Record W-European BEV new passenger car market set to see the pace increase from the second half of the year
- Matthias Schmidt
- Aug 26
- 1 min read
A preview from our latest H1 2025 European Electric Car Study: The latest quarter witnessed 594,800 new BEVs registered across Western Europe, resulting in a new quarterly record. That translated into 19.5% penetration of the total new passenger car market during the same period, making it the second-highest mix on record. Only Q4 2022 remains higher, which benefitted from numerous special effects such as strong order books inflated during the first part of the year due to the semiconductor and wire-harness shortages, preventing deliveries earlier on in the year. Additionally, a number of key markets reduced or removed purchase subsidies from 2023, causing a pull-forward into the final months of 2022, accompanied by OEMs favouring BEV deliveries in the final quarter to meet EU fleet emissions CO2 compliance targets. Meanwhile the growth rate in June 2025, falling back to 13.7% y/y, wasn't reflective of a slowing market, which witnessed above 20% growth rates during the previous five months of the year but was due to the high baseline last year as manufacturers, particularly Chinese brands, rushed to de-stock inventory that wasn't compliant with....
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Source: Schmidt Automotive Research
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*Western Europe 18 Markets: EU Member States prior to the 2004 enlargement plus EFTA markets Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, plus UK
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