New battery electric car registrations in European Union (27)

New battery electric car registrations in the European Union (27) was 1.89 million in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 29.7% from 2024.

2025, count1,888,016

Change on 2024+29.7%

Series high1,888,0162025

Series low22,0662013

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New battery electric car registrations in European Union (27), 2013 to 2025

count. Source: Eurostat, New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road_eqr_carpda). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-06.

All 13 values

Period	count
2025	1,888,016
2024	1,455,122
2023	1,547,676
2022	1,129,786
2021	885,038
2020	538,927
2019	250,082
2018	134,444
2017	83,793
2016	53,527
2015	46,669
2014	31,179
2013	22,066

Rankings

EU countries by new battery electric car registrations 27 places

Definition

Passenger cars powered only by electricity registered for the first time in the year.

New registrations reported by national vehicle registers to Eurostat. Battery electric cars run only on electricity; plug-in hybrids are counted separately by Eurostat and are not included here.

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Eurostat. New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road_eqr_carpda). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqr_carpda/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road_eqr_carpda) (New battery electric car registrations, European Union (27), 2013 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqr_carpda/default/table

MLA 9

New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road_eqr_carpda), New battery electric car registrations, European Union (27), 2013 to 2025. Eurostat, European Commission, 6 Oct. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqr_carpda/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/new-battery-electric-car-registrations/european-union. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road_eqr_carpda). New battery electric car registrations, European Union (27), 2013 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqr_carpda/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/new-battery-electric-car-registrations/european-union.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road_eqr_carpda), New battery electric car registrations, European Union (27), 2013 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqr_carpda/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/new-battery-electric-car-registrations/european-union (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{eurostat_new_battery_electric_car_2025,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road\_eqr\_carpda): New battery electric car registrations, European Union (27), 2013 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqr_carpda/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/new-battery-electric-car-registrations/european-union. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road\_eqr\_carpda). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road\_eqr\_carpda/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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AU  - Eurostat, European Commission
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DB  - Invokely
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Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/new-battery-electric-car-registrations/european-union.
N1  - Publisher attribution: Eurostat. New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road_eqr_carpda). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqr_carpda/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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New battery electric car registrations in the European Union (27) was 1.89 million in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 29.7% from 2024.

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Eurostat, European Commission. New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road_eqr_carpda). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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1.89 million in 2025, the highest value since 2013 in this series.

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