Tesla, BYD and Europe’s best-selling EVs: August 2025
Tesla registered 13,597 cars in the 15 countries with a Tesla figure for August 2025 (for Norway, only the models in the national top-model list, so a minimum, compared with the same models a year earlier). In the 13 countries with a year-earlier figure it was down 30% (10,348 vs 14,868): up in 2, down in 11. Tesla outsold BYD (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) in 8 of the 12 countries that publish every brand: 9,017 Tesla vs 7,748 BYD. Counting battery-electric cars only, in 10 countries: Tesla 5,114, BYD 3,467 (BYD's figure for Austria is an estimate).
16 countries in this edition
- Netherlands 35% BEV
- Norway 97% BEV
- Sweden 34% BEV
- Denmark 69% BEV
- Finland 37% BEV
- Germany 19% BEV
- United Kingdom 27% BEV
- France 19% BEV
- Spain 12% BEV
- Italy 5% BEV
- Belgium brands only, no BEV
- Switzerland 20% BEV
- Austria 20% BEV
- Portugal no data
- Ireland 28% BEV
- Poland 8% BEV
- Czechia 5% BEV
Countries in this edition
Each country is added the day its national source publishes, usually between the 1st and the 15th.- NL 35% BEV Netherlands: RDW, compiled 2026-09-23
- NO 97% BEV Norway: Statistics Norway (SSB); Opplysningsrådet for veitrafikken (OFV), compiled 2026-09-23
- SE 34% BEV Sweden: Mobility Sweden, compiled 2026-09-23
- DK 69% BEV Denmark: Mobility Denmark; Danmarks Statistik, compiled 2026-09-23
- FI 37% BEV Finland: Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency), compiled 2026-09-23
- DE 19% BEV Germany: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA), compiled 2026-09-23
- GB 27% BEV United Kingdom: SMMT, compiled 2026-09-23
- FR 19% BEV France: Avere-France; PFA (Plateforme automobile), compiled 2026-09-23
- ES 12% BEV Spain: Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT), compiled 2026-09-23
- IT 5% BEV Italy: UNRAE, compiled 2026-09-23
- BE brands only Belgium: FEBIAC, compiled 2026-09-23
- CH 20% BEV Switzerland: auto-schweiz (data: ASTRA/OFROU, MOFIS register), compiled 2026-09-23
- AT 20% BEV Austria: Statistik Austria, compiled 2026-09-23
- PT no data Portugal: no figures for this month
- IE 28% BEV Ireland: SIMI (Society of the Irish Motor Industry), compiled 2026-09-24
- PL 8% BEV Poland: Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (CEPiK), compiled 2026-09-24
- CZ 5% BEV Czechia: SDA (Svaz dovozců automobilů), compiled 2026-09-23
August 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 August 2025?
- Tesla registered 13,597 cars in the 15 countries covered here that have a Tesla figure for August 2025 (for Norway, only models in the national top-model list, so a minimum). In the 13 countries with a year-earlier figure, Tesla was down 30% (10,348 vs 14,868): up in 2, down in 11. Year to date in 12 countries: 93,665 (−35%).
- Did BYD outsell Tesla in Europe in August 2025?
- No, counting all powertrains. In the 12 countries that publish every brand, BYD registered 7,748 cars (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) and Tesla 9,017; BYD was ahead in 4 of them. Counting battery-electric cars only (10 countries), Tesla led: Tesla 5,114, BYD 3,467, with BYD ahead in 3 of those countries. (BYD’s figure for Austria is an estimate.)
- What share of new cars in Europe went to Chinese brands in August 2025?
- Chinese brands (BYD, MG, Leapmotor, Omoda/Jaecoo, XPeng and others) took 5.3% of new-car registrations in the 12 countries that publish every brand, or 8.2% including Chinese-owned Volvo, Polestar, smart and Lotus. In the 12 countries with data for both years, the share was 5.3% against 2.7% a year earlier.
- Which electric car sold best in Europe in August 2025?
- The Skoda Elroq, with 3,490 battery-electric registrations in the 9 countries that publish every model (the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Ireland, Poland and Czechia).
- Which electric car grew fastest in Europe in August 2025?
