Hybrid & electric cars make up 48% of new registrations in 2023

After the rapid growth in battery-only electric car registrations between 2013 and 2023, the combined share of all hybrid and battery-only electric vehicles in 2023 matched that of pure petrol and pure diesel cars (48.3% vs. 48.8%).

This information comes from data on passenger cars published by Eurostat. The article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article on passenger cars in the EU.

Source dataset: road_eqr_carpda

Highest share of hybrid and electric cars in Finland

In 9 EU countries the share of hybrid and electric passenger cars in new registrations exceeded 50% in 2023. The highest shares were reported in Finland (78%), with 44% hybrid and 34% electric, Sweden (69%), with 30% hybrid and 39% electric, and the Netherlands (68%), with 37% hybrid and 31% electric.

Source dataset: road_eqr_carpda

In contrast, Bulgaria recorded the lowest share with 7%, followed by Czechia (20%) and Croatia (28%).