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September 2026 edition 10 of 17 countries in Updated 3 October 2026

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

Tesla registered 38,547 cars in the 10 countries with a Tesla figure for September 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 9 countries with a year-earlier figure it was up 54% (35,798 vs 23,321): up in 8, down in 1. Tesla outsold BYD (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) in 5 of the 8 countries that publish every brand: 32,941 Tesla vs 32,846 BYD. Counting battery-electric cars only, in 7 countries: Tesla 14,988, BYD 4,501.

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Battery-electric cars 203,059 +43% YoY in 10 countries Total of 10 countries
BEV share of new cars 27.2% 20.7% a year earlier Same 10 countries in both years
Chinese brands’ share 18.6% 10.2% a year earlier (same 7) All new cars, 8 countries · definition
BYD vs Tesla BYD32,846 Tesla32,941 BYD ahead in 3 of the 8 countries that publish every brand
10 countries in this edition · waiting for DK, FI, DE, FR, BE, AT, CZ
  • Netherlands 53% BEV
  • Norway 99% BEV
  • Sweden 49% BEV
  • Denmark expected soon
  • Finland expected soon
  • Germany expected soon
  • United Kingdom 28% BEV
  • France expected soon
  • Spain 19% BEV
  • Italy 8% BEV
  • Belgium expected soon
  • Switzerland 36% BEV
  • Austria expected soon
  • Portugal 48% BEV
  • Ireland 49% BEV
  • Poland 12% BEV
  • Czechia expected soon

September 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 September 2026?
Tesla registered 38,547 cars in the 10 countries covered here that have a Tesla figure for September 2026 (for Norway, only models in the national top-model list, so a minimum). In the 9 countries with a year-earlier figure, Tesla was up 54% (35,798 vs 23,321): up in 8, down in 1 (Norway compared on the same models in both years). Year to date in 7 countries: 98,001 (+24%).
Did BYD outsell Tesla in Europe in September 2026?
No, counting all powertrains. In the 8 countries that publish every brand, BYD registered 32,846 cars (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) and Tesla 32,941; BYD was ahead in 3 of them. Counting battery-electric cars only (7 countries), Tesla led: Tesla 14,988, BYD 4,501, with Tesla ahead in every one.
What share of new cars in Europe went to Chinese brands in September 2026?
Chinese brands (BYD, MG, Leapmotor, Omoda/Jaecoo, XPeng and others) took 18.6% of new-car registrations in the 8 countries that publish every brand, or 22.3% including Chinese-owned Volvo, Polestar, smart and Lotus. In the 7 countries with data for both years, the share was 18.8% against 10.2% a year earlier.
Which electric car sold best in Europe in September 2026?
The Tesla Model Y, with 8,506 battery-electric registrations in the 6 countries that publish every model (the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Ireland and Poland).
What share of new cars in Europe were electric in September 2026?
Battery-electric cars were 27.2% of new-car registrations across the 10 countries reporting both figures for September 2026. In the 10 countries with data for both years the share was 27.2%, against 20.7% a year earlier.
Which electric car grew fastest in Europe in September 2026?
By added battery-electric registrations year on year, the Tesla Model Y: 8,506 in September 2026 against 5,326 a year earlier, in the 6 countries that publish every model for both years.