- By added battery-electric registrations year on year, the Skoda Elroq: 3,410 in August 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 August 2025, with the change on August 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.
| Country | Tesla | YoY | Tesla YTD | YTD YoY | BYD (all) | YoY | BYD BEV | BYD PHEV | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3,243 | +8% | 26,951 | −5% | 1,759 | +302% | n/a | n/a | Tesla |
| Norway | ≥3,008 | – | – | – | ≥348 | – | n/a | n/a | – |
| Spain | 1,439 | +163% | 9,319 | +12% | 1,827 | +415% | 1,279 | 548 | BYD |
| Germany | 1,441 | −39% | 11,441 | −56% | 1,114 | +411% | 684 | 429 | Tesla |
| France | 1,331 | −47% | 14,561 | −39% | n/a | – | n/a | ≥531 | – |
| Italy | 416 | −4% | 7,339 | −34% | 876 | +293% | ≥154 | ≥545 | BYD |
| Netherlands | 775 | −49% | 8,100 | −50% | 368 | −1% | 174 | 194 | Tesla |
| Austria | 270 | −32% | 3,953 | −22% | 774 | +131% | 580e | n/a | BYD |
| Belgium | 485 | −61% | – | – | 446 | +91% | n/a | n/a | Tesla |
| Ireland | 231 | −37% | 1,950 | −10% | 329 | low base | 246 | 83 | BYD |
| Switzerland | 276 | −56% | 3,503 | −43% | 72 | low base | 35 | 33 | Tesla |
| Sweden | 210 | −84% | 3,984 | −66% | 74 | low base | 9 | n/a | Tesla |
| Poland | 241 | – | – | – | n/a | – | 376 | n/a | – |
| Finland | 132 | −58% | 1,224 | −44% | 67 | low base | 60 | 7 | Tesla |
| Czechia | 99 | −36% | 1,340 | −37% | 42 | – | 24 | 18 | Tesla |
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 Aug 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.
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| Month | Tesla | BYD |
|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | 9,638 | 1,414 |
| February 2024 | 16,994 | 1,210 |
| March 2024 | 24,483 | 1,863 |
| April 2024 | 7,900 | 1,556 |
| May 2024 | 11,793 | 1,787 |
| June 2024 | 28,176 | 2,502 |
| July 2024 | 9,405 | 2,470 |
| August 2024 | 11,098 | 2,161 |
| September 2024 | 28,282 | 2,985 |
| October 2024 | 7,109 | 3,323 |
| November 2024 | 15,396 | 4,157 |
| December 2024 | 28,815 | 4,572 |
| January 2025 | 5,526 | 5,173 |
| February 2025 | 9,812 | 4,763 |
| March 2025 | 18,505 | 12,208 |
| April 2025 | 3,694 | 8,442 |
| May 2025 | 7,922 | 10,387 |
| June 2025 | 20,103 | 11,729 |
| July 2025 | 5,010 | 10,061 |
| August 2025 | 8,532 | 7,302 |
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. Vertical lines mark EU tariff steps on battery-electric cars built in China.
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| Month | Chinese brands | incl. Chinese-owned (Volvo, Polestar, smart, Lotus) |
|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | 2.7% | 5.6% |
| February 2024 | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| March 2024 | 2.8% | 6.0% |
| April 2024 | 2.7% | 6.4% |
| May 2024 | 3.2% | 7.1% |
| June 2024 | 3.3% | 6.7% |
| July 2024 | 3.4% | 7.0% |
| August 2024 | 2.8% | 6.1% |
| September 2024 | 3.1% | 6.7% |
| October 2024 | 3.3% | 7.0% |
| November 2024 | 3.6% | 7.3% |
| December 2024 | 4.0% | 8.0% |
| January 2025 | 4.0% | 7.0% |
| February 2025 | 4.3% | 7.4% |
| March 2025 | 5.3% | 8.4% |
| April 2025 | 4.8% | 8.0% |
| May 2025 | 5.7% | 8.8% |
| June 2025 | 5.7% | 9.1% |
| July 2025 | 5.5% | 8.4% |
| August 2025 | 5.4% | 8.2% |
All new cars
5.3% across 12 countries (29,954 of 559,873); 8.2% including Chinese-owned brands.
