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March 2025 edition 15 countries Final figures, compiled retrospectively

Tesla, BYD and Europe’s best-selling EVs: March 2025

Tesla registered 22,620 cars in the 13 countries with a Tesla figure for March 2025. In the 13 countries with a year-earlier figure it was down 31% (22,620 vs 32,602): up in 4, down in 9. Tesla outsold BYD (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) in all 12 countries that publish every brand: 19,463 Tesla vs 12,548 BYD. Counting battery-electric cars only, in 9 countries: Tesla 9,124, BYD 2,427 (BYD's figure for Austria is an estimate).

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Battery-electric cars 216,300 +24% YoY in 14 countries Total of 14 countries
BEV share of new cars 17.6% 14.6% a year earlier Same 14 countries in both years
Chinese brands’ share 5.2% 2.7% a year earlier (same 12) All new cars, 12 countries · definition
BYD vs Tesla BYD12,548 Tesla19,463 BYD ahead in 0 of the 12 countries that publish every brand
15 countries in this edition
  • Netherlands 36% BEV
  • Norway 84% BEV
  • Sweden 35% BEV
  • Denmark 65% BEV
  • Finland 39% BEV
  • Germany 17% BEV
  • United Kingdom 19% BEV
  • France 19% BEV
  • Spain 7% BEV
  • Italy 5% BEV
  • Belgium brands only, no BEV
  • Switzerland 20% BEV
  • Austria 24% BEV
  • Portugal no data
  • Ireland 15% BEV
  • Poland no data
  • Czechia 6% BEV

March 2025 in short

Every answer compares the same countries in both periods and says how many. Copy takes the sentence with its credit.

How many Teslas were registered in Europe in March 2025?
Tesla registered 22,620 cars in the 13 countries covered here that have a Tesla figure for March 2025. In the 13 countries with a year-earlier figure, Tesla was down 31% (22,620 vs 32,602): up in 4, down in 9. Year to date in 13 countries: 43,555 (−38%).
Did BYD outsell Tesla in Europe in March 2025?
No, counting all powertrains. In the 12 countries that publish every brand, BYD registered 12,548 cars (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) and Tesla 19,463; Tesla was ahead in every one of them. Counting battery-electric cars only (9 countries), Tesla led: Tesla 9,124, BYD 2,427, with Tesla ahead in every one. (BYD’s figure for Austria is an estimate.)
What share of new cars in Europe went to Chinese brands in March 2025?
Chinese brands (BYD, MG, Leapmotor, Omoda/Jaecoo, XPeng and others) took 5.2% of new-car registrations in the 12 countries that publish every brand, or 8.3% including Chinese-owned Volvo, Polestar, smart and Lotus. In the 12 countries with data for both years, the share was 5.2% against 2.7% a year earlier.
Which electric car sold best in Europe in March 2025?
The Tesla Model Y, with 4,606 battery-electric registrations in the 8 countries that publish every model (the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Ireland and Czechia).
What share of new cars in Europe were electric in March 2025?
Battery-electric cars were 17.6% of new-car registrations across the 14 countries reporting both figures for March 2025. In the 14 countries with data for both years the share was 17.6%, against 14.6% a year earlier.
Which electric car grew fastest in Europe in March 2025?
By added battery-electric registrations year on year, the Volkswagen ID.7: 4,256 in March 2025 against 428 a year earlier, in the 8 countries that publish every model for both years.

Tesla vs BYD by country

Registrations in March 2025, with the change on March 2024 and the year to date. BYD sells battery-electric cars and plug-in hybrids and Tesla only battery-electric cars, so “BYD BEV” is the like-for-like column.

Monthly trend ↓
Tesla and BYD registrations by country, March 2025
Country Tesla YoY Tesla YTD YTD YoY BYD (all) YoY BYD BEV BYD PHEV Ahead
United Kingdom 7,164 +2% 12,474 +6% 6,480 +754% n/a n/a Tesla
Italy 2,217 +51% 3,468 −7% 1,787 low base n/a ≥1,435 Tesla
Spain 1,983 +34% 3,172 −12% 1,627 >+999% 769 858 Tesla
France 3,157 −37% 6,693 −41% n/a – n/a n/a –
Germany 2,229 −43% 4,935 −62% 805 +403% 615 190 Tesla
Netherlands 1,536 −61% 3,443 −50% 269 +57% 141 128 Tesla
Austria 815 −34% 1,304 −48% 704 +134% 616e n/a Tesla
Belgium 958 −69% 3,019 −58% 340 +128% n/a n/a Tesla
Sweden 911 −64% 1,929 −55% 118 low base 58 n/a Tesla
Switzerland 663 −66% 1,238 −62% 58 – 38 15 Tesla
Ireland 333 −20% 872 +5% 325 +120% 159 166 Tesla
Czechia 359 +197% 533 +64% 0 – 0 0 Tesla
Finland 295 −39% 475 −47% 35 low base 31 4 Tesla
Tesla, all 13 countries 22,620 Every figure is a full count. Year to date in 13 countries: 43,555 (−38%).
Tesla, 13 countries with a year-earlier figure 22,620 (−31%) vs 32,602 a year earlier. Up in 4, down in 9.
Tesla vs BYD, 12 countries with every brand 19,463 vs 12,548 All powertrains, only countries whose sources list every brand, so a missing BYD figure is never read as zero. Battery-electric only (9 countries): Tesla 9,124, BYD 2,427.

