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May 2025 edition 14 countries Final figures, compiled retrospectively

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

Tesla registered 8,643 cars in the 12 countries with a Tesla figure for May 2025. In the 12 countries with a year-earlier figure it was down 38% (8,643 vs 13,990): up in 1, down in 11. Tesla outsold BYD (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) in 6 of the 11 countries that publish every brand: 10,387 BYD vs 7,922 Tesla. Counting battery-electric cars only, in 9 countries: Tesla 5,051, BYD 2,903 (BYD's figure for Austria is an estimate).

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Battery-electric cars 169,961 +26% YoY in 13 countries Total of 14 countries
BEV share of new cars 17.1% 13.8% a year earlier Same 13 countries in both years
Chinese brands’ share 5.7% 3.2% a year earlier (same 11) All new cars, 11 countries · definition
BYD vs Tesla BYD10,387 Tesla7,922 BYD ahead in 5 of the 11 countries that publish every brand
14 countries in this edition
  • Netherlands 36% BEV
  • Norway 94% BEV
  • Sweden 37% BEV
  • Denmark 61% BEV
  • Finland 34% BEV
  • Germany 18% BEV
  • United Kingdom 22% BEV
  • France 16% BEV
  • Spain 8% BEV
  • Italy 5% BEV
  • Belgium no data
  • Switzerland 21% BEV
  • Austria 22% BEV
  • Portugal no data
  • Ireland 19% BEV
  • Poland no data
  • Czechia 6% BEV

May 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 May 2025?
Tesla registered 8,643 cars in the 12 countries covered here that have a Tesla figure for May 2025. In the 12 countries with a year-earlier figure, Tesla was down 38% (8,643 vs 13,990): up in 1, down in 11. Year to date in 12 countries: 53,736 (−38%).
Did BYD outsell Tesla in Europe in May 2025?
Yes, counting all powertrains. In the 11 countries that publish every brand, BYD registered 10,387 cars (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) and Tesla 7,922; BYD was ahead in 5 of them. BYD’s 10,387 in those countries alone is more than Tesla’s 8,643 across all 12 countries. Counting battery-electric cars only (9 countries), Tesla led: Tesla 5,051, BYD 2,903, with BYD ahead in 2 of those countries. (BYD’s figure for Austria is an estimate.)
What share of new cars in Europe went to Chinese brands in May 2025?
Chinese brands (BYD, MG, Leapmotor, Omoda/Jaecoo, XPeng and others) took 5.7% of new-car registrations in the 11 countries that publish every brand, or 8.8% including Chinese-owned Volvo, Polestar, smart and Lotus. In the 11 countries with data for both years, the share was 5.7% against 3.2% a year earlier.
Which electric car sold best in Europe in May 2025?
The Skoda Elroq, with 4,805 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 May 2025?
Battery-electric cars were 18.3% of new-car registrations across the 14 countries reporting both figures for May 2025. In the 13 countries with data for both years the share was 17.1%, against 13.8% a year earlier.
Which electric car grew fastest in Europe in May 2025?
By added battery-electric registrations year on year, the Skoda Elroq: 4,805 in May 2025, with no battery-electric registrations a year earlier (a new electric model), in the 8 countries that publish every model for both years.

Tesla vs BYD by country

Registrations in May 2025, with the change on May 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, May 2025
Country Tesla YoY Tesla YTD YTD YoY BYD (all) YoY BYD BEV BYD PHEV Ahead
United Kingdom 2,016 −36% 15,002 −8% 3,025 +408% n/a n/a BYD
Spain 795 −29% 4,540 −19% 2,431 >+999% 1,019 1,412 BYD
Germany 1,210 −36% 7,030 −58% 1,857 +824% 1,223 634 BYD
Italy 855 −20% 4,769 −7% 1,945 low base n/a ≥1,571 BYD
Netherlands 1,057 −36% 4,882 −51% 316 +44% 114 202 Tesla
Austria 643 +29% 2,143 −37% 552 +94% 442e n/a Tesla
France 721 −67% 8,277 −47% n/a – n/a ≥274 –
Sweden 503 −54% 2,635 −59% 76 −28% 7 n/a Tesla
Switzerland 449 −14% 1,913 −55% 52 – 42 8 Tesla
Ireland 91 −62% 993 −8% 114 low base 41 73 BYD
Czechia 154 −39% 857 +13% 8 – 7 1 Tesla
Finland 149 −51% 695 −48% 11 low base 8 3 Tesla
Tesla, all 12 countries 8,643 Every figure is a full count. Year to date in 12 countries: 53,736 (−38%).
Tesla, 12 countries with a year-earlier figure 8,643 (−38%) vs 13,990 a year earlier. Up in 1, down in 11.
Tesla vs BYD, 11 countries with every brand 7,922 vs 10,387 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 5,051, BYD 2,903.