| Country | Share | vs 2024 | YTD | Largest Chinese brands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 12.3% | +6.1 pp | 9.2% | MG 2,704 · BYD 1,827 · Omoda 936 |
| United Kingdom | 8.6% | +4.5 pp | 7.8% | MG 2,563 · BYD 1,759 · Jaecoo 1,367 |
| Italy | 7.9% | +2.7 pp | 7.0% | MG 2,259 · Omoda/Jaecoo 924 · BYD 876 |
| Ireland | 6.3% | +4.2 pp | 3.3% | BYD 329 · MG 127 · XPeng 13 |
| Austria | 6.0% | +3.0 pp | 4.5% | BYD 774 · MG 396 · Leapmotor 103 |
| Czechia | 4.2% | +2.5 pp | 2.8% | MG 349 · Jaecoo 185 · Omoda 103 |
| Netherlands | 4.2% | +1.1 pp | 4.5% | BYD 368 · MG 190 · Zeekr 123 |
| Belgium | 3.5% | +2.4 pp | – | BYD 446 · MG 232 · XPeng 78 |
| Switzerland | 2.6% | +2.1 pp | 1.9% | MG 250 · BYD 72 · Leapmotor 55 |
| Germany | 2.2% | +1.6 pp | 1.7% | MG 2,140 · BYD 1,114 · Leapmotor 826 |
| Finland | 2.0% | +0.9 pp | 1.4% | BYD 67 · MG 38 · XPeng 2 |
| Sweden | 1.9% | −2.2 pp | 2.5% | Zeekr 119 · BYD 74 · Lynk & Co 65 |
Battery-electric cars only
8.8% across 10 countries (6,836 of 78,117); 14.5% including Chinese-owned brands.
| Country | Share | vs 2024 | YTD | Largest Chinese brands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 23.6% | +9.3 pp | 17.8% | BYD 1,279 · Leapmotor 132 · Omoda 111 |
| Poland | 19.6% | – | – | BYD 376 · Leapmotor 224 · MG 25 |
| Austria | 16.3% | +4.3 pp | 10.8% | BYD 580 · Leapmotor 82 · MG 39 (est.) |
| Ireland | 16.1% | +4.9 pp | 9.4% | BYD 246 · MG 77 · XPeng 13 |
| Netherlands | 6.3% | −1.2 pp | 8.1% | BYD 174 · Zeekr 123 · Leapmotor 74 |
| Germany | 6.0% | +3.3 pp | 5.3% | Leapmotor 716 · BYD 684 · MG 628 |
| Switzerland | 4.8% | +4.2 pp | 3.5% | MG 55 · BYD 35 · Leapmotor 27 |
| Czechia | 4.5% | −1.8 pp | 3.7% | BYD 24 · MG 7 · Omoda 3 |
| Finland | 4.3% | +0.4 pp | 3.2% | BYD 60 · MG 21 · XPeng 2 |
| Sweden | 3.8% | −5.7 pp | 4.8% | Zeekr 119 · XPeng 49 · Nio 29 |
Best-selling electric models
Battery-electric registrations summed over the 9 countries that publish every model (the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Ireland, 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.
| Model | BEV registrations | YoY | MoM | Largest markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Skoda Elroq | 3,490 | new | −25% | DE 1,731 · NL 729 · CH 218 |
| 2Volkswagen ID.3 | 2,967 | +124% | −23% | DE 2,350 · SE 189 · NL 181 |
| 3Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5 | 2,744 | +64% | −32% | DE 1,814 · SE 302 · NL 183 |
| 4Tesla Model 3 | 2,684 | +36% | +96% | ES 1,149 · DE 754 · NL 331 |
| 5Volkswagen ID.7 | 2,556 | +31% | −31% | DE 1,717 · SE 441 · NL 209 |
| 6BMW iX1/X1 | 2,508 | +51% | −24% | DE 1,645 · SE 209 · NL 207 |
| 7Kia EV3 | 2,467 | new | −20% | DE 820 · ES 476 · NL 451 |
| 8Skoda Enyaq | 2,444 | −14% | −36% | DE 1,456 · SE 266 · NL 181 |
| 9Tesla Model Y | 2,137 | −62% | +4% | DE 678 · NL 438 · ES 289 |
| 10Audi Q4 e-tron | 1,831 | +7% | −7% | DE 1,163 · NL 187 · PL 120 |
| 11Hyundai Inster | 1,738 | new | −27% | DE 875 · NL 411 · PL 129 |
| 12Renault 5 | 1,649 | low base | −22% | DE 552 · NL 391 · ES 320 |
| 13Ford Explorer | 1,608 | +100% | −2% | DE 1,161 · NL 130 · PL 96 |
| 14Audi Q6 e-tron | 1,516 | +207% | −7% | DE 970 · NL 153 · CH 103 |
| 15Cupra Tavascan | 1,450 | +664% | +43% | DE 899 · SE 158 · NL 129 |
| 16Cupra Born | 1,407 | −28% | −37% | DE 1,134 · NL 96 · SE 96 |
| 17Audi A6 e-tron/A6 | 1,392 | low base | +11% | DE 869 · NL 187 · SE 164 |
| 18Mini All models (not itemised) | 1,364 | +22% | −29% | DE 1,364 |
| 19Mercedes-Benz EQA/GLA | 1,278 | −5% | −17% | DE 827 · SE 132 · NL 100 |
| 20Citroën C3/C3 Aircross | 1,227 | low base | −4% | DE 553 · PL 289 · NL 198 |
| 21BMW i4/4 Series | 1,150 | −14% | −13% | DE 742 · SE 151 · NL 101 |
| 22Hyundai Kona | 1,059 | −1% | −24% | DE 553 · NL 181 · ES 127 |
| 23Volvo EX40/XC40 | 975 | −25% | −17% | SE 492 · NL 203 · DE 145 |
| 24Leapmotor T03CN | 969 | new | +6% | DE 606 · PL 178 · ES 104 |
| 25Fiat 500 | 967 | −29% | −17% | DE 928 · PL 12 · CH 10 |
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.
