The electric car begins the year on the wheeled hats despite the fall in Tesla sales
The year 2024 marked a slight decrease in the market share of electric vehicles in Europe (European Union, member countries of the AELE and United Kingdom), from 15.7 % in 2023 to 15.4 % last year (source: Acea), as well as at the national level.
This disillusionment has occurred while the year 2025 marks the hardening of the CAFE standard, which imposes CO2 emission thresholds to manufacturers to be respected in the European Union. More than ever, manufacturers therefore have no choice but to redouble their efforts to sell cars with low emissions.
The (everything) start of the year seems fairly well embarked, with a market share that starts upwards. Thus, according to the figures of theAcea16.7 % of cars registered in Europe (European Union, member countries of the AELE and United Kingdom) in January 2025 were 100 % electric. In France, this share increased from 16.9 % over the year 2024 to 17.4 % in January 2025.
However, at the same time, Tesla sales fell. The number one of the electric car in Europe and around the world experienced a fall of 45 % of its sales on the old continent in January 2025 compared to January 2024. This drop would be due in particular to recent controversies (the word is low) and positions of the brand's CEO, Elon Musk. However, it is also explained by the important restyling of Model Y, the best sale of Tesla, which has earned its entry -level version to be temporarily unavailable to order. THE Model y restyled Being now available, you should expect the brand's sales to go back up in the coming months.
Hybridization is generalized in thermal models
In parallel, sales of non-rechargeable hybrid cars (MHEV and HEV) experienced significant growth in January 2025. In Europe (European Union, member countries of the AELE and United Kingdom), their market share went from 31.4 % over the year 2024 to 34.9 % in January 2025. In France, their progression is even more impressive, going from 34.3 % to 44.9 %, In particular due to the progressive generalization of light hybridization systems. The new scale of the ecological penalty, which will come into force on March 1, 2025, is expected to drive the nail to the French market.