Why three Tesla totals: each uses only the countries that can answer that question. n/a = the national source does not publish this brand or powertrain. ≥ = minimum from a top-model list. e = estimate. YTD = January to Mar 2025, shown only when every month is available.

Tesla and BYD, monthly, 11-country panel

All powertrains. The same countries every month: the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Ireland and Czechia. Tesla’s deliveries bunch up in the last month of each quarter.

TeslaBYD
Tesla and BYD monthly registrations, January 2024 to March 2025 0 10k 20k 30k ’24Mar 25 18,505 12,208

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MonthTeslaBYD
January 20249,6381,414
February 202416,9941,210
March 202424,4831,863
April 20247,9001,556
May 202411,7931,787
June 202428,1762,502
July 20249,4052,470
August 202411,0982,161
September 202428,2822,985
October 20247,1093,323
November 202415,3964,157
December 202428,8154,572
January 20255,5265,173
February 20259,8124,763
March 202518,50512,208

Chinese brands’ share of new cars

“Chinese brands” are brands headquartered or developed in China (BYD, MG, Leapmotor, Omoda/Jaecoo, XPeng, Zeekr and others), the convention JATO and Dataforce use. Volvo, Polestar, smart and Lotus have Chinese owners and are counted separately. Full list.

Monthly share since January 2024, 11-country panel

Share of all new cars in the same countries every month: the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Ireland and Czechia.

Chinese brandsincl. Chinese-owned (Volvo, Polestar, smart, Lotus)
Chinese-brand share of new cars, January 2024 to March 2025 0% 2.5% 5% 7.5% 10% ’24Mar 25 5.3% 8.4%

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MonthChinese brandsincl. Chinese-owned (Volvo, Polestar, smart, Lotus)
January 20242.7%5.6%
February 20242.5%5.8%
March 20242.8%6.0%
April 20242.7%6.4%
May 20243.2%7.1%
June 20243.3%6.7%
July 20243.4%7.0%
August 20242.8%6.1%
September 20243.1%6.7%
October 20243.3%7.0%
November 20243.6%7.3%
December 20244.0%8.0%
January 20254.0%7.0%
February 20254.3%7.4%
March 20255.3%8.4%

All new cars

5.2% across 12 countries (57,173 of 1,090,072); 8.3% including Chinese-owned brands.

Chinese-brand share by country, All new cars, March 2025
CountrySharevs 2024YTDLargest Chinese brands
Spain
8.5%
 +5.2 pp 8.5% MG 5,524 · BYD 1,627 · Jaecoo 991
United Kingdom
7.4%
 +3.0 pp 7.0% MG 15,876 · BYD 6,480 · Omoda 2,082
Italy
6.7%
 +3.5 pp 6.3% MG 6,582 · BYD 1,787 · DR 1,445
Austria
5.6%
 +2.4 pp 4.1% MG 711 · BYD 704 · Leapmotor 21
Ireland
3.3%
 +1.5 pp 2.8% BYD 325 · MG 208 · XPeng 38
Czechia
2.8%
 +1.1 pp 2.5% MG 560 · Joyear 32 · Voyah 9
Belgium
2.6%
 +1.6 pp 2.2% MG 433 · BYD 340 · XPeng 119
Netherlands
2.6%
 +0.7 pp 2.7% BYD 269 · Lynk & Co 171 · MG 165
Sweden
2.0%
 0.0 pp 1.8% Zeekr 167 · BYD 118 · XPeng 90
Finland
1.9%
 +1.1 pp 1.6% MG 76 · BYD 35 · XPeng 8
Switzerland
1.9%
 +1.8 pp 1.5% MG 314 · BYD 58 · Leapmotor 34
Germany
1.4%
 +0.6 pp 1.3% MG 2,100 · BYD 805 · Leapmotor 332

Battery-electric cars only

5.4% across 9 countries (4,710 of 87,414); 11.8% including Chinese-owned brands.

Chinese-brand share by country, Battery-electric cars only, March 2025
CountrySharevs 2024YTDLargest Chinese brands
Ireland
12.7%
 −0.1 pp 9.2% BYD 159 · MG 124 · XPeng 38
Spain
12.1%
 +1.8 pp 14.7% BYD 769 · Leapmotor 70 · MG 55
Austria
10.7%
 −2.5 pp 11.3% BYD 616 · Leapmotor 21 · MG 17 (est.)
Sweden
4.4%
 −1.2 pp 3.8% Zeekr 167 · XPeng 90 · BYD 58
Finland
4.0%
 +1.1 pp 3.9% MG 58 · BYD 31 · XPeng 8
Germany
3.9%
 +0.1 pp 4.2% BYD 615 · MG 423 · Leapmotor 332
Netherlands
3.9%
 0.0 pp 5.2% BYD 141 · XPeng 87 · Zeekr 80
Switzerland
2.9%
 +2.7 pp 2.7% MG 53 · BYD 38 · Leapmotor 34
Czechia
2.4%
 −1.3 pp 3.0% MG 20 · Voyah 9 · Dongfeng 3

Best-selling electric models

Battery-electric registrations summed over the 8 countries that publish every model (the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Ireland and Czechia). Countries that publish only a top 10 are not added here, so no model gets a partial count. They are in the wider ranking below.