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 May 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 May 2025 0 10k 20k 30k ’24’25May 25 7,922 10,387

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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
April 20253,6948,442
May 20257,92210,387

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 May 2025 0% 2.5% 5% 7.5% 10% ’24’25May 25 5.7% 8.8%

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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%
April 20254.8%8.0%
May 20255.7%8.8%

All new cars

5.7% across 11 countries (44,318 of 775,511); 8.8% including Chinese-owned brands.

Chinese-brand share by country, All new cars, May 2025
CountrySharevs 2024YTDLargest Chinese brands
Spain
10.1%
 +6.3 pp 8.8% MG 5,332 · BYD 2,431 · Omoda 1,373
United Kingdom
8.6%
 +3.3 pp 7.3% MG 6,625 · BYD 3,025 · Jaecoo 1,679
Italy
7.1%
 +2.5 pp 6.6% MG 4,299 · DR 2,023 · BYD 1,945
Netherlands
6.1%
 +3.5 pp 3.9% MG 673 · Lynk & Co 351 · BYD 316
Austria
4.7%
 +0.8 pp 4.2% BYD 552 · MG 534 · Leapmotor 41
Ireland
3.3%
 +1.4 pp 3.0% BYD 114 · MG 68 · XPeng 8
Sweden
3.2%
 +0.2 pp 2.1% Lynk & Co 362 · MG 134 · Zeekr 119
Czechia
2.8%
 +0.6 pp 2.6% MG 415 · Jaecoo 57 · Omoda 24
Germany
2.1%
 +0.8 pp 1.5% MG 2,156 · BYD 1,857 · Leapmotor 509
Switzerland
1.5%
 +1.5 pp 1.6% MG 184 · BYD 52 · Leapmotor 46
Finland
0.8%
 −0.1 pp 1.4% MG 32 · XPeng 14 · BYD 11

Battery-electric cars only

7.5% across 9 countries (6,467 of 86,735); 15.0% including Chinese-owned brands.

Chinese-brand share by country, Battery-electric cars only, May 2025
CountrySharevs 2024YTDLargest Chinese brands
Spain
16.4%
 +6.7 pp 15.2% BYD 1,019 · Leapmotor 176 · MG 149
Netherlands
10.4%
 +5.7 pp 7.0% MG 517 · Zeekr 156 · Seres 127
Austria
9.3%
 −8.0 pp 10.5% BYD 442 · MG 39 · Leapmotor 25 (est.)
Ireland
6.5%
 −4.3 pp 9.7% BYD 41 · MG 21 · XPeng 8
Germany
6.0%
 −3.4 pp 4.9% BYD 1,223 · MG 603 · Leapmotor 413
Sweden
4.9%
 −2.2 pp 3.9% Zeekr 119 · MG 118 · XPeng 106
Czechia
3.6%
 −1.7 pp 3.3% MG 30 · BYD 7 · Dongfeng 6
Switzerland
2.9%
 +2.5 pp 2.8% BYD 42 · Leapmotor 31 · MG 27
Finland
1.9%
 −1.3 pp 3.3% MG 20 · XPeng 14 · BYD 8

