Across the countries recorded in this statistic, Germany reported the largest plug-in electric vehicle sales, followed by the United Kingdom and France.
German electric vehicle market soars
Germany is the leading European market for plug-in electric car sales. Germany recorded some 823,900 new registrations of plug-in electric vehicles in the passenger car segment in 2022 with battery electric vehicle sales accounting for about 56.36 percent of this tally. The level of Germany's plug-in hybrid electric car sales was equally impressive at nearly 359,600 units, the highest value in this category in Europe's key electric vehicle markets. As of December 2022, around 1.89 million electric vehicles were on the road in Germany.
Environmental framework
Europe represented 16 percent of the global transport sector's carbon dioxide emissions in 2021. That year, Germany was the European Union country with the largest transport sector CO2 emissions. In order to curb the EU's transport emissions, the European Commission set a 2035 deadline to end sale of CO2 emitting cars—especially fossil fuel vehicles—in 2022, though that deal has been challenged by various countries.
New registrations of plug-in electric cars in selected European countries in 2022, by main type
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Battery electric vehicles
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
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EAFO. (May 22, 2023). New registrations of plug-in electric cars in selected European countries in 2022, by main type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/626633/eu-new-electric-vehicle-registrations/
EAFO. "New registrations of plug-in electric cars in selected European countries in 2022, by main type." Chart. May 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/626633/eu-new-electric-vehicle-registrations/
EAFO. (2023). New registrations of plug-in electric cars in selected European countries in 2022, by main type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/626633/eu-new-electric-vehicle-registrations/
EAFO. "New Registrations of Plug-in Electric Cars in Selected European Countries in 2022, by Main Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/626633/eu-new-electric-vehicle-registrations/
EAFO, New registrations of plug-in electric cars in selected European countries in 2022, by main type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/626633/eu-new-electric-vehicle-registrations/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
New registrations of plug-in electric cars in selected European countries in 2022, by main type [Graph], EAFO, May 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/626633/eu-new-electric-vehicle-registrations/