Battery-electric vehicles (16.4%) and hybrid-electric vehicles (34.6%) together accounted for more than half of new car registrations in the European Union in the year to October 2025, new data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has found.
According to Sustainability Online portal, hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) accounted for the highest share of new car registrations in the period, followed by petrol vehicles (27.4%). Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) came next, followed by diesel (9.2%), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (9.1%) and others (3.3%).
There was a small rise in new car registrations in the European Union in the first ten months of the year, up 1.4% on the same period the previous year, with October the fourth month in a row in which registrations have risen. The overall volume of registrations, meanwhile, remains below the levels recorded prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Commenting on the figures, ACEA said the BEV share ‘is still below the pace needed at this stage of the transition. Hybrid-electric vehicles lead as the most popular power type choice among buyers, with plug-in hybrids continuing to gain momentum.’
