Overview
- ACEA’s February tally, published Tuesday, reached 979,321 registrations with a slight year-over-year rise, while the two-month total stayed just below 2025.
- Stellantis posted 170,816 registrations in February, up 9.5% with market share at 17.4%, and it says it was the only major incumbent to gain share in the Jan–Feb period and the top B2C seller of battery-electric cars across ten key markets.
- Battery-electric vehicles took an 18.8% share of EU registrations in the first two months and non‑plug‑in hybrids led at 38.7%, as plug‑in hybrids grew quickly to 9.8% and petrol and diesel declines deepened.
- Chinese brands expanded their footprint in February as BYD jumped 162.3% to 17,954 registrations, SAIC rose 12% to 22,360, and Tesla grew 11.8% to 17,664, adding pressure on established European groups.
- Despite the monthly uptick, Centro Studi Promotor reports the market is still 18.3% below 2019 levels in the first two months, with electric-car uptake uneven across big markets including France at 27.5%, Germany and the UK at 22%, Spain at 9%, and Italy at 7.3% helped by recent incentives.