The number of newly registered battery-only electric passenger cars has risen rapidly across Europe in recent years. In the EU alone, around 1.9 million new battery-electric cars were registered in 2025.
As a result, battery-only electric vehicles are taking an increasingly large share of new car registrations. In 2025, they accounted for 17.3% of all new passenger cars registered in the EU. In several European countries, the share is higher than one in three according to Eurostat.
But the transition is far from even across the continent. Some countries are moving towards electric cars much faster than others.
So, how is the number of battery-only electric passenger cars evolving across Europe? Which countries have the highest shares? And how many battery-electric cars are now on the road in each European country?
Ten years ago, in 2015, only around 47,000 battery-only electric passenger cars were newly registered in the EU. The number passed half a million in 2020 and climbed to almost 1.9 million in 2025 according to Eurostat.