Tesla vs BYD by country

Registrations in September 2026, with the change on September 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, September 2026
Country Tesla YoY Tesla YTD YTD YoY BYD (all) YoY BYD BEV BYD PHEV Ahead
United Kingdom 15,875 +99% 46,244 +32% 20,140 +79% n/a n/a BYD
Spain 3,738 +25% 13,488 +10% 4,434 +82% 2,290 2,144 BYD
Italy 2,132 +47% 10,422 +19% 5,159 +109% 1,100 4,077 BYD
Norway ≥4,935 +2% – – ≥709 +357% n/a n/a –
Netherlands 3,165 +56% 11,159 +10% 1,304 +267% 437 867 Tesla
Portugal 2,749 – – – 539 – n/a n/a Tesla
Sweden 2,388 +38% 8,237 +44% 319 low base 47 n/a Tesla
Switzerland 1,950 +94% 5,319 +18% 715 +280% 344 362 Tesla
Ireland 944 +105% 3,132 +30% 236 +9% 130 106 Tesla
Poland 671 −20% 2,961 – n/a – 153 n/a –
Tesla, all 10 countries 38,547 Includes minimums for Norway. Year to date in 7 countries: 98,001 (+24%).
Tesla, 9 countries with a year-earlier figure 35,798 (+54%) vs 23,321 a year earlier. Up in 8, down in 1. Norway: minimum compared with the same models a year earlier.
Tesla vs BYD, 8 countries with every brand 32,941 vs 32,846 All powertrains, only countries whose sources list every brand, so a missing BYD figure is never read as zero. Battery-electric only (7 countries): Tesla 14,988, BYD 4,501.

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 Sep 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 August 2026 0 10k 20k 30k 40k ’24’25’26Aug 26 7,387 17,808

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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

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.

Chinese brandsincl. Chinese-owned (Volvo, Polestar, smart, Lotus)
Chinese-brand share of new cars, January 2024 to August 2026 0% 5% 10% 15% ’24’25’26Aug 26 11.4% 14.0%

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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%

All new cars

18.6% across 8 countries (129,784 of 698,972); 22.3% including Chinese-owned brands.

Chinese-brand share by country, All new cars, September 2026
CountrySharevs 2025YTDLargest Chinese brands
United Kingdom
23.1%
 +10.7 pp 17.5% BYD 20,140 · MG 18,026 · Jaecoo 15,055
Spain
19.6%
 +8.0 pp 15.3% BYD 4,434 · MG 3,042 · Omoda 2,395
Italy
14.4%
 +6.1 pp 13.3% BYD 5,159 · Omoda/Jaecoo 4,649 · MG 4,619
Portugal
12.4%
 – – BYD 539 · MG 358 · Omoda 346
Ireland
11.5%
 +6.1 pp 6.5% MG 405 · BYD 236 · Leapmotor 59
Netherlands
10.1%
 +6.3 pp 7.6% BYD 1,304 · Leapmotor 629 · Jaecoo 366
Switzerland
8.5%
 +4.9 pp 6.7% BYD 715 · MG 485 · Leapmotor 331
Sweden
4.3%
 +2.4 pp 3.9% BYD 319 · Lynk & Co 297 · Zeekr 243

Battery-electric cars only

17.6% across 7 countries (13,396 of 76,066); 25.8% including Chinese-owned brands.

Chinese-brand share by country, Battery-electric cars only, September 2026
CountrySharevs 2025YTDLargest Chinese brands
Spain
33.2%
 +10.7 pp 27.7% BYD 2,290 · Leapmotor 1,412 · Geely 754
Italy
25.5%
 – – BYD 1,100 · Leapmotor 1,071 · MG 176
Ireland
18.7%
 +7.9 pp 14.6% MG 377 · BYD 130 · Leapmotor 46
Poland
18.1%
 −2.8 pp 19.4% Leapmotor 174 · BYD 153 · MG 77
Switzerland
12.8%
 +8.6 pp 12.4% BYD 344 · Leapmotor 279 · Zeekr 146
Netherlands
9.9%
 +4.2 pp 8.6% Leapmotor 582 · BYD 437 · Zeekr 217
Sweden
4.8%
 +2.0 pp 4.8% Zeekr 243 · XPeng 165 · MG 128

