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October 2026 edition 13 of 17 countries in Updated 13 November 2026

Tesla, BYD and Europe’s best-selling EVs: October 2026

Tesla registered 8,097 cars in the 13 countries with a Tesla figure for October 2026 (for Norway, only the models in the national top-model list, so a minimum, compared with the same models a year earlier). In the 11 countries with a year-earlier figure it was up 112% (7,548 vs 3,564): up in 7, down in 4. BYD (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) outsold Tesla in 10 of the 11 countries that publish every brand: 20,753 BYD vs 6,481 Tesla. Counting battery-electric cars only, in 9 countries: Tesla 5,718, BYD 6,440 (BYD's figure for Austria is an estimate).

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Battery-electric cars 253,879 +53% YoY in 13 countries Total of 13 countries
BEV share of new cars 34.3% 23.1% a year earlier Same 13 countries in both years
Chinese brands’ share 12.8% 6.3% a year earlier (same 9) All new cars, 11 countries · definition
BYD vs Tesla BYD20,753 Tesla6,481 BYD ahead in 10 of the 11 countries that publish every brand
13 countries in this edition · waiting for FR, IT, BE, IE
  • Netherlands 55% BEV
  • Norway 99% BEV
  • Sweden 51% BEV
  • Denmark 88% BEV
  • Finland 60% BEV
  • Germany 37% BEV
  • United Kingdom 32% BEV
  • France expected soon
  • Spain 17% BEV
  • Italy expected soon
  • Belgium expected soon
  • Switzerland 35% BEV
  • Austria 35% BEV
  • Portugal 45% BEV
  • Ireland expected soon
  • Poland 6% BEV
  • Czechia 9% BEV

October 2026 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 October 2026?
Tesla registered 8,097 cars in the 13 countries covered here that have a Tesla figure for October 2026 (for Norway, only models in the national top-model list, so a minimum). In the 11 countries with a year-earlier figure, Tesla was up 112% (7,548 vs 3,564): up in 7, down in 4 (Norway compared on the same models in both years). Year to date in 9 countries: 146,358 (+56%).
Did BYD outsell Tesla in Europe in October 2026?
Yes, counting all powertrains. In the 11 countries that publish every brand, BYD registered 20,753 cars (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) and Tesla 6,481; BYD was ahead in 10 of them. BYD’s 20,753 in those countries alone is more than Tesla’s 8,097 across all 13 countries. Counting battery-electric cars only (9 countries), BYD led: Tesla 5,718, BYD 6,440, with BYD ahead in 5 of those countries. (BYD’s figure for Austria is an estimate.)
What share of new cars in Europe went to Chinese brands in October 2026?
Chinese brands (BYD, MG, Leapmotor, Omoda/Jaecoo, XPeng and others) took 12.8% of new-car registrations in the 11 countries that publish every brand, or 16.0% including Chinese-owned Volvo, Polestar, smart and Lotus. In the 9 countries with data for both years, the share was 12.6% against 6.3% a year earlier.
Which electric car sold best in Europe in October 2026?
The Skoda Elroq, with 5,755 battery-electric registrations in the 8 countries that publish every model (the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Poland and Czechia).
What share of new cars in Europe were electric in October 2026?
Battery-electric cars were 34.3% of new-car registrations across the 13 countries reporting both figures for October 2026. In the 13 countries with data for both years the share was 34.3%, against 23.1% a year earlier.
Which electric car grew fastest in Europe in October 2026?
By added battery-electric registrations year on year, the Mercedes-Benz GLC: 4,598 in October 2026 against 3 a year earlier, in the 8 countries that publish every model for both years.

