Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) are speedily taking over the EU car market, even though the most popular category is still hybrid-electric models, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA).
New car registrations in the EU inched down by 0.1% in the first eight months of 2025 compared to last year, but increased by 5.3% in August. From January to August, sales of EVs grew year-on-year by 24.8%.
"The battery-electric car market share for August 2025 YTD held at 15.8%, still below the pace needed at this stage of the transition. The hybrid-electric car market remained the most popular power type amongst buyers," said ACEA in a press release.
The battery-electric car market share increased to the current 15.8%, up from 12.6% a year earlier. The hybrid-electric sales went up 16.4% in the period between January and August 2025.
The number of newly registered petrol and diesel cars collapsed by 19.7% and 25.7%, respectively, for the first eight months of the year.
Among the EU’s four largest economies, Germany registered EV sales up by 39.2% for the period between January and August. In Italy, this segment grew by 28.9% whereas EV sales in Spain almost doubled. France, by contrast, saw a slight decline of 2%, even though in August alone, EV sales jumped by 29.3%.