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, May 2025
ModelBEV registrationsYoYMoMLargest markets
1Skoda Elroq
4,805
 new +15% DE 2,690 · NL 1,091 · CZ 377
2Volkswagen ID.7
4,426
 +350% −2% DE 3,146 · SE 875 · FI 191
3Volkswagen ID.3
3,468
 +13% −3% DE 2,939 · SE 173 · CH 127
4Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5
3,227
 +2% −9% DE 2,310 · SE 414 · FI 184
5Tesla Model Y
3,207
 −27% +97% DE 920 · NL 648 · ES 536
6Skoda Enyaq
2,949
 −2% −2% DE 1,844 · SE 368 · CH 224
7Kia EV3
2,925
 new −1% DE 859 · NL 729 · SE 581
8Audi A6 e-tron/A6
2,403
 new +17% DE 1,666 · SE 360 · NL 197
9BMW iX1/X1
2,134
 +22% −8% DE 1,285 · NL 263 · ES 200
10Audi Q6 e-tron
2,117
 low base +31% DE 1,542 · SE 173 · NL 153
11Hyundai Inster
2,069
 new +33% DE 1,122 · NL 335 · ES 301
12Cupra Born
1,901
 −10% −11% DE 1,474 · ES 133 · SE 116
13Volvo EX30
1,834
 −56% −2% DE 541 · SE 538 · NL 436
14Audi Q4 e-tron
1,661
 −20% +2% DE 838 · NL 281 · SE 223
15Volvo EX40/XC40
1,536
 −11% +24% SE 900 · NL 247 · DE 152
16Cupra Tavascan
1,463
 low base −16% DE 1,060 · ES 201 · SE 83
17Ford Explorer
1,281
 new −17% DE 847 · NL 183 · SE 90
18Renault 5
1,253
 new −33% DE 406 · ES 364 · NL 195
19Citroën C3/C3 Aircross
1,204
 new −2% ES 576 · NL 299 · DE 279
20BMW i4/4 Series
1,195
 +14% −19% DE 788 · SE 117 · ES 109
21Tesla Model 3
1,175
 −55% +33% NL 403 · DE 281 · ES 258
22Mercedes-Benz EQA/GLA
1,150
 −26% −11% DE 573 · ES 215 · SE 122
23Volkswagen ID. Buzz
1,140
 +141% −6% DE 856 · CH 84 · SE 72
24BMW i5/5 Series
1,126
 +14% +5% DE 803 · SE 145 · NL 67
25Mercedes-Benz EQB/GLB
1,102
 +14% −3% DE 724 · SE 126 · ES 93

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. 1Skoda Elroq ≥5,488
  2. 2Volkswagen ID.7 ≥4,426
  3. 3Citroën C3/C3 Aircross ≥4,020
  4. 4Tesla Model Y ≥3,842
  5. 5Volkswagen ID.3 ≥3,468
  6. 6Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5 ≥3,227
  7. 7Skoda Enyaq ≥2,949
  8. 8BMW iX1/X1 ≥2,946
  9. 9Kia EV3 ≥2,925
  10. 10Renault 5 ≥2,722

Fastest-growing BEV models, year on year

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

Fastest-growing BEV models, year on year
ModelNowBeforeAddedChange
Skoda Elroq 4,805 0 +4,805 new
Volkswagen ID.7 4,426 984 +3,442 +350%
Kia EV3 2,925 0 +2,925 new
Audi A6 e-tron/A6 2,403 0 +2,403 new
Audi Q6 e-tron 2,117 17 +2,100 low base
Hyundai Inster 2,069 0 +2,069 new
Cupra Tavascan 1,463 2 +1,461 low base
Ford Explorer 1,281 0 +1,281 new
Renault 5 1,253 0 +1,253 new
Citroën C3/C3 Aircross 1,204 0 +1,204 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 3,207 1,627 +1,580 +97%
Skoda Elroq 4,805 4,180 +625 +15%
Hyundai Inster 2,069 1,557 +512 +33%
Audi Q6 e-tron 2,117 1,621 +496 +31%
Audi A6 e-tron/A6 2,403 2,062 +341 +17%
Volvo EX40/XC40 1,536 1,241 +295 +24%
Tesla Model 3 1,175 881 +294 +33%
BMW iX2/X2 652 452 +200 +44%
BYD Atto 3CN 452 274 +178 +65%
Toyota bZ4X 1,027 858 +169 +20%