- 1Skoda Elroq ≥4,046
- 2BMW iX1/X1 ≥3,391
- 3Tesla Model Y ≥3,276
- 4Renault 5 ≥3,061
- 5Volkswagen ID.3 ≥2,967
- 6Tesla Model 3 ≥2,918
- 7Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5 ≥2,744
- 8Volkswagen ID.7 ≥2,556
- 9Kia EV3 ≥2,467
- 10Skoda Enyaq ≥2,444
Fastest-growing BEV models, year on year
Ranked by registrations added vs August 2024, in the same 8 countries. Models with at least 300 registrations this month.
| Model | Now | Before | Added | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skoda Elroq | 3,410 | 0 | +3,410 | new |
| Kia EV3 | 2,434 | 0 | +2,434 | new |
| Volkswagen ID.3 | 2,954 | 1,319 | +1,635 | +124% |
| Hyundai Inster | 1,609 | 0 | +1,609 | new |
| Renault 5 | 1,618 | 41 | +1,577 | low base |
| Audi A6 e-tron/A6 | 1,337 | 29 | +1,308 | low base |
| Cupra Tavascan | 1,376 | 180 | +1,196 | +664% |
| Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5 | 2,739 | 1,670 | +1,069 | +64% |
| Audi Q6 e-tron | 1,436 | 468 | +968 | +207% |
| Citroën C3/C3 Aircross | 938 | 1 | +937 | low base |
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.
| Model | Now | Before | Added | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla Model 3 | 2,552 | 1,305 | +1,247 | +96% |
| Mercedes-Benz CLA | 660 | 107 | +553 | +517% |
| Cupra Tavascan | 1,376 | 963 | +413 | +43% |
| BYD Sealion 7CN | 529 | 351 | +178 | +51% |
| Kia Niro | 314 | 137 | +177 | +129% |
| Audi A6 e-tron/A6 | 1,337 | 1,202 | +135 | +11% |
| Ford Puma | 519 | 408 | +111 | +27% |
| Tesla Model Y | 2,029 | 1,948 | +81 | +4% |
| Mini Aceman | 390 | 315 | +75 | +24% |
| Mini Cooper | 375 | 313 | +62 | +20% |
Top battery-electric models by country
Netherlands
- 1Skoda Elroq729
- 2Kia EV3451
- 3Tesla Model Y438
- 4Hyundai Inster411
- 5Renault 5391
- 6Tesla Model 3331
- 7Volkswagen ID.7209
- 8BMW iX1/X1207
- 9Volvo EX40/XC40203
- 10Citroën C3/C3 Aircross198
Sweden
- 1Volvo EX40/XC40492
- 2Volkswagen ID.7441
- 3Kia EV3431
- 4Volvo EX30332
- 5Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5302
- 6Skoda Enyaq266
- 7Polestar 4242
- 8Kia EV9215
- 9BMW iX1/X1209
- 10Volkswagen ID.3189
Finland
- 1Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5155
- 2Skoda Elroq135
- 3Skoda Enyaq109
- 4Volkswagen ID.7105
- 5Tesla Model Y96
- 6Kia EV382
- 7BMW i4/4 Series63
- 8BMW iX1/X160
- 9Audi Q4 e-tron56
- 10Volvo EX40/XC4056
Germany
- 1Volkswagen ID.32,350
- 2Volkswagen ID.4/ID.51,814
- 3Skoda Elroq1,731
- 4Volkswagen ID.71,717
- 5BMW iX1/X11,645
- 6Skoda Enyaq1,456
- 7Mini All models (not itemised)1,364
- 8Audi Q4 e-tron1,163
- 9Ford Explorer1,161
- 10Cupra Born1,134
France
Top-N only- 1Renault 51,412
- 2Tesla Model Y957
- 3BMW iX1/X1743
- 4Dacia Spring642
- 5Renault Scenic630
- 6Mini All models (not itemised)598
- 7Skoda Elroq556
- 8Hyundai Kona507
- 9Peugeot 208463
- 10Hyundai Inster448
Spain
- 1Tesla Model 31,149
- 2Kia EV3476
- 3BYD Dolphin Surf451
- 4Toyota bZ4X358
- 5Renault 5320
- 6BYD Atto 2308
- 7Tesla Model Y289
- 8Dacia Spring188
- 9Skoda Elroq177
- 10BYD Atto 3173