Best-selling electric models

Battery-electric registrations summed over the 6 countries that publish every model (the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Ireland and Poland). 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, September 2026
ModelBEV registrationsYoYMoMLargest markets
1Tesla Model Y
8,506
 +60% +745% SE 2,330 · NL 2,080 · CH 1,685
2Tesla Model 3
4,346
 +17% +499% ES 2,529 · NL 1,085 · CH 264
3Volvo EX30
1,901
 +144% +77% SE 853 · NL 487 · ES 315
4Skoda Elroq
1,820
 −5% +23% NL 1,033 · CH 312 · ES 221
5Kia EV3
1,805
 +3% +4% NL 589 · ES 558 · SE 519
6Volvo EX40/XC40
1,777
 +34% +65% SE 1,172 · NL 470 · CH 91
7Kia EV2
1,576
 new +8% NL 602 · SE 452 · ES 279
8BMW iX3/X3
1,468
 low base +13% NL 552 · SE 404 · CH 256
9Toyota C-HR+/C-HR
1,370
 new +67% NL 444 · ES 438 · SE 212
10Renault 5
1,195
 +10% +41% NL 593 · ES 276 · CH 161
11Skoda Enyaq
1,141
 +34% +28% NL 384 · SE 283 · CH 278
12Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5
1,115
 +17% +23% NL 416 · SE 254 · IE 215
13Mercedes-Benz GLC
1,046
 new +2% SE 308 · ES 267 · CH 247
14Kia EV5
1,033
 new +6% SE 458 · NL 422 · IE 66
15Volkswagen ID.7
974
 +3% +1% SE 487 · NL 326 · ES 60
16BMW iX1/X1
940
 +31% +3% NL 380 · SE 194 · ES 158
17Leapmotor B10CN
857
 low base +58% ES 486 · NL 228 · PL 70
18BYD Atto 3CN
852
 +177% +138% ES 535 · NL 180 · CH 122
19BYD Dolphin SurfCN
832
 −9% +53% ES 663 · NL 55 · PL 50
20Mercedes-Benz CLA
818
 +61% +18% NL 264 · ES 199 · SE 181
21Cupra Raval
807
 new −1% NL 427 · ES 133 · SE 102
22Audi Q4 e-tron
803
 −10% +50% SE 238 · NL 224 · CH 136
23Mercedes-Benz EQB/GLB
795
 +120% +44% SE 367 · NL 154 · ES 146
24Toyota bZ4X
780
 +143% +10% SE 311 · NL 149 · CH 110
25Hyundai Inster
738
 −1% +12% NL 398 · IE 133 · ES 114

Wider ranking, including top-10 lists

Adds the top-10 battery-electric lists published in Italy. A model outside a country’s top 10 gets nothing from that country, so these are minimums.

  1. 1Tesla Model Y ≥9,496
  2. 2Tesla Model 3 ≥5,488
  3. 3Volvo EX30 ≥2,118
  4. 4Skoda Elroq ≥1,820
  5. 5Kia EV3 ≥1,805
  6. 6Volvo EX40/XC40 ≥1,777
  7. 7BMW iX3/X3 ≥1,759
  8. 8Kia EV2 ≥1,576
  9. 9Toyota C-HR+/C-HR ≥1,562
  10. 10BYD Dolphin Surf ≥1,505

Fastest-growing BEV models, year on year

Ranked by registrations added vs September 2025, in the same 6 countries. Models with at least 300 registrations this month.

Fastest-growing BEV models, year on year
ModelNowBeforeAddedChange
Tesla Model Y 8,506 5,326 +3,180 +60%
Kia EV2 1,576 0 +1,576 new
BMW iX3/X3 1,468 8 +1,460 low base
Toyota C-HR+/C-HR 1,370 0 +1,370 new
Volvo EX30 1,901 778 +1,123 +144%
Mercedes-Benz GLC 1,046 0 +1,046 new
Kia EV5 1,033 0 +1,033 new
Cupra Raval 807 0 +807 new
Leapmotor B10CN 857 53 +804 low base
Renault Twingo 648 1 +647 low base

Fastest-growing BEV models, month on month

Ranked by registrations added vs the previous month, in the same 6 countries. Models with at least 300 registrations this month.