Tesla vs BYD by country

Registrations in October 2026, with the change on October 2025 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, October 2026
Country Tesla YoY Tesla YTD YTD YoY BYD (all) YoY BYD BEV BYD PHEV Ahead
Germany 2,932 +291% 47,742 +206% 5,173 +54% 2,361 2,812 BYD
Spain 1,459 +270% 14,947 +18% 5,305 +89% 2,258 3,047 BYD
United Kingdom 282 −45% 46,526 +31% 6,065 +73% n/a n/a BYD
Norway ≥1,548 +131% – – ≥747 +101% n/a n/a –
Austria 164 low base 6,111 +20% 1,352 +142% 811e n/a BYD
Portugal 412 – – – 563 – n/a n/a BYD
Switzerland 124 −3% 5,443 +17% 835 +492% 397 429 BYD
Netherlands 328 −49% 11,487 +7% 599 +66% 233 365 BYD
Sweden 463 +248% 8,700 +49% 321 low base 52 n/a Tesla
Denmark 137 – – – 303 – n/a n/a BYD
Czechia 111 low base 2,120 +27% 116 low base 43 69 BYD
Finland 69 low base 3,282 +75% 121 +8% 114 7 BYD
Poland 68 low base 3,027 – n/a – 171 n/a –
Tesla, all 13 countries 8,097 Includes minimums for Norway. Year to date in 9 countries: 146,358 (+56%).
Tesla, 11 countries with a year-earlier figure 7,548 (+112%) vs 3,564 a year earlier. Up in 7, down in 4. Norway: minimum compared with the same models a year earlier.
Tesla vs BYD, 11 countries with every brand 6,481 vs 20,753 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 5,718, BYD 6,440.

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 Oct 2026, 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 September 2026 0 20k 40k 60k ’24’25’26Sep 26 45,523 39,583

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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
June 202520,10311,729
July 20255,01010,061
August 20258,5327,302
September 202522,92121,008
October 20253,12212,897
November 202511,67016,600
December 202520,89519,795
January 20265,11614,469
February 20269,25814,169
March 202630,53731,510
April 20266,43421,537
May 202614,22224,790
June 202633,52927,080
July 20261,97224,166
August 20267,38717,808
September 202645,52339,583

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. Specs and sales brand by brand are in our Chinese EV brands in Europe study.

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 September 2026 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% ’24’25’26Sep 26 14.9% 18.2%

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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%
June 20255.7%9.1%
July 20255.5%8.4%
August 20255.4%8.2%
September 20258.0%11.5%
October 20256.6%10.0%
November 20257.5%10.6%
December 20258.9%13.0%
January 20267.7%10.4%
February 20268.4%11.0%
March 202610.1%12.9%
April 202610.1%13.0%
May 202610.9%14.1%
June 202610.8%14.0%
July 202611.0%13.8%
August 202611.4%14.0%
September 202614.9%18.2%

All new cars

12.8% across 11 countries (85,185 of 667,618); 16.0% including Chinese-owned brands.

Chinese-brand share by country, All new cars, October 2026
CountrySharevs 2025YTDLargest Chinese brands
United Kingdom
21.2%
 +10.8 pp 17.8% MG 7,837 · Jaecoo 6,089 · BYD 6,065
Spain
19.0%
 +7.2 pp 15.7% BYD 5,305 · MG 3,055 · Omoda 2,152
Austria
16.9%
 +12.6 pp 9.7% BYD 1,352 · Leapmotor 674 · MG 514
Portugal
16.1%
 – – BYD 563 · Leapmotor 436 · MG 318
Denmark
16.1%
 – – MG 1,039 · XPeng 496 · Zeekr 489
Switzerland
11.6%
 +8.1 pp 7.2% BYD 835 · MG 486 · Leapmotor 377
Netherlands
9.3%
 +5.0 pp 7.8% Leapmotor 622 · BYD 599 · Jaecoo 366
Czechia
6.5%
 +2.4 pp 5.7% Omoda/Jaecoo 570 · MG 204 · BYD 116
Germany
6.3%
 +3.3 pp 4.6% BYD 5,173 · MG 4,140 · Leapmotor 3,661
Sweden
5.8%
 +3.6 pp 4.1% BYD 321 · Lynk & Co 305 · Zeekr 229
Finland
4.4%
 +1.7 pp 3.2% BYD 121 · MG 53 · XPeng 39

Battery-electric cars only

13.7% across 9 countries (22,700 of 165,376); 19.6% including Chinese-owned brands.

