Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share

(cleantechnica.com)

48 points | by 01-_- 1 hour ago

4 comments

  • bashtoni 24 minutes ago

    Nearly 50% of vehicles sold in Australia in the last quarter were EVs or plug-in hybrids: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-02/electric-vehicle-ev-s...

    • a_paddy 40 minutes ago

      Why would anyone buy a Tesla in 2026?

      • thebruce87m 10 minutes ago

        Best charging experience and best software experience.

        Note: I do not want this to be true. Other companies please copy what Tesla has done with both of these. You’ve had years to do this and failed.

        • nielsbot 3 minutes ago

          (In the US) I switched from Tesla to Rivian. Their approach seems to be “Tesla, but nicer”. They have a similar non-legacy automaker feel.

          That said while I appreciate their design focus their software still feels not quite as polished as Tesla’s.

          • ezfe 3 minutes ago

            > Best charging experience

            This isn't accurate - they charge slower and Plug & Charge is common in many vehicles now, including with the Tesla network - whereas Teslas cannot Plug & Charge on other networks.

          • wasfgwp 32 minutes ago

            Price? They are quite cheap these days relative to comparable cars from other manufacturers.

          • afavour 14 minutes ago

            Self driving maybe? I’m happy to be corrected but I think most brands don’t offer the full self driving package Tesla offers.

            • psychoslave 36 minutes ago

              Europe is not exempt of fascist happy to throw money in a Svatiscar.

            • DennisL123 28 minutes ago

              I wish the article was written in a better way. It throws put many percentages in different contexts. 50-26-37-41- …

              Not saying any particular number is wrong, just wishing it was a clearer way of writing.

              • JumpCrisscross 1 hour ago

                What are their sources? How are they defining Europe?

                • tecleandor 23 minutes ago

                  They don't seem to link their sources (that's bad) but the general numbers seem to match The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) report for H1 2026 [0]. They include EU + EFTA + UK.

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                    0: https://www.acea.auto/pc-registrations/new-car-registrations-5-7-in-h1-2026-battery-electric-20-7-market-share/
                  • cptskippy 45 minutes ago

                    Vehicle registrations.

                    • Sayrus 44 minutes ago

                      I'm not entirely sure why you're getting downvoted. I wasn't able to find a source for the data but it is probably new vehicle registrations. Europe here seems to include Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Switzerland.

                      • criemen 4 minutes ago

                        Sweden, Finland and Iceland would be part of any definition of Europe? They're all EU countries, and (irrelevant to that) are now all NATO members too.

                        • hhh 34 minutes ago

                          Why wouldn't it?

                          • Foobar8568 27 minutes ago

                            Typically European Union vs Europe.

                            • bdangubic 29 minutes ago

                              they’ll get included again if they order a few humanoid robots that will be shipping by 2078