More than 100,000 electric cars subsidised by the German taxpayer — including thousands of Teslas — have likely found their way abroad as buyers exploited a multibillion euro incentive scheme designed to make battery-powered cars more affordable for ordinary drivers.
Of the 890,000 electric cars registered in Germany over the past 10 years, the vast bulk of which were bought with grants, just 756,517 remain in the country, according to a study of official data.
While a small number of the missing cars will have been taken out of service, most of them have been sold to drivers in neighbouring countries at a profit, according to two leading industry figures.
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