Top battery-electric models by country

Netherlands

  1. 1Skoda Elroq1,091
  2. 2Kia EV3729
  3. 3Tesla Model Y648
  4. 4Volvo EX30436
  5. 5Tesla Model 3403
  6. 6Hyundai Inster335
  7. 7Citroën C3/C3 Aircross299
  8. 8MG MG5295
  9. 9Audi Q4 e-tron281
  10. 10BMW iX1/X1263

Sweden

  1. 1Volvo EX40/XC40900
  2. 2Volkswagen ID.7875
  3. 3Kia EV3581
  4. 4Volvo EX30538
  5. 5Tesla Model Y454
  6. 6Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5414
  7. 7Polestar 4380
  8. 8Skoda Enyaq368
  9. 9Volvo EC40361
  10. 10Audi A6 e-tron/A6360

Finland

  1. 1Volkswagen ID.7191
  2. 2Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5184
  3. 3Skoda Elroq168
  4. 4Skoda Enyaq143
  5. 5Tesla Model Y121
  6. 6Kia EV389
  7. 7Volvo EX40/XC4082
  8. 8Audi Q6 e-tron71
  9. 9Audi Q4 e-tron63
  10. 10BMW i4/4 Series58

Germany

  1. 1Volkswagen ID.73,146
  2. 2Volkswagen ID.32,939
  3. 3Skoda Elroq2,690
  4. 4Volkswagen ID.4/ID.52,310
  5. 5Skoda Enyaq1,844
  6. 6Audi A6 e-tron/A61,666
  7. 7Audi Q6 e-tron1,542
  8. 8Cupra Born1,474
  9. 9BMW iX1/X11,285
  10. 10Hyundai Inster1,122

France

Top-N only
  1. 1Citroën C3/C3 Aircross2,420
  2. 2Renault 51,469
  3. 3Renault Scenic1,036
  4. 4Peugeot 208742
  5. 5Skoda Elroq683
  6. 6Peugeot 3008578
  7. 7Renault Megane509
  8. 8Mini All models (not itemised)488
  9. 9BMW iX1/X1479

Spain

  1. 1Citroën C3/C3 Aircross576
  2. 2Tesla Model Y536
  3. 3Kia EV3512
  4. 4Toyota bZ4X430
  5. 5Renault 5364
  6. 6Peugeot 2008307
  7. 7Hyundai Inster301
  8. 8Opel Frontera268
  9. 9Tesla Model 3258
  10. 10BYD Seal237

Italy

Top-N only
  1. 1Tesla Model Y635
  2. 2Jeep Avenger482
  3. 3Citroën C3/C3 Aircross396
  4. 4BMW iX1/X1333
  5. 5Ford Puma262
  6. 6Dacia Spring237
  7. 7Leapmotor T03231
  8. 8Tesla Model 3214
  9. 9Alfa Romeo Junior190
  10. 10Audi Q6 e-tron157

Switzerland

  1. 1Tesla Model Y343
  2. 2Skoda Enyaq224
  3. 3Skoda Elroq218
  4. 4BMW iX1/X1172
  5. 5Audi Q4 e-tron154
  6. 6Porsche Macan137
  7. 7Audi Q6 e-tron132
  8. 8Hyundai Inster127
  9. 9Volkswagen ID.3127
  10. 10Audi A6 e-tron/A6110

Ireland

  1. 1Hyundai Inster122
  2. 2Volkswagen ID.4/ID.568
  3. 3Hyundai Ioniq 557
  4. 4Kia EV355
  5. 5Tesla Model Y53
  6. 6Kia EV643
  7. 7Tesla Model 338
  8. 8Hyundai Kona37
  9. 9BMW iX1/X133
  10. 10Skoda Elroq33

Czechia

  1. 1Skoda Elroq377
  2. 2Tesla Model Y132
  3. 3Skoda Enyaq98
  4. 4Kia EV351
  5. 5Hyundai Kona39
  6. 6Volkswagen ID.731
  7. 7Volkswagen ID. Buzz30
  8. 8Ford Puma29
  9. 9Renault 523
  10. 10Tesla Model 321