Top battery-electric models, March 2025
ModelBEV registrationsYoYMoMLargest markets
1Tesla Model Y
4,606
 −55% +64% DE 1,428 · SE 767 · NL 734
2Volkswagen ID.7
4,256
 +894% +13% DE 3,225 · SE 644 · FI 104
3Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5
3,717
 +21% +10% DE 2,593 · SE 386 · IE 318
4Skoda Enyaq
3,646
 +67% +25% DE 2,392 · SE 447 · CZ 231
5Tesla Model 3
3,624
 −13% +82% ES 1,391 · NL 792 · DE 768
6Volkswagen ID.3
2,983
 +52% +12% DE 2,152 · SE 442 · CH 127
7Kia EV3
2,866
 new −5% NL 1,020 · DE 806 · ES 444
8Renault 5
2,404
 new +52% DE 1,070 · ES 696 · NL 419
9Audi Q4 e-tron
2,335
 +18% −1% DE 1,220 · NL 402 · SE 283
10BMW iX1/X1
2,191
 +30% +23% DE 1,201 · NL 483 · ES 188
11Cupra Born
2,015
 +15% +9% DE 1,753 · ES 81 · NL 77
12Skoda Elroq
1,996
 new +127% DE 1,132 · CZ 280 · NL 246
13BMW i4/4 Series
1,649
 +8% +24% DE 1,115 · NL 219 · SE 129
14Cupra Tavascan
1,647
 low base +15% DE 1,100 · ES 260 · CH 94
15Audi Q6 e-tron
1,633
 >+999% +15% DE 950 · NL 307 · SE 145
16Audi A6 e-tron/A6
1,572
 new +79% DE 1,120 · SE 150 · NL 129
17Volvo EX30
1,554
 −46% +4% DE 554 · SE 321 · NL 312
18Mercedes-Benz EQA/GLA
1,499
 −15% +21% DE 870 · SE 175 · ES 153
19Hyundai Inster
1,451
 new +14% DE 838 · NL 386 · ES 122
20Volvo EX40/XC40
1,416
 −38% +22% SE 814 · NL 224 · DE 206
21Ford Explorer
1,289
 new +42% DE 775 · NL 261 · ES 96
22Citroën C3/C3 Aircross
1,265
 new +50% NL 580 · DE 370 · ES 168
23Porsche Macan
1,202
 new +35% DE 667 · CH 135 · SE 119
24Volkswagen ID. Buzz
1,181
 +107% +21% DE 880 · SE 114 · ES 68
25Hyundai Ioniq 5
1,168
 +30% +41% DE 660 · CH 191 · NL 161

Wider ranking, including top-10 lists

Adds the top-10 battery-electric lists published in France and Italy. A model outside a country’s top 10 gets nothing from that country, so these are minimums.

  1. 1Tesla Model Y ≥7,573
  2. 2Renault 5 ≥6,059
  3. 3Tesla Model 3 ≥6,008
  4. 4Volkswagen ID.7 ≥4,256
  5. 5Volkswagen ID.3 ≥3,862
  6. 6Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5 ≥3,717
  7. 7Skoda Enyaq ≥3,646
  8. 8Citroën C3/C3 Aircross ≥3,223
  9. 9Renault Scenic ≥2,875
  10. 10Kia EV3 ≥2,866

Fastest-growing BEV models, year on year

Ranked by registrations added vs March 2024, in the same 8 countries. Models with at least 300 registrations this month.

Fastest-growing BEV models, year on year
ModelNowBeforeAddedChange
Volkswagen ID.7 4,256 428 +3,828 +894%
Kia EV3 2,866 0 +2,866 new
Renault 5 2,404 0 +2,404 new
Skoda Elroq 1,996 0 +1,996 new
Cupra Tavascan 1,647 4 +1,643 low base
Audi A6 e-tron/A6 1,572 0 +1,572 new
Audi Q6 e-tron 1,633 120 +1,513 >+999%
Skoda Enyaq 3,646 2,181 +1,465 +67%
Hyundai Inster 1,451 0 +1,451 new
Ford Explorer 1,289 0 +1,289 new

Fastest-growing BEV models, month on month

Ranked by registrations added vs the previous month, in the same 8 countries. Models with at least 300 registrations this month.

Fastest-growing BEV models, month on month
ModelNowBeforeAddedChange
Tesla Model Y 4,606 2,802 +1,804 +64%
Tesla Model 3 3,624 1,988 +1,636 +82%
Skoda Elroq 1,996 878 +1,118 +127%
Renault 5 2,404 1,587 +817 +52%
Skoda Enyaq 3,646 2,924 +722 +25%
Audi A6 e-tron/A6 1,572 877 +695 +79%
Volkswagen ID.7 4,256 3,776 +480 +13%
Citroën C3/C3 Aircross 1,265 845 +420 +50%
BMW iX1/X1 2,191 1,776 +415 +23%
Ford Explorer 1,289 909 +380 +42%

Top battery-electric models by country

Netherlands

  1. 1Kia EV31,020
  2. 2Tesla Model 3792
  3. 3Tesla Model Y734
  4. 4Citroën C3/C3 Aircross580
  5. 5BMW iX1/X1483
  6. 6Renault 5419
  7. 7Audi Q4 e-tron402
  8. 8Hyundai Inster386
  9. 9Volvo EX30312
  10. 10Audi Q6 e-tron307

