page_title: Plug-in electric vehicles in Europe
section_title: 2018–2019
hierarchical_section_title: Plug-in electric vehicles in Europe / Markets and sales / 2018–2019
caption_attribution_description: English: Top-selling highway-legal light-duty plug-in electric vehicle country or regional markets by cumulative sales or registrations through December 2019. Figure for the Netherlands corresponds to stock on the road. Data for stock at December 2016 from Europe, China, and the U.S. from HybridCars.com, for California from CNCDA, for Japan and Norway from HybridCars.com, for France from HybridCars.com, for the Netherlands from RVO, for the UK from NextGreenCar.com, and for Germany from KBA. U.S. Tesla sales for 3Q 2016 were revised/updated based upon information provided from the company. The combined effect of both Tesla models was 1,116 less units than originally estimated, so the revised current-year-to-date figure for U.S. sales through September is 108,397 units, and cum sales since 2008 is 521,403. Figures through December 2016 from HybridCars.com. Japanese stock updated with data from IEA Outlook 2017 and California stock updated with actual data from CNCDA (2014-2017). Data for additional sales or registrations in 2017: China, Europe, and Japan - EV-sales; United States - HybridCARs, Norway - OFV, France - AVERE France, UK- SMMT, Germany - KBA, the Netherlands - RVO, and California 4Q 2017 from CNCDA. Data for additional sales or registrations in 2018 China: Gasgoo News US: InsideEVs Europe: EV Sales California: CNCDA (2014-2018) Norway: Norsk Elbilforening (stock at the end of 2018) Japan: EV Sales UK: Next Green Car (stock at the end of 2018) Germany: KBA France: AVERE France Netherlands: RVO (stock in use at the end of 2018) Canada: EV Sales Data for additional sales or registrations in 2019 China: EIA Global EV Outlook 2020 US: InsideEVs Europe: ACEA California: CNCDA (2015-2019) Norway: Norsk Elbilforening (stock at the end of 2019) Germany: KBA Japan: EIA Global EV Outlook 2020 UK: Next Green Car (stock at the end of 2019) France: AVERE France Netherlands: RVO (stock in use at the end of 2019) Canada: EIA Global EV Outlook 2020
context_page_description: The adoption of plug-in electric vehicles in Europe is actively supported by the European Union and several national, provincial, and local governments in Europe. A variety of policies have been established to provide direct financial support to consumers and manufacturers; non-monetary incentives; subsidies for the deployment of charging infrastructure; and long term regulations with specific targets. In particular, the EU regulation that set the mandatory targets for average fleet CO
  2 emissions for new cars has been effective in contributing to the successful uptake of plug-in cars in recent years.
  Europe had more than two million plug-in electric passenger cars and light commercial vehicles on the road at the end of April 2020. The European stock of plug-in passenger is the world's second largest market after China, accounting for 25% of the global stock in 2019. Europe also has the second largest electric light commercial vehicle stock, with over 115,000 units, 31% of the global stock in 2019.
  As of December 2019, Norway is the leading country market with 384,000 units registered since 2010, followed by Germany, France and the UK.
context_section_description: Plug-in passenger car registrations totaled 558,649 units in 2019, up from 385,293 in 2018. The plug-in segment market share rose form 2.5% in 2018 to 3.7% in 2019. Registrations in 2019 consisted of 359,796 all-electric cars (64.4%) and 198,853 plug-in hybrid cars (35.6%). Registrations of all-electric light-duty commercial vehicles totaled 28,704 in 2019, representing a market share of 1.2% of the segment new registrations, and was led by France with more than 8,000 units.
  The new long-range Nissan Leaf was the top selling plug-in car in Europe in 2018 with over 40,000 units registered, and for the sixth consecutive year (2013-2018), the Mistubishi Outlander PHEV was best selling plug-in hybrid in Europe. Sales in 2018 were led by Norway with 72,689 new passenger car registrations, followed by Germany with 67,658 units. During 2019 Germany, with 108,839 units registered, surpassed Norway (79,640) for the first time as the best selling country market in the European region. 
  The Tesla Model 3, launched in the European market in February 2019, ranked as the best selling plug-in car in Europe in 2019, with over 95,000 units delivered in its first year in that market, and outselling other key premium models. The Model 3 also set records in Norway and the Netherlands, listing in both countries not only as the top selling plug-in car but also as the best selling passenger car model in the overall market.
  The sales volume achieved by the Model 3 in 2019 (15,683) is the third largest in Norwegian history, exceeded only by the Volkswagen Bobla (Beetle) in 1969 (16,706), and Volkswagen Golf in 2015 (16,388). The Model 3 set a new record in the Netherlands for the highest registrations in one month (22,137) for any single plug-in vehicle in Europe.
caption: Cumulative light-duty plug-in electric vehicle sales in Europe compared to the world's top-selling countries and regional markets as of December 2019[update]. Europe is the world's second largest plug-in market.
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