Battery-electric car fleet

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5.87 million

European Union · end of 2024

Battery-electric car fleet in the European Union reached 5.87 million at end of 2024 (Eurostat).

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Publisher
Eurostat
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Lead paragraph
Retrieved
14 Sep 2026
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This brought the total number of battery-only electric cars to 5.87 million, representing an increase in the fleet of 32.4% compared with 2023 (4.43 million).

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APA
Statistical Office of the European Union. (2025). 1.45 million new battery-only electric cars in 2024. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20250730-1. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8R9T0FB063HPC8H7Q3T43XWCYT
MLA
Statistical Office of the European Union. "1.45 million new battery-only electric cars in 2024." 2025, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20250730-1. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8R9T0FB063HPC8H7Q3T43XWCYT.
Chicago
Statistical Office of the European Union. "1.45 million new battery-only electric cars in 2024." 2025. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20250730-1. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8R9T0FB063HPC8H7Q3T43XWCYT.
BibTeX
@misc{eurostat2025fleet3xwcyt, author = {{Statistical Office of the European Union}}, title = {1.45 million new battery-only electric cars in 2024}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8R9T0FB063HPC8H7Q3T43XWCYT}, note = {Original source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20250730-1. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }

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Publisher
Statistical Office of the European Union · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
1.45 million new battery-only electric cars in 2024
Type
Statistical release
Published
30 July 2025
Locator
Lead paragraph
Retrieved
14 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
Open

Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_8R9T0FB063HPC8H7Q3T43XWCYT