Sweden

  1. 1Volvo EX40/XC40814
  2. 2Tesla Model Y767
  3. 3Volkswagen ID.7644
  4. 4Skoda Enyaq447
  5. 5Volkswagen ID.3442
  6. 6Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5386
  7. 7Volvo EX30321
  8. 8Audi Q4 e-tron283
  9. 9Kia EV3264
  10. 10Polestar 4260

Finland

  1. 1Tesla Model Y205
  2. 2Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5178
  3. 3Skoda Enyaq155
  4. 4Kia EV3130
  5. 5Volkswagen ID.7104
  6. 6Toyota bZ4X103
  7. 7Polestar 492
  8. 8Tesla Model 390
  9. 9Audi Q4 e-tron79
  10. 10Volvo EX3075

Germany

  1. 1Volkswagen ID.73,225
  2. 2Volkswagen ID.4/ID.52,593
  3. 3Skoda Enyaq2,392
  4. 4Volkswagen ID.32,152
  5. 5Cupra Born1,753
  6. 6Tesla Model Y1,428
  7. 7Audi Q4 e-tron1,220
  8. 8BMW iX1/X11,201
  9. 9Skoda Elroq1,132
  10. 10Audi A6 e-tron/A61,120

France

Top-N only
  1. 1Renault 53,340
  2. 2Tesla Model Y2,318
  3. 3Renault Scenic2,225
  4. 4Citroën C3/C3 Aircross1,585
  5. 5Peugeot 2081,034
  6. 6Renault Megane990
  7. 7Volkswagen ID.3879
  8. 8Peugeot 2008837
  9. 9Tesla Model 3819
  10. 10Mini All models (not itemised)783

Spain

  1. 1Tesla Model 31,391
  2. 2Renault 5696
  3. 3Tesla Model Y588
  4. 4Kia EV3444
  5. 5Cupra Tavascan260
  6. 6BYD Atto 3227
  7. 7BYD Dolphin211
  8. 8BMW iX1/X1188
  9. 9Citroën C3/C3 Aircross168
  10. 10Toyota bZ4X158

Italy

Top-N only
  1. 1Tesla Model 31,565
  2. 2Dacia Spring655
  3. 3Tesla Model Y649
  4. 4Citroën C3/C3 Aircross373
  5. 5Renault 5315
  6. 6Audi Q4 e-tron310
  7. 7BMW iX1/X1283
  8. 8Mercedes-Benz EQA/GLA261
  9. 9Jeep Avenger238
  10. 10Fiat Grande Panda233

Switzerland

  1. 1Tesla Model Y534
  2. 2Audi Q4 e-tron244
  3. 3Skoda Enyaq202
  4. 4Hyundai Ioniq 5191
  5. 5Renault 5190
  6. 6BMW iX1/X1158
  7. 7Porsche Macan135
  8. 8Skoda Elroq130
  9. 9Volkswagen ID.3127
  10. 10Audi Q6 e-tron126

Ireland

  1. 1Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5318
  2. 2Tesla Model 3228
  3. 3Kia EV3127
  4. 4Tesla Model Y105
  5. 5Toyota bZ4X105
  6. 6Kia EV694
  7. 7MG MG491
  8. 8Skoda Elroq79
  9. 9BYD Seal69
  10. 10Skoda Enyaq69

Czechia

  1. 1Skoda Elroq280
  2. 2Tesla Model Y245
  3. 3Skoda Enyaq231
  4. 4Tesla Model 3105
  5. 5Volkswagen ID.733
  6. 6Volkswagen ID. Buzz30
  7. 7Volkswagen ID.329
  8. 8Hyundai Kona28
  9. 9Dacia Spring25
  10. 10Hyundai Inster22

Brand league table

Summed over the countries that publish every brand. The year-on-year change compares the same countries in both years.

81,292 battery-electric cars in 8 countries: NL, SE, FI, DE, ES, CH, IE, CZ. Shares are of the brand tables’ sum, which in Italy runs about 1% below the market total. Year-on-year changes use the 8 of them with a full brand list in both years. Tesla’s figure here covers only these countries; Tesla vs BYD has every country.

Brands by registrations, battery-electric cars, March 2025
BrandGroupRegistrationsShareYoY
1Volkswagen Volkswagen Group
12,176
 15.0% +95%
2Tesla
8,308
 10.2% −44%
3BMW BMW Group
6,391
 7.9% +19%
4Audi Volkswagen Group
5,686
 7.0% +78%
5Skoda Volkswagen Group
5,642
 6.9% +159%
6Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz Group
4,309
 5.3% −10%
7Kia Hyundai Motor Group
4,083
 5.0% +27%
8Hyundai Hyundai Motor Group
3,819
 4.7% +38%
9VolvoCN-owned Geely Holding
3,701
 4.5% −37%
10Cupra Volkswagen Group
3,662
 4.5% +109%
11Renault Renault Group
3,311
 4.1% +191%
12Ford
1,866
 2.3% +153%
13BYDCN
1,811
 2.2% +147%
14Mini BMW Group
1,750
 2.1% +793%
15Citroën Stellantis
1,669
 2.0% +264%
16Porsche Volkswagen Group
1,606
 2.0% +993%
17Opel Stellantis
1,588
 1.9% −18%
18PolestarCN-owned Geely Holding
1,351
 1.7% +37%
19Toyota
1,288
 1.6% +66%
20Peugeot Stellantis
1,203
 1.5% +28%
21Fiat Stellantis
922
 1.1% +10%
22MGCN SAIC
851
 1.1% −44%
23Nissan
836
 1.0% +31%
24Dacia Renault Group
655
 0.8% −33%
25LeapmotorCN
444
 0.6% new
26XPengCN
441
 0.5% +224%
27smartCN-owned smart Automobile (Mercedes-Benz/Geely JV)
362
 0.5% −79%
28ZeekrCN Geely Holding
247
 0.3% +46%
29Jeep Stellantis
206
 0.3% −39%
30Alfa Romeo Stellantis
90
 0.1% new

Country by country

New passenger cars and battery-electric share, with each figure’s source and the date it entered this compilation.

