Car registrations in Europe, Acea: +13. 6% in June, +5. 7% in the 1st half of the year
Registrations of new cars inEuropean Unionhave increased by13,6%on an annual basis in June and on5,7%in the first half of the year, driven by electric vehicles. He notices itl’Acea(European Automobile. . .
Registrations of new cars inEuropean Unionhave increased by13,6%on an annual basis in June and on5,7%in the first half of the year, driven by electric vehicles. He notices itl’Acea(European Automobile Manufacturers Association). Overall, they were almost sold in the first six months of the year5. 9 millionof new cars, despite a geopolitical contextunfavorablewhich weighs on the prospects, Acea underlined in the press release. The car market“The market continues to benefit from strong demandof electric vehicles,fueled mainly by support measures” for these technologies, added the association. In the first six months of the year, this increase affected all types of electric vehicles, whether they were completelyelectrical(+40. 5% compared to the first half of 2025),ibridi plug-in(+22,5%) onon-plug-in hybrids(+13. 2%). However, in the January-June period, non-plug-in hybrid cars remained the modelsmost popularamong themEuropeanswith a market share of 37. 3%. Motorized vehicles followinternal combustion– petrol and diesel – which continue their decline but still represent 29. 7% of the market share (compared to 37. 8% the previous year). The carscompletely electricfollow an opposite trajectory, with their market share increasing from 15. 6% in H1 2025 to 20. 7% in H1 2026. Thanks to this positive momentum,in the first six months of the yearthe order of magnitude of new car sales is comparable for fully electric vehicles (1. 2 million) and gasoline-powered cars (1. 3 million). The photography of EuropeThree countries alone accounted for almosttwo thirdsof new registrations of electric cars, with a strongsales growth: France (+62. 9%), Germany (+48%) and Denmark (+41. 2%). It is in France that the decline in sales of new petrol cars isbeen more marked(-34. 2%), although the downward trend is also significant in other important markets such as Spain (-18. 5%), Germany (-18. 2%) and Italy (-17. 1%). The main producersEven in the first half of the year, the manufacturer ranking remains dominated byVolkswagen,which holds 26. 5% of the market share and recorded a 2. 6% increase in sales volume, driven by brandsSkodaeAudi. Stellarranks second with a market share of 16. 4% and sales growing by 6% thanks toFiateOpel. Renault,in third place, it saw its market share fall to 10. 5% from the first half of 2025 and its sales fell by 4. 2% over the same period. Several Chinese groups, despite maintaining a very small market share (less than 3%), have recorded a real explosion in sales on an annual basis. This is the case, for example, ofByd,which more than doubled its sales, byChery,which almost quadrupled them, and ofLeap motor(Stellantis partner), which has increased them more than sixfold. Post navigation