In Austria, the growth of electric mobility is reflected in the registration statistics provided by Statistik Austria. In June alone, 8,993 new battery-electric cars were registered, marking a 44 per cent increase compared with June 2025. This surge pushed the share of battery-electric cars in Austria above the 26 per cent threshold for the first time on a monthly basis (exactly 26.3 per cent). In May and April, the share had already exceeded 25 per cent, having previously hovered just above 20 per cent.
The Austrian overall market also experienced growth in the first half of the year, with 164,529 passenger cars registered — a 15 per cent increase compared with the first half of 2025. In June, total registrations were even 23 per cent higher than in the previous year. “The upward trend in new passenger car registrations has now persisted for a full year and gained further momentum in June 2026. […] Two-thirds of the cars registered in the first half of the year featured alternative drive systems,” comments Manuela Lenk, Director General of Statistical Methods at Statistik Austria.
More precisely, statisticians recorded 107,836 passenger cars with alternative drive systems (+27 per cent year-on-year). Alongside the 40,060 new battery-electric cars (+8,526; +27.0 per cent year-on-year), there were 60,910 petrol hybrids (+15,276; +33.5 per cent year-on-year) and 6,864 diesel hybrids (−819; −10.7 per cent year-on-year) registered between January and June. For completeness, two hydrogen-powered cars were also recorded. As usual, the statement from Statistik Austria does not specify how the hybrid figures are distributed among mild, full, and plug-in hybrids. Some hybrid variants are closer to conventional petrol cars than to battery-electric vehicles. It is worth noting that Statistik Austria defines the term ‘alternative drives’ quite broadly.