Fastest-growing BEV models, month on month
ModelNowBeforeAddedChange
Tesla Model Y 8,506 1,007 +7,499 +745%
Tesla Model 3 4,346 726 +3,620 +499%
Volvo EX30 1,901 1,074 +827 +77%
Volvo EX40/XC40 1,777 1,079 +698 +65%
Toyota C-HR+/C-HR 1,370 821 +549 +67%
BYD Atto 3CN 852 358 +494 +138%
Polestar 4 683 288 +395 +137%
Renault 5 1,195 850 +345 +41%
Geely EX2CN 391 54 +337 low base
Skoda Elroq 1,820 1,485 +335 +23%

Top battery-electric models by country

Netherlands

  1. 1Tesla Model Y2,080
  2. 2Tesla Model 31,085
  3. 3Skoda Elroq1,033
  4. 4Kia EV2602
  5. 5Renault 5593
  6. 6Kia EV3589
  7. 7BMW iX3/X3552
  8. 8Volvo EX30487
  9. 9Volvo EX40/XC40470
  10. 10Toyota C-HR+/C-HR444

Sweden

  1. 1Tesla Model Y2,330
  2. 2Volvo EX40/XC401,172
  3. 3Volvo EX30853
  4. 4Kia EV3519
  5. 5Volkswagen ID.7487
  6. 6Kia EV5458
  7. 7Kia EV2452
  8. 8Polestar 4409
  9. 9BMW iX3/X3404
  10. 10Mercedes-Benz EQB/GLB367

Spain

  1. 1Tesla Model 32,529
  2. 2Tesla Model Y1,207
  3. 3BYD Dolphin Surf663
  4. 4Kia EV3558
  5. 5BYD Atto 3535
  6. 6Leapmotor B10486
  7. 7BYD Atto 2475
  8. 8Toyota C-HR+/C-HR438
  9. 9Geely EX5383
  10. 10Geely EX2371

Italy

Top-N only
  1. 1Tesla Model 31,142
  2. 2Tesla Model Y990
  3. 3BYD Dolphin Surf673
  4. 4Leapmotor T03645
  5. 5BMW iX1/X1412
  6. 6BMW iX3/X3291
  7. 7Leapmotor B03X247
  8. 8Volvo EX30217
  9. 9Audi Q4 e-tron211
  10. 10Toyota C-HR+/C-HR192

Switzerland

  1. 1Tesla Model Y1,685
  2. 2Skoda Elroq312
  3. 3Skoda Enyaq278
  4. 4Tesla Model 3264
  5. 5BMW iX3/X3256
  6. 6Mercedes-Benz GLC247
  7. 7Volvo EX30229
  8. 8Renault 5161
  9. 9Renault Twingo148
  10. 10BMW iX1/X1144

Ireland

  1. 1Tesla Model Y744
  2. 2MG MG4296
  3. 3Volkswagen ID.4/ID.5215
  4. 4Tesla Model 3200
  5. 5Hyundai Inster133
  6. 6Kia EV566
  7. 7Skoda Enyaq64
  8. 8Kia EV361
  9. 9Kia EV259
  10. 10BMW iX3/X357

Poland

  1. 1Tesla Model Y460
  2. 2Tesla Model 3210
  3. 3Toyota C-HR+/C-HR180
  4. 4Audi Q6 e-tron114
  5. 5Audi Q4 e-tron102
  6. 6Skoda Elroq102
  7. 7Toyota bZ4X80
  8. 8Kia EV472
  9. 9Leapmotor B1070
  10. 10Mercedes-Benz CLA68