Italy
Top-N only- 1Tesla Model 3234
- 2Tesla Model Y182
- 3Fiat Grande Panda169
- 4Leapmotor T03161
- 5BYD Dolphin Surf154
- 6Volvo EX30152
- 7BMW iX1/X1140
- 8Hyundai Inster138
- 9Ford Puma127
- 10Audi Q6 e-tron113
Switzerland
- 1Skoda Elroq218
- 2Tesla Model Y217
- 3Skoda Enyaq169
- 4Volvo EX30143
- 5BMW iX1/X1135
- 6Renault 5113
- 7Audi Q6 e-tron103
- 8Audi Q4 e-tron95
- 9Volkswagen ID.395
- 10Audi A6 e-tron/A670
Ireland
- 1BYD Sealion 7199
- 2Skoda Elroq168
- 3Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5166
- 4Tesla Model Y121
- 5Hyundai Inster113
- 6Tesla Model 3110
- 7Cupra Tavascan108
- 8Kia EV3101
- 9Kia EV692
- 10BMW iX1/X153
Poland
- 1Citroën C3/C3 Aircross289
- 2BYD Dolphin Surf241
- 3Leapmotor T03178
- 4BMW iX2/X2160
- 5Mini Cooper139
- 6Tesla Model 3132
- 7Hyundai Inster129
- 8Audi Q4 e-tron120
- 9Tesla Model Y108
- 10Ford Explorer96
Czechia
- 1Skoda Enyaq172
- 2Skoda Elroq126
- 3Tesla Model 349
- 4Tesla Model Y49
- 5Toyota bZ4X49
- 6Ford Explorer28
- 7Dacia Spring19
- 8Renault 518
- 9Opel Combo16
- 10BYD Sealion 715
Brand league table
Summed over the countries that publish every brand. The year-on-year change compares the same countries in both years.
73,803 battery-electric cars in 9 countries: NL, SE, FI, DE, ES, CH, IE, 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.
| Brand | Group | Registrations | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Volkswagen | Volkswagen Group | 9,079 | 12.3% | +73% |
| 2Skoda | Volkswagen Group | 5,938 | 8.1% | +107% |
| 3BMW | BMW Group | 5,845 | 7.9% | +5% |
| 4Audi | Volkswagen Group | 4,850 | 6.6% | +82% |
| 5Tesla | 4,844 | 6.6% | −37% | |
| 6Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz Group | 4,132 | 5.6% | +9% |
| 7Hyundai | Hyundai Motor Group | 3,960 | 5.4% | +57% |
| 8Kia | Hyundai Motor Group | 3,842 | 5.2% | +38% |
| 9Ford | 3,029 | 4.1% | +137% | |
| 10BYDCN | 2,887 | 3.9% | +152% | |
| 11Cupra | Volkswagen Group | 2,859 | 3.9% | +31% |
| 12Renault | Renault Group | 2,590 | 3.5% | +144% |
| 13VolvoCN-owned | Geely Holding | 2,528 | 3.4% | −46% |
| 14Mini | BMW Group | 2,520 | 3.4% | +28% |
| 15Opel | Stellantis | 1,792 | 2.4% | +26% |
| 16Citroën | Stellantis | 1,406 | 1.9% | +266% |
| 17Fiat | Stellantis | 1,298 | 1.8% | −18% |
| 18PolestarCN-owned | Geely Holding | 1,197 | 1.6% | +39% |
| 19LeapmotorCN | 1,179 | 1.6% | new | |
| 20Peugeot | Stellantis | 1,050 | 1.4% | +10% |
| 21MGCN | SAIC | 967 | 1.3% | −13% |
| 22Toyota | 958 | 1.3% | +207% | |
| 23Porsche | Volkswagen Group | 880 | 1.2% | +33% |
| 24Dacia | Renault Group | 650 | 0.9% | low base |
| 25smartCN-owned | smart Automobile (Mercedes-Benz/Geely JV) | 632 | 0.9% | −22% |
| 26XPengCN | 445 | 0.6% | +106% | |
| 27Jeep | Stellantis | 294 | 0.4% | −1% |
| 28Mazda | 260 | 0.3% | low base | |
| 29ZeekrCN | Geely Holding | 252 | 0.3% | +58% |
| 30Nissan | 180 | 0.2% | −52% |
Country by country
New passenger cars and battery-electric share, with each figure’s source and the date it entered this compilation.