Registrations by country, March 2025
CountryNew carsYoYBEVBEV shareBEV YoYPHEVSource · first in
Netherlands 31,244 −15% 11,229
35.9%
 −14% 6,072 RDW · 2026-09-23
Norway 13,203 +35% 11,092
84.0%
 +27% – Statistics Norway (SSB); Opplysningsrådet for veitrafikken (OFV) · 2026-09-23
Sweden 24,204 +1% 8,386
34.6%
 +1% 6,316 Mobility Sweden · 2026-09-23
Denmark 15,062 −11% 9,828
65.3%
 +39% 567 Mobility Denmark; Danmarks Statistik · 2026-09-23
Finland 6,176 −5% 2,435
39.4%
 +32% 1,208 Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency) · 2026-09-23
Germany 253,497 −4% 42,521
16.8%
 +36% 26,553 Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA) · 2026-09-23
United Kingdom 357,103 +12% 69,313
19.4%
 +43% 33,815 SMMT · 2026-09-23
France 153,842 −15% 29,260
19.0%
 −14% 8,289 Avere-France; PFA (Plateforme automobile) · 2026-09-23
Spain 116,735 +24% 8,374
7.2%
 +94% 7,672 Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT) · 2026-09-23
Italy 173,432 +6% 9,393
5.4%
 +75% 7,841 UNRAE · 2026-09-23
Belgium 40,184 −10% –
–
 – – FEBIAC · 2026-09-23
Switzerland 21,690 −8% 4,421
20.4%
 −7% 2,083 auto-schweiz (data: ASTRA/OFROU, MOFIS register) · 2026-09-23
Austria 25,950 +1% 6,122
23.6%
 +32% – Statistik Austria · 2026-09-23
Portugal No figures for this month from this source. ACAP
Ireland 17,291 +18% 2,531
14.6%
 +28% 2,401 SIMI (Society of the Irish Motor Industry) · 2026-09-24
Poland No figures for this month from this source. Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (CEPiK)
Czechia 22,566 +19% 1,395
6.2%
 +261% 977 SDA (Svaz dovozců automobilů) · 2026-09-23

e = estimate. n/c = not compared: the source’s total for one of the two months disagrees with the national headline by more than 2%. Belgium publishes no battery-electric count that can be fetched automatically.

Battery-electric share of new cars, monthly, 11-country panel

11-country panel (the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Ireland and Czechia), the same countries every month.

BEV share of new cars, January 2024 to March 2025 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% ’24Mar 25 15.8%

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MonthBEV share of new cars
January 202410.5%
February 202411.4%
March 202412.6%
April 202411.7%
May 202412.5%
June 202414.7%
July 202412.7%
August 202415.2%
September 202417.5%
October 202414.9%
November 202416.5%
December 202418.8%
January 202515.3%
February 202515.7%
March 202515.8%

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CSV March 2025 (this edition) Totals, brands and models by powertrain for every reporting country. CSV Brands, every month Country × brand × month since 2023: all fuels, BEV and PHEV. CSV Market totals, every month Country × month: new cars, BEV, PHEV, BEV share, flags. CSV Brand classification Group and Chinese-brand tier for every brand.

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Methodology

What is counted. New passenger cars (M1) registered for the first time in each country during the calendar month, as published by that country’s registration authority or industry association. Used imports are excluded where the source separates them. Figures are not seasonally adjusted.

Powertrains. BEV = battery-electric only. PHEV = plug-in hybrids, including range-extender cars, following ACEA’s convention. Full and mild hybrids are not PHEV. “All” covers every fuel.

Same-country comparisons. Countries publish on different days and in different detail. Every total, share and year-on-year change on this page uses only the countries that have the needed figure in both periods, and says how many. Brand totals come from a source’s brand table or its complete model list. Top-10 lists appear per country and as minimums, and are never added into full totals. A month whose source total disagrees with the national headline by more than 2% is not used for year-on-year comparisons.

Names. Registries spell brands and models differently: KBA lists “ID.4, ID.5” together, RDW lists trade names. A published alias table maps them to one name. Where one registry merges two models, the pair keeps one combined name everywhere (for example “ID.4/ID.5”, “iX1/X1”), so the car is counted in one row. Models a registry files under another brand (Cupra under SEAT, Genesis under Hyundai at KBA) are moved to their own brand.

Revisions. Sources are rechecked three times a day until the 16th of the following month, when the edition becomes final. Later changes are listed under Corrections. First figures can move by a few units as late registrations arrive, especially at RDW and DGT.

