The number of new fully electric cars registered in the European Union (EU) saw a year-on-year decrease of 6.1% in 2024, totaling 1.45 million, compared to 1.55 million in 2023.
The data revealed this Wednesday by the European Union’s statistical service (Eurostat) shows that with the registrations of new fully electric cars in 2024, the EU fleet increased by 32.4%, reaching 5.87 million compared to 4.43 million in 2023.
The share of 100% electric vehicles among all new registrations fell to 13.6% in 2024, down from the level of 2023 (14.6%). This share, the European statistical service emphasizes, remained below 1% until 2018 but has grown in recent years, rising to 5.3% in 2020, 9.0% in 2021, and 12.1% in 2022.
Meanwhile, plug-in hybrid vehicles recorded a decline of 6.5%, similar to that of fully electric passenger cars, while the total number of new hybrid cars increased by 12.7% in 2024 (3.95 million) compared to 2023 (3.50 million).
The highest shares of fully electric cars among new registered vehicles were observed in Denmark (51.3%), Malta (37.7%), and Sweden (34.9%). In contrast, the lowest were recorded in Croatia (1.8%), Slovakia (2.4%), and Poland (3.0%).
As for Portugal, in terms of fully electric vehicles, it reached 20% of new registrations in 2024, ranking 8th among the 27 Member States.
