BEVs represent 16% of the European market in 2023
- Sales of battery electric vehicles (BEV) continued to grow in Europe (29 countries) in 2023. From 6% of the European market in 2020, they increased to 11% of the market in 2021, 14% in 2022 and 16% in 2023. With a market share which only increases by 2% per year on average, we would reach a market share of 30% in 2030 and 40% in 2035.
- In 2023, BEV sales surpassed for the first time sales of diesel cars which did not exceed 12% market share and which continue to decline (see graphs). BEVs now represent twice the sales of plug-in hybrids (PHEV), which are declining. Full hybrids are no longer progressing and remain stable at 8% of the European market in 2023.
- Countries where BEVs represent more than the European average level in 2023 are Norway (82.4%), Sweden (38.7%), Denmark (36.3%), Finland (33.8% ), the Netherlands (30.8%), Luxembourg (22.5%), Switzerland (20.9%), Austria (19.9%), Belgium (19.6%), Ireland (18.6%), Germany (18.4%), Portugal (18.2%), France (16.8%) and the United Kingdom (16.5%). It is therefore the countries of the North, Center and West which buy the most BEVs.
- Conversely, the countries of the South and East are those which buy the least BEVs. In these countries, the market share of BEVs is less than 10% and the lowest rate (less than 4%) is recorded in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Croatia. The rates in the countries of the South are also very low: Italy is at 4.2%, Greece at 4.7% and Spain at 5.4%.