Energy and Environment Blog

New European Union (EU) car registration data by power source, released last week (end of July 2025): 

🚗 Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) led the market with 35% of new registrations. 

🔋 Together, HEVs, battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs) accounted for 60% of all new car sales in the EU. 

🇩🇪 Germany alone contributed 38% of all EU BEV sales. 

📈 Year-over-year, July 2025 sales jumped 39% for BEVs, 14% for HEVs, and 57% for PHEVs compared with July 2024. 

Top 10 battery EVs (source: Bestsellingcars.com) 

🏎️ Tesla Model Y and Model 3 remained in the top two, although Model 3 sales dropped 45% from last year. 

🚗 The rest of the top 15 were mostly European, including Skoda, Volkswagen, Renault, Mercedes, BMW, Audi, and Volvo. 

Is the Germany automotive industry ready for a comeback? #DasAuto #EVSalesinEurope #EVAdoption 

References:  

1. https://www.acea.auto/pc-registrations/new-car-registrations-0-7-in-july-2025-year-to-date-battery-electric-15-6-market-share/?utm_source=chatgpt.com  
2. https://www.best-selling-cars.com/europe/2025-june-half-year-europe-car-sales-and-market-analysis/?utm_source=chatgpt.com 
3. https://cleantechnica.com/2025/08/02/europe-ev-sales-report-tesla-has-1-plus-2-win-in-a-29-ev-share-market/?utm_source=chatgpt.com