Why totals differ from ACEA. This page covers the countries listed below, not EU-27 + EFTA + UK. ACEA publishes three to four weeks later and has no model breakdown. Country totals match each national headline to within about 1%, except where the notes below say otherwise. Spain (DGT microdata) and Poland (CEPiK register) use official register counts, which differ slightly from the industry associations’ headlines. Italy’s brand table (the national vehicle archive) runs about 1% below UNRAE’s market total.

Sources

Data source for each country
CountryPublisher and datasetLicenceReleasedDetailHistoryNotes
Netherlands RDWOpen Data RDW: Gekentekende voertuigen (m9d7-ebf2) + Brandstof (8ys7-d773) CC0 1.0 Updated daily; month complete on day 1–2 of M+1 Models (BEV): full
Brands: full		 2024-01
33 months		 New passenger-car registrations. Counted from the vehicle register: cars first admitted and first registered in the Netherlands in the month (used imports excluded). RDW updates daily, so counts can run ~1% above the BOVAG/RAI headline published on the 1st because of late registrations. RDW's 'Personenauto' class also holds a few motorhomes, ambulances and hearses built on car chassis (about 0.5% of the count); they cannot be separated and are included.
Norway Statistics Norway (SSB); Opplysningsrådet for veitrafikken (OFV)SSB table 14020 (new vehicles by fuel group) + OFV Bilsalget / statistikk (top models) CC BY 4.0 (OFV); NLOD 2.0 (SSB) OFV on the 1st working day of M+1; SSB table 14020 a few days later Models (BEV): none
Brands: none		 2024-01
33 months		 New passenger-car registrations. Totals are Statistics Norway's (table 14020, new cars only, used imports excluded). BEV is SSB's 'electric/zero-emission' group, which also holds the few hydrogen cars. SSB's totals are checked against OFV's published monthly totals (export.json and OFV's monthly articles). They agree within 0.1% for most months, and the BEV shares agree to 0.1 point. Where SSB is more than 2% below OFV (May 2025 −2.8%, August 2025 −10.2%), the month is flagged as suspect and is not used as a year-on-year base. The totals are not replaced with OFV's, so the series stays one source. Norway has no free monthly plug-in-hybrid total: SSB groups plug-in and full hybrids together, so PHEV is left blank. Model figures are OFV's top-30 models (ranked by year-to-date registrations) with their monthly count, for all fuels; the market is ~98% battery-electric but the list is not split by fuel. OFV shows only the latest month and keeps no archive, so model figures exist only for months captured when they were current. Earlier months carry totals only.
Sweden Mobility SwedenMånadsrapport Nyregistreringar (monthly new-registration workbook) No licence stated 1st working day of M+1 Models (BEV): full
Brands: full		 2024-01
33 months		 New passenger-car registrations. Mobility Sweden counts new cars only; Trafikanalys' official figure also includes used imports and runs a few percent higher. BEV by model is complete (every model). PHEV by model is only available for January–February 2024; later workbooks publish the PHEV total only. Model names follow Mobility Sweden's groupings, e.g. 'VOLVO EX/XC40' and 'VW ID.7/ID.7 TOURER' are single rows.
Denmark Mobility Denmark; Danmarks StatistikMobility Denmark Nyregistreringer (models, brands, fuel split); DST BIL53 (totals) No licence stated (Mobility Denmark); CC BY 4.0 (Danmarks Statistik) Mobility Denmark on the 1st working day of M+1; DST BIL53 around the 9th Models (BEV): none
Brands: full		 2024-01
32 months		 New passenger-car registrations. Model and brand figures are for all fuels; Mobility Denmark does not split models by powertrain, so Denmark has no BEV-by-model figures. Mobility Denmark only shows the two latest months, so brand and model figures exist only for months captured while they were current. Earlier months carry Danmarks Statistik totals only. Danmarks Statistik counts about 0.3% more new cars than Mobility Denmark.
Finland Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency)Traficom statistics database: 050_ensirek_tau_105 – first registrations of passenger cars by model series, fuel and month CC BY 4.0 Table updated in the first working days of M+1 (Aug 2026 data: 4 Sep 2026) Models (BEV): full
Brands: full		 2024-01
32 months		 New passenger-car registrations. First registrations of new passenger cars in mainland Finland (Traficom register; Åland's separate register is not included), matching the Traficom/aut.fi headline. Motorhomes (M1 camper vans) are counted in the total but not attributed to brands; they are shown with 'Other brands (not itemised)'. PHEV = petrol/electric + diesel/electric plug-in hybrids; Traficom has no separate range-extender code.
Germany Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)FZ10 – Neuzulassungen von Personenkraftwagen nach Marken und Modellreihen DL-DE/BY-2.0 Headline ~3rd working day; model table (FZ10) ~5th working day of M+1 Models (BEV): full
Brands: full		 2023-01
44 months		 New passenger-car registrations. KBA groups some models into one series (e.g. 'ID.4, ID.5'); they are kept together. Brands without a model breakdown appear as 'Other brands (not itemised)'.
United Kingdom SMMTSMMT new car registrations: monthly news release and marque table (Cars_MM_YYYY) SMMT copyright; figures may be quoted with attribution ~5th working day of M+1, 09:00 UK Models (BEV): top
Brands: full		 2024-01
33 months		 New passenger-car registrations. SMMT publishes every marque but only a top 10 of models (overall, and in some months a top 10 BEV); UK-wide BEV and PHEV figures by marque are not published. For January–October 2024, BEV and PHEV totals are taken from the prior-year column of SMMT's release for the same month in 2025.
France Avere-France; PFA (Plateforme automobile)Avere-France baromètre mensuel des immatriculations (Avere/Colombus, données AAA Data) + PFA Flash marché mensuel (données AAA Data) No licence stated (published press material; attribution customary) PFA: 1st working day of M+1; Avere barometer: first days of M+1 Models (BEV): top
Brands: top		 2024-01
32 months		 New passenger-car registrations. BEV passenger cars are the sum of the regional passenger-car column of Avere's barometer; the market total and brands come from PFA's monthly Flash (AAA Data). PFA itemises about 40 brands; the rest (including BYD, MG and other Chinese brands) are grouped under 'Other brands (not itemised)'. PHEV is plug-in hybrid passenger cars only: Avere's headline PHEV figure covers cars and vans, and the barometer also prints the number of vans in it (a few dozen to several hundred a month), which is taken out. Models are Avere's top 10 BEV and top 10 PHEV passenger cars.
Spain Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT)Microdatos de matriculaciones (MATRABA): export_mensual_mat_YYYYMM DGT open data (reuse under Ley 37/2007, source must be cited) Monthly microdata on the 15th of M+1; daily files the next day (used for a preliminary month before the 15th) Models (BEV): full