Brand league table

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

81,307 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, May 2025
BrandGroupRegistrationsShareYoY
1Volkswagen Volkswagen Group
12,323
 15.2% +56%
2Skoda Volkswagen Group
7,756
 9.5% +158%
3Audi Volkswagen Group
6,372
 7.8% +130%
4BMW BMW Group
5,839
 7.2% +9%
5Kia Hyundai Motor Group
4,493
 5.5% +39%
6VolvoCN-owned Geely Holding
4,482
 5.5% −32%
7Tesla
4,408
 5.4% −38%
8Hyundai Hyundai Motor Group
4,116
 5.1% +114%
9Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz Group
3,502
 4.3% −8%
10Cupra Volkswagen Group
3,364
 4.1% +59%
11Opel Stellantis
2,485
 3.1% +295%
12BYDCN
2,461
 3.0% +188%
13Ford
2,441
 3.0% +313%
14Renault Renault Group
2,050
 2.5% +49%
15Mini BMW Group
1,578
 1.9% +146%
16Citroën Stellantis
1,532
 1.9% +311%
17MGCN SAIC
1,485
 1.8% −51%
18PolestarCN-owned Geely Holding
1,279
 1.6% +14%
19Porsche Volkswagen Group
1,271
 1.6% +149%
20Peugeot Stellantis
1,269
 1.6% +12%
21Toyota
1,080
 1.3% +294%
22Fiat Stellantis
909
 1.1% +16%
23LeapmotorCN
653
 0.8% new
24smartCN-owned smart Automobile (Mercedes-Benz/Geely JV)
579
 0.7% −67%
25Nissan
499
 0.6% +91%
26XPengCN
486
 0.6% +342%
27Dacia Renault Group
462
 0.6% +37%
28ZeekrCN Geely Holding
275
 0.3% +112%
29Jeep Stellantis
221
 0.3% −21%
30Lexus Toyota
166
 0.2% low base

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, May 2025
CountryNew carsYoYBEVBEV shareBEV YoYPHEVSource · first in
Netherlands 30,245 +9% 10,812
35.8%
 +12% 6,531 RDW · 2026-09-23
Norway 13,862 n/c 12,991
93.7%
 n/c – Statistics Norway (SSB); Opplysningsrådet for veitrafikken (OFV) · 2026-09-23
Sweden 25,675 +2% 9,469
36.9%
 +24% 6,767 Mobility Sweden · 2026-09-23
Denmark 18,061 +23% 10,939
60.6%
 +51% 457 Mobility Denmark; Danmarks Statistik · 2026-09-23
Finland 6,853 −12% 2,296
33.5%
 +3% 1,435 Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency) · 2026-09-23
Germany 239,297 +1% 43,060
18.0%
 +45% 25,181 Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA) · 2026-09-23
United Kingdom 150,070 +2% 32,738
21.8%
 +26% 17,898 SMMT · 2026-09-23
France 123,919 −12% 19,414
15.7%
 −19% 8,180 Avere-France; PFA (Plateforme automobile) · 2026-09-23
Spain 113,526 +19% 9,197
8.1%
 +101% 12,529 Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT) · 2026-09-23
Italy 140,224 −1% 7,144
5.1%
 +41% 8,953 UNRAE · 2026-09-23
Belgium No figures for this month from this source. FEBIAC
Switzerland 19,969 −6% 4,177
20.9%
 +17% 2,304 auto-schweiz (data: ASTRA/OFROU, MOFIS register) · 2026-09-23
Austria 24,311 +23% 5,428
22.3%
 +57% – Statistik Austria · 2026-09-23
Portugal No figures for this month from this source. ACAP
Ireland 5,822 −9% 1,086
18.6%
 +5% 1,122 SIMI (Society of the Irish Motor Industry) · 2026-09-24
Poland No figures for this month from this source. Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (CEPiK)
Czechia 19,519 −1% 1,210
6.2%
 +62% 948 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 May 2025 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% ’24’25May 25 16.3%

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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%
April 202515.8%
May 202516.3%

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CSV May 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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