Electric car sales

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4.2 million

Europe · 2025

Electric car sales in Europe were 4.2 million in 2025 (IEA).

Original source
Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Electric car sales saw strong growth in Europe in 2025, thanks to policy support
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.

International Energy Agency, Global EV Outlook 2026, Electric car sales saw strong growth in Europe in 2025, thanks to policy support

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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_N95G6WB1PRSNC1AFHK87ZEMSE8

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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_N95G6WB1PRSNC1AFHK87ZEMSE8.
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_N95G6WB1PRSNC1AFHK87ZEMSE8.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2026saleszemse8, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Global EV Outlook 2026}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_N95G6WB1PRSNC1AFHK87ZEMSE8}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/trends-in-electric-cars. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }

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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
Electric car sales saw strong growth in Europe in 2025, thanks to policy support
Retrieved
14 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
Proprietary report; figure taken from its public summary

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
editorial:evidence-check-v1:2026-09-26
Checked on
26 September 2026
Last revision
26 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_N95G6WB1PRSNC1AFHK87ZEMSE8