BEVs will represent 18% of the European market in 2025
- According to passenger car sales figures recorded in Europe (30 countries = EU + UK + Norway + Switzerland) for the first nine months of 2025, the market share of BEVs in Europe will reach 18% for the whole of this year, compared to 16% for the whole of 2024.
- This is a welcome surprise after a 2024 marked by stagnant BEV sales, with their market share capped at 16%, whereas 2023 saw strong growth, with their market share rising from 14% to 16%. Logically, market share should have reached 18% in 2024 and 20% in 2025, based on the 2023 growth rate.
- Even though BEV sales growth resumed in 2025, at the same pace as in 2023, 2025 is two percentage points behind the expected growth. Therefore, 2026 will need to make up this shortfall so that BEVs reach a 22% market share by the end of the year. The growth in sales of small electric cars could help achieve this goal.
- Petrol engines still account for the largest share of passenger car sales in Europe, at 30% (a figure that has been steadily declining for several years), followed by mild hybrids (MHEVs), with 25% of the market, a figure that has been steadily increasing for several years. Non-plug-in hybrids (F-HEVs) represent 10% of the market, a figure that has been steadily increasing for several years, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) account for 9% of the market (a slight increase compared to 2023 and 2024), and diesel vehicles represent 8% of the market (a figure that has been steadily declining for several years).