Brand league table

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

76,066 battery-electric cars in 7 countries: NL, SE, ES, IT, CH, IE, PL. Shares are of the brand tables’ sum, which in Italy runs about 1% below the market total. Year-on-year changes use the 6 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, September 2026
BrandGroupRegistrationsShareYoY
1Tesla
14,986
 19.7% +42%
2Kia Hyundai Motor Group
5,600
 7.4% +113%
3VolvoCN-owned Geely Holding
4,678
 6.2% +58%
4BYDCN
4,501
 5.9% +27%
5BMW BMW Group
4,040
 5.3% +81%
6Volkswagen Volkswagen Group
3,668
 4.8% +9%
7Skoda Volkswagen Group
3,650
 4.8% +20%
8LeapmotorCN
3,605
 4.7% +273%
9Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz Group
3,457
 4.5% +70%
10Renault Renault Group
2,833
 3.7% +34%
11Toyota
2,670
 3.5% +509%
12Audi Volkswagen Group
2,066
 2.7% −3%
13Hyundai Hyundai Motor Group
1,968
 2.6% +14%
14Ford
1,618
 2.1% +3%
15Cupra Volkswagen Group
1,577
 2.1% +36%
16Mini BMW Group
1,257
 1.6% −26%
17PolestarCN-owned Geely Holding
1,245
 1.6% −27%
18MGCN SAIC
1,187
 1.6% +218%
19GeelyCN Geely Holding
981
 1.3% low base
20Mazda
973
 1.3% +316%
21XPengCN
951
 1.3% +213%
22Citroën Stellantis
838
 1.1% +3%
23Peugeot Stellantis
721
 0.9% 0%
24Porsche Volkswagen Group
715
 0.9% +33%
25Opel Stellantis
713
 0.9% +15%
26ZeekrCN Geely Holding
676
 0.9% +152%
27Nissan
595
 0.8% +198%
28DeepalCN Changan
493
 0.7% new
29Fiat Stellantis
399
 0.5% −32%
30Jeep Stellantis
376
 0.5% −31%

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, September 2026
CountryNew carsYoYBEVBEV shareBEV YoYPHEVSource · first in
Netherlands 36,076 +12% 19,053
52.8%
 +57% 6,233 RDW · 2026-10-01
Norway 18,678 +33% 18,456
98.8%
 +34% – Statistics Norway (SSB); Opplysningsrådet for veitrafikken (OFV) · 2026-10-02
Sweden 28,667 +14% 14,034
49.0%
 +46% 6,289 Mobility Sweden · 2026-10-01
Denmark Not yet published. Usually: Mobility Denmark on the 1st working day of M+1; DST BIL53 around the 9th Mobility Denmark; Danmarks Statistik
Finland Not yet published. Usually: Table updated in the first working days of M+1 (Aug 2026 data: 4 Sep 2026) Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency)
Germany Not yet published. Usually: Headline ~3rd working day; model table (FZ10) ~5th working day of M+1 Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)
United Kingdom 350,518 +12% 99,199
28.3%
 +36% 59,563 SMMT · 2026-10-02
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 94,661 +11% 17,649
18.6%
 +71% 14,418 Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT) · 2026-10-01
Italy 141,177 +11% 10,782
7.6%
 +50% 15,669 UNRAE · 2026-10-01
Belgium Not yet published. Usually: 1st–2nd working day of M+1 FEBIAC
Switzerland 21,948 +10% 7,833
35.7%
 +51% 2,529 auto-schweiz (data: ASTRA/OFROU, MOFIS register) · 2026-10-02
Austria Not yet published. Usually: 7th–10th working day of M+1 Statistik Austria
Portugal 19,589 +15% 9,338
47.7%
 +88% 3,022 ACAP · 2026-10-02
Ireland 6,336 +13% 3,123
49.3%
 +80% 1,063 SIMI (Society of the Irish Motor Industry) · 2026-10-01
Poland 28,968 −39% 3,592
12.4%
 −19% – Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (CEPiK) · 2026-10-01
Czechia Not yet published. Usually: 1st–3rd working day of M+1 SDA (Svaz dovozců automobilů)

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 August 2026 0% 10% 20% 30% ’24’25’26Aug 26 26.9%

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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%

Download the data

Plain CSV in UTF-8, one row per figure, with stable column names. Every row names its national source. The compilation is CC BY 4.0: reuse it with the credit under Cite this. The underlying figures belong to their national publishers.

CSV September 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
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.

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 October 2026, last updated 3 October 2026.

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