, confidence high
- ACEA, New car registrations: +5.3% in August 2026 year-to-date; battery-electric 21.7% market share — ACEA, published 2026-09-24, primary, confidence high
- ACEA, New commercial vehicle registrations: vans +1.9%, trucks +9.8%, buses +22.7% in H1 2026 — ACEA, published 2026-07-29, primary, confidence high
- EAFO Data Update & News Flash September 2026 — European Alternative Fuels Observatory (European Commission), published 2026-09-21, primary, confidence high
- EAFO dataset recharging_points.csv, European Union (EU27), AC and DC public recharging points by year — European Alternative Fuels Observatory (European Commission), published 2026-10-16, primary, confidence medium
- Bundesnetzagentur, Ladeinfrastruktur (LIS) in Zahlen, Stand 01. September 2026 — Bundesnetzagentur, published 2026-09-01, primary, confidence high
- EAFO dataset recharging_points.csv, Spain, AC and DC public recharging points by year — European Alternative Fuels Observatory (European Commission), published 2026-10-16, primary, confidence medium
- MITECO, Tabla de comparacion de costes de combustibles de automocion (EUR/100 km), actualizado 23/09/2026 — Ministerio para la Transicion Ecologica y el Reto Demografico, published 2026-09-23, primary, confidence high
- Fahrzeugzulassungen im September 2026 (Pressemitteilung Nr. 41/2026) — Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt, published 2026-10-05, primary, confidence high
- Cobalt price (USD/T, CFD tracking the benchmark) — Trading Economics, published 2026-10-19, secondary, confidence medium
- ECB euro reference rate, USD per EUR, 12 to 16 October 2026 (16 Oct: 1.1253) — European Central Bank, published 2026-10-16, primary, confidence high
- VW bereitet Batterie-Rueckruf fuer mehrere ID.-Modelle in Europa vor — electrive.net, published 2026-10-16, secondary, confidence medium
- "Auto-Paket": Was Frankreich und Deutschland bei den CO2-Zielen vorschlagen — electrive.net, published 2026-10-16, secondary, confidence medium
- Fastned steigert Ladeumsatz und beschleunigt Netzausbau — electrive.net, published 2026-10-16, secondary, confidence medium
- European Commission, Commission awards six projects making lasting contributions for Europe's cohesion at REGIOSTARS ceremony (IP/26/2167) — European Commission, published 2026-10-14, primary, confidence high
- ACC meldet fuenf Millionen Batteriezellen "made in France" — electrive.net, published 2026-10-12, secondary, confidence medium