New passenger vehicle sales in the European Union will be worth 10.82 million in 2025, an increase of 1.8% on 2024, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) announced today.
According to ACEA, the increase in EU sales was driven by an increase in sales in Spain, a market that is increasingly growing among the large ones, and electric hybrids, which are established as preferred in Europe.
Due to this increase, the number of cars sold is lower than before the Covid-19 pandemic, explains ACEA.
In the major European markets, only sales expansion will increase in 2025, up 12.9% over 2024 to 1.15 million units, and long-haul in Germany, which saw a sudden increase of 1.4% to 2.86 million units.
On the other hand, registration numbers fall in France by 5.0% to 1.63 million vehicles and in Italy by 2.1% to 1.52 million vehicles.
In 2025, electric car sales will continue to grow as hybrids become more popular among European buyers and plug-in hybrids consolidate their market position, according to ACEA.
Electric cars will increase their market share by 17.4% (compared to 13.6% the previous year), along with projects for this year, but also at a level where there is room to keep growth on the same path as the transition.
Sales increased by 29.9% without exercise to 1.88 million electric vehicles in the EU, with increases in our four main markets, which now account for 62% of electric vehicles: Germany (+43.2%), Whites (+18.2%), Belgium (+12.6%) and France (+12.5%).
For now, electric hybrids will cement themselves as Europeans’ favorites with sales up 33.4% to 3.73 million units, translating into a market share of 34.5% thanks to the momentum of the four main EU economies.
Specifically, the number of hybrids increased by 23.1% in Spain, 21.6% in France, 8% in Germany and 7.9% in Italy.
We also continue to increase sales of plug-in hybrids (13.4%, or 1,016 million units) thanks to increases in Spain (+111.7%), Italy (86.6%) and Germany (62.3%), which grew to 7.2% last year by 9.4% in 2025.
In contrast, gasoline and gasoline vehicles will lose their weight in the EU by 18.7% after a decrease in sales by 18.7% and 24.2% between January and December.
In terms of brands, ACEA highlights the increase in sales from car manufacturer BYD, which more than doubled (+227.8%) in 2025, with total volume (128,827 units) now at the bottom of the list with a market share of just 1.2%.
On the other hand, Tesla, which is losing ground from its boss Elon Musk, has returned for a year as a patron and collaborator of the President of the United States, Donald Trump.
The manufacturer recorded more than 37.9% since 2019 and tended to reduce its presence in the European market by 1.4%, almost on par with its Chinese competitor.
Among major European manufacturers, the BMW Group saw the biggest increase in sales in 2025, at 6.4%, followed by Renault (+5.6%) and Volkswagen (+5.5%), while Stellantis recorded a figure of 4.7%.
Sales of Japanese Toyota (-6.3%) and Korean Hyundai (-3.1%) also fell in the EU.
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