Brands: full		 2024-01
33 months		 New passenger-car registrations. Counted from DGT's vehicle-level registration records: new vehicles (IND_NUEVO_USADO = 'N') of DGT type 40 'turismo'; used imports are excluded. BEV and PHEV follow the record's electric-vehicle category; range extenders (REEV) are counted as PHEV, and full hybrids (HEV) as neither. DGT counts run about 1–3% above the ANFAC figures in the press, which come from ANFAC's own registration data (August 2026: 69,400 vs 68,544 cars, 9,450 vs 9,199 BEV). Brand and model are the homologation strings (MARCA_ITV, MODELO_ITV); DGT cuts the model at 22 characters, so trim levels and truncated names are merged at normalisation.
Italy UNRAEUNRAE – Dati statistici, immatricolazioni (struttura del mercato, per marca, top 10 per alimentazione, top 50, BEV/PHEV per marca) No licence stated (UNRAE copyright; citation customary) 1st working day of M+1 (evening) Models (BEV): top
Brands: full		 2024-01
33 months		 New passenger-car registrations. Totals come from UNRAE's market-structure table (Metodo UNRAE). UNRAE's brand table uses the national vehicle archive and can total ~1% lower. UNRAE counts range extenders (REx) with plug-in hybrids. Models are UNRAE's top 10 per fuel (BEV, PHEV) and top 50 overall; brand figures by BEV and PHEV exist from May 2026.
Belgium FEBIACImmatriculations mensuelles de voitures et voitures mixtes par marque (fr_mon_brand.xls); data: SPF Mobilité & Transports (DIV) No licence stated (FEBIAC; reproduction with source credit) 1st–2nd working day of M+1 Models (BEV): none
Brands: full		 2024-01
26 months		 New passenger-car registrations. Brand totals only: FEBIAC publishes no model or fuel breakdown in this file. BEV and PHEV are not available as counts from a free Belgian source that can be fetched automatically, so Belgium has no BEV/PHEV figures. Counts cars and mixed-use cars (voitures mixtes), as in FEBIAC's headline. FEBIAC replaces the file every month; months whose file was not kept online cannot be fetched.
Switzerland auto-schweiz (data: ASTRA/OFROU, MOFIS register)auto-schweiz monthly files MOFISPW (brands, fuel totals), ModellePW (models, YTD) and Stecker_PW_LNF (plug-in cars by model and fuel) No licence stated (figures credited as 'auto-schweiz / ASTRA-MOFIS') 1st working day of M+1 Models (BEV): full
Brands: full		 2023-01
45 months		 New passenger-car registrations. Switzerland and Liechtenstein combined (the MOFIS register covers both). Brand and model totals for all fuels are month-to-month differences of auto-schweiz's year-to-date model table; Seat and Cupra are published as one brand. BEV and PHEV model rows come from the plug-in list, which is about 1% short of the official BEV total, mostly direct imports. Brands that sell only battery-electric cars (Tesla, Polestar, smart, Zeekr, XPeng, NIO, Lucid and a few others) are counted in full from the all-fuel model table, and the difference is taken out of the gap. The remaining gap is shown as 'Other brands (not itemised)'. PHEV includes range extenders.
Austria Statistik AustriaKfz-Statistik: OGD Pkw-Neuzulassungen nach Marken; press release Tabelle 1; DE1 Pkw-Neuzulassungen nach Marke und CO2-Emission CC BY 4.0 7th–10th working day of M+1 Models (BEV): none
Brands: full		 2024-01
32 months		 New passenger-car registrations. Brand totals are counted; BEV by brand is an estimate derived from each brand's average CO2 with and without electric cars, and is good to a few percent per brand. Statistik Austria does not separate plug-in hybrids from other hybrids, so Austria has no PHEV figure. No model-level data is published.
Portugal ACAPMatrículas de Veículos Automóveis por Marca (Lig. Passageiros) + por Tipo de Energia; data: IMT/AT No licence stated (ACAP; citation required) 1st working day of M+1 Models (BEV): none
Brands: full		 2025-09
13 months		 New passenger-car registrations. Passenger cars include ambulances ('Ligeiros de Passageiros e Ambulâncias'), as in ACAP's headline. BEV and PHEV are passenger-car-only figures from ACAP's energy table; PHEV = PHEV/Gasolina + PHEV/Gasóleo. ACAP publishes no brand × fuel split for passenger cars alone and no model data. ACAP only keeps the current month's files online; earlier months come from ACAP press releases and have totals only.
Ireland SIMI (Society of the Irish Motor Industry)SIMI Motorstats – new passenger cars (Total New Registrations) by make, model and engine type No licence stated; © SIMI, quoted with attribution 1st working day of M+1 (SIMI press release); the database is revised afterwards Models (BEV): full
Brands: full		 2024-01
33 months		 New passenger-car registrations. Registrations as reported by SIMI, the figures ACEA and Irish media use. Until September 2026 this page used CSO table TEM28 (new private cars licensed for the first time), which differs from SIMI by month (August 2026: CSO 10,924 cars vs SIMI 7,791). SIMI's database is live, so a month can move by a few units after the press release as late registrations and corrections arrive. 'Electric' is counted as BEV; 'Petrol/Plug-In Electric Hybrid' and 'Diesel/Plug-In Electric Hybrid' as PHEV. Non-plug-in hybrids are in neither.
Poland Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (CEPiK)API CEPiK: /pojazdy (vehicles by date of first registration in Poland) CC BY 4.0 Register updated daily; month complete a few days into M+1 Models (BEV): full
Brands: none		 2025-08
14 months		 New passenger-car registrations (BEV by model; total for all powertrains). Counted from the CEPiK vehicle register: passenger cars first registered in Poland in the month whose origin is 'new bought in Poland' or 'new individual import'; used imports are excluded. Only battery-electric cars are itemised by model. CEPiK has no plug-in hybrid flag, so Poland has no PHEV figure. The register is read later than the PZPM/Samar figures, which also come from CEPiK, and includes individual imports of new cars, so it runs a few percent higher (August 2026 BEV: 2,273 vs 2,189, +3.8%). CEPiK leaves the brand empty for makes missing from its brand list (e.g. Leapmotor, Xpeng, Omoda); these are filled from unambiguous model names, and the rest are shown as an unknown brand.
Czechia SDA (Svaz dovozců automobilů)Registrace nových OA v ČR (palOAm, ptOAm, hybrOAm); data: Registr silničních vozidel MD ČR No licence stated (SDA copyright; citation required) 1st–3rd working day of M+1 Models (BEV): full
Brands: full		 2024-01
32 months		 New passenger-car registrations. Counts all new M1 registrations, including motorhomes on an M1 base (e.g. Adria, Bürstner), exactly as SDA's headline does. PHEV = SDA's plug-in hybrid and range-extender categories; full and mild hybrids are not included. Model rows that SDA lists with a brand only appear as 'Model not specified'.

