Volkswagen is overtaking Tesla in electric cars: The German carmaker overtook the US group in July. Nevertheless, the share of electric cars is still at a low level. In total, the KBA registered 268,926 first-time registrations of all-electric cars from January to July. With combustion engines, the number was a good 1.64 million.Across all drive types, the VW Golf is currently (once again) the most popular model among Germans. The most popular small car, on the other hand, comes from Italy: the Fiat 500.