Figures of January: Sales EV increasing by one third throughout the EU

According to new statistics from the European Association of Automobile Producers (ACE), the new records of electric passenger cars in the EU have climbed 34 percent from year to year to 124,341 units-off of a market share of 15 % . By comparison, Market penetration in 2024 On average, 13.6 %. The year left at a relatively strong beginning. If the EFTA states in Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom are included in statistics, the battery electric car has increased by 37 % to 166,065 units.

According to that, three of the four largest markets represented 64% of all EV records in the EU in January, especially Germany (+53.5% Yoy), Belgium (+37.2% Yoy) and the Netherlands (+28, 2% Yoy Yoy) in France, on the other hand, the market stagnated (0.5% yoy). The strong growth in Germany can be partially explained by the fact that, in January 2024, following the sudden end of the environmental bonus, the registration figures for the BEVs decreased (22,474 BEV); The curve stabilized again only during 2024 and was leveled at about 30,000 to 35,000 new BEVs per month in the second half of the year. The 34,498 new records obtained in January 2025 are thus matching the image. However, this figure is also a remarkable result for the beginning of the year, regardless of the effect of the environmental bonus. A comparison with the UK illustrates this. There, 29,634 bevs were recently registered in January, fewer than in Germany.
In 2024, tHe UK has exceeded EV records in Germany to become the new EV market of Europe.

But back to the EU level: the general market for vehicles in the European Union has decreased slightly in January (-2.6%). In addition to Bevs, which represented 15%of all records, hybrid cars obtained a market share of 34.9 percent, exceeding gas (29.4%) and diesel (10%). Plug-in (PHEV) hybrids represented 7.4 % of all EU records, while “others” represented 3.3 %. It is striking that, besides the BEVs, the hybrids also registered an increase (+18%), but the PHEVs lost land slightly compared to January 2024 (-8.5%). That shows a 19 % decrease for gasoline cars and up to 27 % for diesel cars.

Finally, the country ranked in the electric battery sector: As I mentioned, Germany was in front of the United King Yoy) and the Netherlands (11,157, +37% yoy). These are also the only five European markets with Bev registration in the five -digit range. If we look at the relative growth between January 2024 and January 2025, Denmark (661 bevs, +123% yoy) and Italy (6,702, +126% yoy), I get very good.

Meanwhile, the producer’s ranking, which he is carrying out, is significantly only for the car market as a whole, because he does not differentiate between the types of share. However, it shows that Tesla sold 7,517 bevs in the EU in January, which corresponds to a 50 percent decrease. Smart also a brand of pure electric cars, even saw sales in the EU Plummet with 97 %, from 2,254 to 60 bevs. Therefore, it is clear that other manufacturers were responsible for the boom in Bevs in January.

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