Electric car sales
European Union · 2025
Electric car sales in the European Union totalled 4.2 million in 2025 (IEA).
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Report
- Global EV Outlook 2026
- Locator
- Trends in electric cars
- Retrieved
- 14 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Across the region, electric car sales numbered 1 million more in 2025 than in the previous year, reaching a total of 4.2 million, or 28% of all new cars sold.
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Other sources disagree
1 record reports a different value for this same indicator, region and period. We keep both rather than choosing or averaging. The disagreement is itself information.
| Value | Divergence | Source organisation | Document | Locator | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 million | -28.6% | IEA | Global EV Outlook 2026 | Trends in electric cars | Open record |
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- APA
- International Energy Agency. (2026). Global EV Outlook 2026. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/trends-in-electric-cars. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_02FS60DG9NTN11T1ZZ43ACMM9W
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "Global EV Outlook 2026." 2026, https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/trends-in-electric-cars. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_02FS60DG9NTN11T1ZZ43ACMM9W.
- Chicago
- International Energy Agency. "Global EV Outlook 2026." 2026. https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/trends-in-electric-cars. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_02FS60DG9NTN11T1ZZ43ACMM9W.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2026salesacmm9w, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Global EV Outlook 2026}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_02FS60DG9NTN11T1ZZ43ACMM9W}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/trends-in-electric-cars. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }
Provenance and verification
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Global EV Outlook 2026
- Type
- Report
- Published
- 20 May 2026
- Locator
- Trends in electric cars
- Retrieved
- 14 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- Proprietary report; figure taken from its public summary
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_02FS60DG9NTN11T1ZZ43ACMM9W