Europe EV Sales: BEVs Jump 50% to 26% Market Share

Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share

Europe EV Sales: BEVs Jump 50% to 26% Market Share

In June, Europe saw a record 366,000 BEV registrations, up 50% year-over-year, pushing the BEV share to 26% and plugin share to 37%. Tesla's Model Y and Model 3 led the EV charts, while BYD's Atto 2 and the Renault 5 also performed strongly. Despite growth, the B and C segments remain ICE-heavy, and diesel's share fell to just 6%.

A few more months, and probably I won’t even mention diesel anymore.
  1. Grombobulous

    The US auto industry under its pro-oil policy incentives is in for a disastrous long-term outlook in exchange for short-term prosperity.

    At best, it’ll be a situation where the US market is segregated from the rest of the world: US auto consumers will be buying inferior vehicles from the rest of world that are more expensive to buy and own, since they will only be viable in the US market and will only be built in the US, Canada, and Mexico.

    At worst, the US is setting itself for horrendous energy policy issues moving forward. Sure, the US produces a lot of gas and oil and will for a long time, but any sort of price shock will be leaving the US and its car-dependent economy destabilized while Europe and Asia power forward with an ever-decreasing dependence on oil and gas. The US’ endless energy wars will continue to serve as incredibly expensive endeavors that other countries don’t even need to engage in.

    Just look at the number of nuclear power plant projects in progress in China. Comparatively few people in China depend on oil to get to work and travel long distances, and the amount that do is plummeting.

  2. bashtoni

    Nearly 50% of vehicles sold in Australia in the last quarter were EVs or plug-in hybrids: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-02/electric-vehicle-ev-s...

  3. throawayonthe

    BEV - battery electric vehicle

    (P)HEV - (plugin) hybrid electric vehicle

    ICEV - internal combustion engine vehicle

  4. dsunds

    I need to replace a 20 yr old Prius. I’d be a natural Tesla customer if not for Elon. All the BEV cars I like have been cancelled by their manufacturers. I want value and I keep my cars a long time. What should have been a slam dunk purchase has become disappointment. I’ll be buying another hybrid.

  5. agumonkey

    The industry has managed a transition. Some European brands have partnered with chinese suppliers while integrating some research in-house. Some cars have a lot of features, cute look, and good price.

  6. kawogi

    While I'm waiting for my Kia EV3 to arrive, I'm desparately trying to figure out which wallbox I need to buy to make use of V2H/V2G. Everything claims to be "ready", but I still don't know whether V2H/V2L will be DC or AC. Which protocol do my smart meters have to provide? What about the PV-inverter? How many apps will I need? How many cloud accounts? What about island-operation? Will I be able to use Home-Assistant for everything? What about feeding in the flexible pricing of my power provider? Another App/API? Which node in this hairball will have which role? Will the car decide when to charge? Or the App? Or the Wallbox? Or its App?

    I'm drowning in theoretical options and I'm left with the feeling that everything seems to be possible in theory, but I won't find a solution that works in practice. There are just too many protocols and regulations at play.

    Would have loved to wait another year until the dust around these topics have settled a bit, but the old car broke too early :(

    (sorry for the rant)

  7. spapas82

    Well one interesting thing is that if you want to buy a Toyota Yaris right now in Europe (specifically in Greece) the only options offered are hybrid. One with 116 hp and one with 136 hp. No petrol, no diesel. And only automatic transmission (a no no for me but that another discussion).

    Now considering that Yaris is one of the most popular cars (if not the most popular), the increase in sales is not surprising

  8. DennisL123

    I wish the article was written in a better way. It throws put many percentages in different contexts. 50-26-37-41- …

    Not saying any particular number is wrong, just wishing it was a clearer way of writing.

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