C29 · Electric Vehicles · 2 regions
New passenger car registrations
European Union: 11 million in 2025, +3.8% on 2024.
- 11 million Latest · European Union · 2025
- +3.8% vs 2024
- Annual Release cadence
- 3 Records · 2 regions · 2024–2025
Verified 15 Sep 2026 · 3 publishers · Next period 2026
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European Union over time, then selected latest values by region. Forecasts are dashed with hollow markers; the underlying values are one click away under the chart.
New passenger car registrations
European Union, 2024 to 2025
Estimates are listed as such in the table below
New passenger car registrations by region
Latest value per region, 2025
Estimate
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| Category | Source | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| European Union | ICCT | Estimate | 11 million |
| United Kingdom | SMMT | Actual | 2.02 million |
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3 records · 2 regions · 2024–2025. Each period links to its record: the value, its source evidence and original document.
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- Definition
- Total new passenger car registrations of all powertrain types in the region during the calendar year.
- Measure
- One slice of Sales ( counting rule: registration, form: count, segment: passenger car ) . Total monetary amount of sales revenue generated. Region and period are columns on every record, not slices.
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Sources · 3 documents
| Document | Publisher | Published | Data points |
|---|---|---|---|
| New car registrations: +0.8% in 2024; battery-electric 13.6% market share | ACEA | 21 Jan 2025 | 1 |
| UK new car market breaches two million as almost one in four buyers go electric | SMMT | 6 Jan 2026 | 1 |
| European Market Monitor Cars and Vans: January-December 2025 | ICCT | 25 Jan 2026 | 1 |
Other slices of sales
- Electric cars as a share of new car sales 15 electric car
- Electric car sales 13 electric car
- Battery-electric cars as a share of new car registrations 7 registration · bev
- Battery-electric car registrations 2 registration · bev
- Commercial electricity sales growth 2 commercial electricity
- Cumulative plug-in electric vehicle sales 2 cumulative · plug in electric
- E-commerce sales 2 e commerce
- Electric car exports 2 exported · electric car
- Electric car sales growth rate 2 electric car
- Electric trucks as a share of truck sales 2 electric truck
- Electricity sales growth 2 electricity
- Industrial electricity sales growth 2 industrial electricity
Frequently asked questions
What is the latest new passenger car registrations?
European Union: 11 million in 2025, +3.8% on 2024.
Where does this data come from?
From 3 documents published by ICCT, ACEA, SMMT. Every figure on this page links to its record, which preserves the original source evidence.
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Annual. The newest published period is 2025; the next release should cover 2026. A new figure appears here once the publisher releases it and it passes verification.
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StatOrigin. (2026). New passenger car registrations [Data set]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://statorigin.org/indicators/new-car-registrations
"New passenger car registrations." StatOrigin, 2026, https://statorigin.org/indicators/new-car-registrations. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.
StatOrigin. "New passenger car registrations." Data set, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://statorigin.org/indicators/new-car-registrations.
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