Electric Cars

During the first five months of 2025, new battery-electric car sales reached 701,089 units, taking15.4% of the total EU market share. Three of the four largest markets in the EU, accounting for 62% of all battery-electric car registrations saw gains: Germany (+43.2%), Belgium (+26.7%), and the Netherlands (+6.7%). This contrasted with France, which saw a decline of 7.1%.

May 2025’s YTD figures also showed new EU registrations of hybrid-electric cars rose to 1,601,090 units, with growth in the four biggest markets: France (+38.3%), Spain (+34.9%), Italy (+13.8%), and Germany (+12.1%). Hybrid-electric models now account for 35.1% of the total EU market share.

Registrations of plug-in-hybrid electric cars in May 2025 YTD reached 375,182 units. This was driven by increases in volume for key markets such as Germany (+52.8%) and Spain (+66.6%). As a result, plug-in-hybrid electric cars now represent 8.2% of total car registrations in the EU, up from 7.1% in May 2024 YTD.

Moreover, the YOY variation in May 2025 showed a rise of 25% for battery-electric and 16% for hybrid-electric cars, while plug-in-hybrid electric recorded its third consecutive month of strong growth with a 46.9% increase.