Chinese-brand share by country, Battery-electric cars only, October 2026
CountrySharevs 2025YTDLargest Chinese brands
Spain
35.8%
 +9.0 pp 28.9% BYD 2,258 · Leapmotor 1,400 · Geely 941
Austria
22.6%
 +12.0 pp 16.3% BYD 811 · Leapmotor 646 · MG 226 (est.)
Switzerland
17.3%
 +10.8 pp 13.0% BYD 397 · Leapmotor 323 · Zeekr 155
Poland
17.3%
 −3.2 pp 19.1% Leapmotor 233 · BYD 171 · Geely 64
Czechia
11.2%
 +9.5 pp 9.3% Leapmotor 101 · BYD 43 · XPeng 30
Germany
10.6%
 +5.1 pp 8.4% Leapmotor 3,549 · BYD 2,361 · MG 1,988
Netherlands
9.6%
 +3.6 pp 8.7% Leapmotor 577 · BYD 233 · Zeekr 217
Finland
6.9%
 +0.6 pp 5.3% BYD 114 · MG 44 · XPeng 39
Sweden
6.6%
 +3.6 pp 5.0% Zeekr 229 · XPeng 219 · MG 204

Best-selling electric models

Battery-electric registrations summed over the 8 countries that publish every model (the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Poland 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, October 2026
ModelBEV registrationsYoYMoMLargest markets
1Skoda Elroq
5,755
 −13% −9% DE 3,542 · NL 908 · ES 373
2Volkswagen ID.7
4,763
 +5% +40% DE 3,576 · SE 511 · NL 491
3Mercedes-Benz GLC
4,598
 low base +34% DE 3,429 · CH 299 · ES 267
4Skoda Enyaq
4,543
 +12% +4% DE 2,882 · CH 517 · NL 359
5Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5
4,404
 +8% +16% DE 3,188 · NL 563 · SE 365
6BMW iX1/X1
4,222
 +49% +52% DE 3,215 · NL 371 · CH 197
7Volkswagen ID.3
3,844
 −9% +23% DE 2,813 · NL 334 · SE 266
8Tesla Model Y
3,701
 +102% −78% DE 2,534 · SE 328 · ES 309
9Mercedes-Benz CLA
3,666
 +77% +17% DE 2,772 · ES 281 · NL 180
10Audi Q4 e-tron
3,655
 +77% +34% DE 2,336 · NL 506 · SE 308
11Volvo EX30
3,648
 +121% +21% DE 1,591 · SE 802 · NL 613
12Cupra Tavascan
3,121
 +46% +227% DE 2,784 · NL 138 · CH 85
13BMW iX3/X3
3,004
 >+999% +17% DE 1,523 · SE 495 · NL 407
14Kia EV2
2,897
 new +5% DE 1,387 · NL 621 · SE 407
15Kia EV3
2,808
 −6% −6% DE 907 · ES 721 · NL 503
16Audi Q6 e-tron
2,724
 +46% +16% DE 1,849 · PL 323 · NL 202
17Citroën C3/C3 Aircross
2,608
 +68% +59% DE 1,854 · ES 367 · NL 287
18Mini All models (not itemised)
2,515
 +63% +5% DE 2,515
19Leapmotor B10CN
2,438
 +810% +26% DE 1,457 · ES 450 · NL 188
20Audi A6 e-tron/A6
2,417
 +23% +31% DE 2,096 · PL 87 · NL 83
21Cupra Raval
2,342
 low base −5% DE 1,246 · NL 469 · ES 329
22Renault 5
2,243
 +12% +13% DE 1,089 · NL 559 · ES 313
23Mercedes-Benz EQB/GLB
2,227
 +70% +3% DE 1,470 · SE 187 · ES 184
24Volvo EX40/XC40
2,147
 +8% −10% SE 997 · NL 489 · DE 434
25Volkswagen ID. Buzz
2,064
 +70% +34% DE 1,520 · ES 197 · SE 147

Fastest-growing BEV models, year on year

Ranked by registrations added vs October 2025, in the same 8 countries. Models with at least 300 registrations this month.

Fastest-growing BEV models, year on year
ModelNowBeforeAddedChange
Mercedes-Benz GLC 4,598 3 +4,595 low base
Kia EV2 2,897 0 +2,897 new
BMW iX3/X3 3,004 132 +2,872 >+999%
Cupra Raval 2,342 9 +2,333 low base
Leapmotor B10CN 2,438 268 +2,170 +810%
Volvo EX30 3,648 1,652 +1,996 +121%
Tesla Model Y 3,701 1,831 +1,870 +102%
Mazda CX-6e 1,637 0 +1,637 new
Skoda Epiq 1,607 0 +1,607 new
Mercedes-Benz CLA 3,666 2,071 +1,595 +77%

