In 2025, 1.89 million new battery-only electric passenger cars were registered in the EU, marking a strong rebound of 29.7% compared with 2024. This came after a decline in 2024, when new registrations fell by 6.0% compared with 2023 (1.46 million cars).
The total number of battery-only electric passenger cars reached 7.59 million in 2025, representing a 31.5% increase compared with the 2024 fleet of 5.77 million.
This information comes from data on passenger cars published by Eurostat. The article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article on passenger cars in the EU. (....)