Chinese brand classification

Tier 1, “Chinese brands” (the headline figure): brands headquartered or developed in China. That includes European companies that sell rebadged Chinese cars (DR, Evo, Ebro, Sportequipe) and Lynk & Co. Tier 2, “Chinese-owned”: European-heritage brands controlled by a Chinese group. Dropping the rebadgers and Lynk & Co moves the headline share by a few tenths of a point. The list is versioned in the classification CSV.

Tier 1: Chinese brands

Aiways, BAIC, BAW, BYD, Baojun, Bestune, CFMoto, Changan, Chery, DR, Deepal, Denza, Dongfeng, Ebro, Elaris, Evo, Firefly, Forthing, GAC, GWM, Geely, HDK, HiPhi, Hisun, Hongqi, JAC, Jaecoo, Jetour, Joyear, Kandi, Leapmotor, Li Auto, Livan, Luxeed, Lvtong, Lynk & Co, MG, Maxus, Mhero, Neta, Nio, Omoda, Omoda/Jaecoo, SWM, Seres, Shineray, Skywell, Skyworth, Sportequipe, Today Sunshine, Voyah, XPeng, Xiaomi, Yudo, Yunlong, Zeekr, Zhidou

Tier 2: Chinese-owned groups

LEVC, Lotus, Polestar, Volvo, smart

EU tariff timeline

  • 5 July 2024: provisional countervailing duties on battery-electric cars built in China.
  • 31 October 2024: definitive duties in force for five years (Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2754): BYD 17.0%, Geely 18.8%, SAIC 35.3%, Tesla (Shanghai) 7.8%, other cooperating makers 20.7%, all on top of the 10% import duty. Plug-in hybrids are not covered.
  • 10 February 2026: the Commission accepts the first minimum-price undertaking in place of duties (Volkswagen Anhui’s Cupra Tavascan).

Corrections and revisions

  • 2026-09-24 · 2024-01 to 2026-08 IE: Ireland switched from CSO figures for cars licensed for the first time to SIMI new-car registrations (the figures ACEA uses). August 2026 changes from 10,924 cars / 3,763 BEV to 7,788 / 2,261; every Irish month since January 2024 is restated.

For journalists

Compiled by Jan at evstats.org. For a comment, a custom cut (one brand across all countries, a different country set) or to report an error, email info@evstats.org. This edition was compiled on 23 September 2026 from national figures that were already final.

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