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
Cupra Tavascan 3,121 955 +2,166 +227%
BMW iX1/X1 4,222 2,785 +1,437 +52%
Volkswagen ID.7 4,763 3,399 +1,364 +40%
Mercedes-Benz GLC 4,598 3,420 +1,178 +34%
MG MG4 UrbanCN 1,086 0 +1,086 new
Citroën C3/C3 Aircross 2,608 1,644 +964 +59%
Audi Q4 e-tron 3,655 2,737 +918 +34%
VinFast VF 6 881 11 +870 low base
BMW i3/3 Series 1,006 165 +841 +510%
Volkswagen ID.3 3,844 3,129 +715 +23%

Top battery-electric models by country

Netherlands

  1. 1Skoda Elroq908
  2. 2Kia EV2621
  3. 3Volvo EX30613
  4. 4Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5563
  5. 5Renault 5559
  6. 6Audi Q4 e-tron506
  7. 7Kia EV3503
  8. 8Volkswagen ID.7491
  9. 9Volvo EX40/XC40489
  10. 10Cupra Raval469

Sweden

  1. 1Volvo EX40/XC40997
  2. 2Volvo EX30802
  3. 3Volkswagen ID.7511
  4. 4Toyota bZ4X504
  5. 5BMW iX3/X3495
  6. 6Kia EV3472
  7. 7Kia EV2407
  8. 8VinFast VF 6398
  9. 9Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5365
  10. 10Skoda Enyaq333

Finland

  1. 1Toyota bZ4X281
  2. 2Skoda Elroq153
  3. 3Skoda Enyaq150
  4. 4Mercedes-Benz GLC128
  5. 5Audi Q4 e-tron124
  6. 6Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5123
  7. 7Mercedes-Benz EQB/GLB104
  8. 8Volvo EX40/XC40102
  9. 9BMW iX3/X399
  10. 10BMW i4/4 Series96

Germany

  1. 1Volkswagen ID.73,576
  2. 2Skoda Elroq3,542
  3. 3Mercedes-Benz GLC3,429
  4. 4BMW iX1/X13,215
  5. 5Volkswagen ID.4/ID.53,188
  6. 6Skoda Enyaq2,882
  7. 7Volkswagen ID.32,813
  8. 8Cupra Tavascan2,784
  9. 9Mercedes-Benz CLA2,772
  10. 10Tesla Model Y2,534

Spain

  1. 1Tesla Model 31,150
  2. 2Kia EV3721
  3. 3Geely EX2699
  4. 4BYD Atto 2602
  5. 5BYD Dolphin Surf483
  6. 6BYD Atto 3458
  7. 7Leapmotor B10450
  8. 8Deepal S05446
  9. 9Toyota C-HR+/C-HR390
  10. 10Leapmotor B05385

Switzerland

  1. 1Skoda Enyaq517
  2. 2Skoda Elroq325
  3. 3Mercedes-Benz GLC299
  4. 4BMW iX3/X3222
  5. 5Volvo EX30211
  6. 6BMW iX1/X1197
  7. 7Audi Q4 e-tron174
  8. 8Toyota bZ4X139
  9. 9Leapmotor B10131
  10. 10Renault 5120

Poland

  1. 1Audi Q6 e-tron323
  2. 2Ford Capri174
  3. 3Skoda Elroq125
  4. 4Toyota bZ4X124
  5. 5Leapmotor B10116
  6. 6Toyota C-HR+/C-HR107
  7. 7Audi Q4 e-tron103
  8. 8Kia EV291
  9. 9Ford Explorer89
  10. 10Audi A6 e-tron/A687

Czechia

  1. 1Skoda Enyaq187
  2. 2Skoda Elroq164
  3. 3Skoda Epiq91
  4. 4Tesla Model Y84
  5. 5Skoda Peaq79
  6. 6Renault Scenic72
  7. 7Mercedes-Benz GLC50
  8. 8Leapmotor B1048
  9. 9Volkswagen ID. Polo41
  10. 10Mercedes-Benz EQB/GLB39

