From https://www.eco-business.com/news/analysis-evs-just-outsold-petrol-cars-in-eu-for-first-time-ever
Note that this definition, from ACEA, excludes “hybrid” cars that only run on petrol, but also have a small battery.
Overall in 2025, EVs reached 17.4% of the market share
I thought that it wouldn’t happen until 2040 or something.
Seems like the liberticidal low-emission zones were never a necessity in the first place…
Being from France, i found this for the 2025 car sales :

As a sidenote, here’s from China as well, makes you hopeful for the future of carbon emissions : https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5330918

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Yeah, from the article the graph is from :
From this graph below, it was already the case before for Hybrid+Electric vs. Petrol+Diesel, but the grap of the post was BEV vs. Petrol : https://www.acea.auto/figure/fuel-types-of-new-passenger-cars-in-eu
But of course, if we’re considering the total cars currently in circulation, then it’s less optimistic(, for now) : https://www.acea.auto/publication/report-vehicles-on-european-roads-2026
