Electric Vehicles Outsell Gasoline Autos in EU for First Time
Chinese company BYD saw a 229 percent rise in vehicle registrations in December 2025, while U.S.-based Tesla fell by 20 percent.
TL;DR
- Electric car sales exceeded gasoline car sales in the EU in December 2025.
- 217,898 battery electric vehicles (EVs) were sold in December 2025.
- 216,492 petrol (gasoline) cars were sold in December 2025.
- Battery EV registrations increased by 51 percent from December 2024.
- Hybrid electric car sales rose by 5.8 percent.
- Plug-in hybrid car sales increased by 36.7 percent.
- Vehicles with any form of electric engine represented 67 percent of EU car registrations in December 2025.
- This is up from 57.8 percent in December 2024.