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Over 188,000 fully electric cars were sold in the EU in November. Thus, while the market share exceeded 21%, gasoline and diesel vehicle sales experienced a sharp decline.

The rise of fully electric vehicles in the European Union car market continues without slowing down. In November, 188,730 new electric passenger cars hit the roads across the EU. This number represents a strong increase of 44.1% compared to the same month last year.

In the January-November period, a total of 1,662,399 new electric cars were registered in the EU. The share of electric vehicles in the total market reached 16.9% in this period. In the same period last year, this rate was 13.4%, and sales were around 1.3 million units. The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) states that this market share reached by electric vehicles is in line with year-end expectations, while emphasizing that there is still significant growth potential for the transformation to accelerate.

In the first 11 months of the year, a total of 9.86 million new cars were sold across the EU. While this number indicates a limited increase of 1.4% in the general market, the growth in electric vehicles was much more remarkable. In the same period, fully electric vehicle sales increased by 27.6%, and rechargeable hybrids (PHEV) increased by 33.1%.

When looking only at November, the picture becomes even clearer. Electric vehicles became the fastest-growing side of the EU car market. While a total of 887,491 new vehicles were sold across all engine types, 21.3% of this consisted of fully electric models. Although rechargeable hybrids grew by 38.4% in November, they remained behind electric vehicles with sales of 91,699 units. In November, hybrid vehicles (including full and mild hybrids according to the ACEA definition) became the most preferred engine type with approximately 302,000 units. However, growth in this segment remained limited to only 4.2%. In contrast, gasoline vehicle sales experienced a decline of over 20% with 206,448 units, and diesel sales with 70,120 units.

Another point drawing attention in ACEA data is that mild hybrids are no longer counted in the internal combustion engine category. Although this situation creates some shifts in statistics, the growth trend in November clearly reveals that users are turning from classic gasoline and diesel vehicles to rechargeable hybrids and fully electric models. If the current trend continues, it will not be a surprise if electric vehicles surpass gasoline cars in sales figures across the EU in the near future.

Increases were recorded in all four major markets, which make up 62% of electric vehicle sales in the EU. Germany showed growth of 41.3%, Belgium 10.2%, the Netherlands 8.8%, and France 9.1%. The increase in rechargeable hybrids was driven especially by Spain (+113%), Italy (+80.6%), and Germany (+62.7%). The same countries stood out as markets where the sharpest declines in gasoline vehicle sales were experienced.

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