For the first time in the history of the European Union, sales of fully electric vehicles have surpassed those of cars powered exclusively by gasoline engines. This is shown in a new December report by the European Automobile Manufacturers\u2019 Association (ACEA).<\/p>\n
According to the data, electric vehicles accounted for 22.6% of all new car registrations in the EU, while the share of gasoline-powered models stood at 22.5%. At the same time, hybrids remained the largest market segment, making up 44% of registrations, including plug-in hybrids capable of covering limited distances on electric power alone.<\/p>\n
Analysts note that the result is partly explained by the reclassification of some gasoline cars into the \u201cmild hybrid\u201d category, which formally includes electrification but still relies on internal combustion engines. According to independent auto analyst Matthias Schmidt, a clear overall lead of electric cars over ICE models across the entire region is still several years away, but he calls the current figure an important signal of change.<\/p>\n
Across the broader European market, which also includes the United Kingdom and Norway, car sales have been rising year-on-year for six consecutive months. Competition has intensified due to the active expansion of Chinese brands such as BYD, Changan, and Geely, while European manufacturers like Volkswagen and BMW are accelerating the launch of new electric models.<\/p>\n
In December, total car sales in the EU, the UK, and EFTA countries rose by 7.6% to 1.2 million units, and for the whole of 2025 the market reached 13.3 million vehicles, the highest level in the past five years, although still below pre-pandemic levels. Within the EU alone, December sales increased by 5.8% to nearly 1 million cars.<\/p>\n
Registrations of electric vehicles in December jumped by 51%, plug-in hybrids by 36.7%, and conventional hybrids by 5.8%. Taken together, these categories accounted for 67% of all new registrations in the bloc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":151041,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-151040","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=151040"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=151040"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=151040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}