Brand league table

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

156,942 battery-electric cars in 8 countries: NL, SE, FI, DE, ES, CH, PL, 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, October 2026
BrandGroupRegistrationsShareYoY
1Volkswagen Volkswagen Group
16,573
 10.6% +17%
2Skoda Volkswagen Group
12,508
 8.0% +17%
3Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz Group
12,277
 7.8% +97%
4BMW BMW Group
11,479
 7.3% +56%
5Kia Hyundai Motor Group
9,510
 6.1% +99%
6Audi Volkswagen Group
9,068
 5.8% +51%
7Cupra Volkswagen Group
7,274
 4.6% +83%
8VolvoCN-owned Geely Holding
7,145
 4.5% +60%
9LeapmotorCN
6,278
 4.0% +299%
10BYDCN
5,629
 3.6% +59%
11Tesla
5,554
 3.5% +143%
12Renault Renault Group
5,228
 3.3% +47%
13Hyundai Hyundai Motor Group
4,925
 3.1% +23%
14Ford
4,077
 2.6% +9%
15Toyota
3,892
 2.5% +816%
16Mini BMW Group
3,725
 2.4% +38%
17Opel Stellantis
3,029
 1.9% +19%
18Citroën Stellantis
2,937
 1.9% +62%
19MGCN SAIC
2,830
 1.8% +110%
20Peugeot Stellantis
2,280
 1.4% +27%
21XPengCN
2,230
 1.4% +209%
22Mazda
2,094
 1.3% +158%
23Dacia Renault Group
1,827
 1.2% +147%
24Fiat Stellantis
1,766
 1.1% +17%
25GeelyCN Geely Holding
1,736
 1.1% low base
26Nissan
1,405
 0.9% +508%
27Porsche Volkswagen Group
1,390
 0.9% +4%
28PolestarCN-owned Geely Holding
1,090
 0.7% −35%
29smartCN-owned smart Automobile (Mercedes-Benz/Geely JV)
1,086
 0.7% +45%
30VinFast
881
 0.6% 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, October 2026
CountryNew carsYoYBEVBEV shareBEV YoYPHEVSource · first in
Netherlands 32,699 −5% 18,072
55.3%
 +29% 5,493 RDW · 2026-11-01
Norway 15,704 +41% 15,514
98.8%
 +43% – Statistics Norway (SSB); Opplysningsrådet for veitrafikken (OFV) · 2026-11-03
Sweden 24,660 +2% 12,594
51.1%
 +45% 5,376 Mobility Sweden · 2026-11-02
Denmark 18,875 +17% 16,679
88.4%
 +46% 26 Mobility Denmark; Danmarks Statistik · 2026-11-13
Finland 5,685 −9% 3,417
60.1%
 +54% 560 Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency) · 2026-11-05
Germany 254,492 +2% 94,086
37.0%
 +80% 28,499 Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA) · 2026-11-06
United Kingdom 152,730 +5% 48,858
32.0%
 +33% 22,898 SMMT · 2026-11-05
France Not yet published. Usually: PFA: 1st working day of M+1; Avere barometer: first days of M+1 Avere-France; PFA (Plateforme automobile)
Spain 99,358 +2% 16,838
16.9%
 +82% 14,548 Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT) · 2026-11-01
Italy Not yet published. Usually: 1st working day of M+1 (evening) UNRAE
Belgium Not yet published. Usually: 1st–2nd working day of M+1 FEBIAC
Switzerland 18,986 +3% 6,620
34.9%
 +59% 2,322 auto-schweiz (data: ASTRA/OFROU, MOFIS register) · 2026-11-02
Austria 24,174 −1% 8,434
34.9%
 +63% – Statistik Austria · 2026-11-10
Portugal 16,595 +3% 7,452
44.9%
 +62% 2,620 ACAP · 2026-11-03
Ireland Not yet published. Usually: 1st working day of M+1 (SIMI press release); the database is revised afterwards SIMI (Society of the Irish Motor Industry)
Poland 56,035 +12% 3,495
6.2%
 −27% – Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (CEPiK) · 2026-11-01
Czechia 19,364 −17% 1,820
9.4%
 +44% 1,006 SDA (Svaz dovozců automobilů) · 2026-11-04

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 September 2026 0% 10% 20% 30% ’24’25’26Sep 26 27.9%

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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%
June 202518.2%
July 202516.4%
August 202518.8%
September 202519.4%
October 202518.7%
November 202521.3%
December 202524.5%
January 202617.4%
February 202617.4%
March 202619.9%
April 202620.7%
May 202621.4%
June 202624.2%
July 202623.5%
August 202626.9%
September 202627.9%

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CSV October 2026 (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
34 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
34 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
34 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
34 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
34 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
46 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
34 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
34 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
27 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
46 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
34 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
14 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
15 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
34 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. First published 1 November 2026, last updated 13 November 2026.

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