| Country | New cars | YoY | BEV | BEV share | BEV YoY | PHEV | Source · first in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 26,168 | −3% | 9,036 | 34.5% | −3% | 5,495 | RDW · 2026-09-23 |
| Norway | 12,494 | n/c | 12,092 | 96.8% | n/c | – | Statistics Norway (SSB); Opplysningsrådet for veitrafikken (OFV) · 2026-09-23 |
| Sweden | 20,168 | +6% | 6,772 | 33.6% | 0% | 5,134 | Mobility Sweden · 2026-09-23 |
| Denmark | 13,079 | +2% | 8,979 | 68.7% | +28% | 393 | Mobility Denmark; Danmarks Statistik · 2026-09-23 |
| Finland | 5,262 | −20% | 1,941 | 36.9% | +3% | 1,151 | Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency) · 2026-09-23 |
| Germany | 207,229 | +5% | 39,367 | 19.0% | +46% | 23,973 | Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA) · 2026-09-23 |
| United Kingdom | 82,908 | −2% | 21,969 | 26.5% | +15% | 9,803 | SMMT · 2026-09-23 |
| France | 87,850 | +2% | 16,992 | 19.3% | +29% | 5,855 | Avere-France; PFA (Plateforme automobile) · 2026-09-23 |
| Spain | 61,530 | +18% | 7,175 | 11.7% | +161% | 7,550 | Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT) · 2026-09-23 |
| Italy | 67,708 | −3% | 3,306 | 4.9% | +27% | 4,815 | UNRAE · 2026-09-23 |
| Belgium | 26,120 | −11% | – | – | – | – | FEBIAC · 2026-09-23 |
| Switzerland | 16,136 | +1% | 3,257 | 20.2% | −5% | 1,989 | auto-schweiz (data: ASTRA/OFROU, MOFIS register) · 2026-09-23 |
| Austria | 21,452 | +25% | 4,314 | 20.1% | +39% | – | Statistik Austria · 2026-09-23 |
| Portugal | No figures for this month from this source. | ACAP | |||||
| Ireland | 7,581 | +1% | 2,115 | 27.9% | +68% | 1,154 | SIMI (Society of the Irish Motor Industry) · 2026-09-24 |
| Poland | 39,043 | – | 3,300 | 8.4% | – | – | Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (CEPiK) · 2026-09-24 |
| Czechia | 17,611 | +3% | 840 | 4.8% | +8% | 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.
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| Month | BEV share of new cars |
|---|---|
| January 2024 | 10.5% |
| February 2024 | 11.4% |
| March 2024 | 12.6% |
| April 2024 | 11.7% |
| May 2024 | 12.5% |
| June 2024 | 14.7% |
| July 2024 | 12.7% |
| August 2024 | 15.2% |
| September 2024 | 17.5% |
| October 2024 | 14.9% |
| November 2024 | 16.5% |
| December 2024 | 18.8% |
| January 2025 | 15.3% |
| February 2025 | 15.7% |
| March 2025 | 15.8% |
| April 2025 | 15.8% |
| May 2025 | 16.3% |
| June 2025 | 18.2% |
| July 2025 | 16.4% |
| August 2025 | 18.8% |
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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
| Country | Publisher and dataset | Licence | Released | Detail | History | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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
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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evstats.org, "European EV registrations by brand and model, August 2025", compiled from national registration data (NL, NO, SE, DK, FI, DE, GB, FR, ES, IT, BE, CH, AT, IE, PL, CZ). https://evstats.org/europe-ev-registrations/2025-08 (data as of 24 September 2026).
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