In June 2023, more electric cars than diesel cars were newly registered in the EU for the first time. New registrations of BEV passenger cars increased by 66.2 percent to 158,252 electric cars, representing a market share of 15.1 percent. The share of diesel cars fell to 13.4 percent, and that of plug-in hybrids fell slightly to 7.9 percent. Electric cars were the third most popular choice of new car buyers after gasoline cars and hybrids.

Electric cars also overtook diesel vehicles in Germany. Most EU markets saw impressive growth in electric cars, particularly the Netherlands, Germany and France. Plug-in hybrids saw a decline in Germany, while France and Spain recorded increases. Fuel cell vehicles are not recorded separately and, with a market share of 3.0 percent, fall under "Other.

In the first half of the year, a total of 703,586 battery-electric passenger cars were newly registered in the EU, an increase of 53.8 percent compared with the previous year. The market share of electric cars was 13.0 percent. At the turn of the year, there was a temporary decline in e-registrations in some countries due to adjusted subsidy guidelines, but these have recovered in the year to date.

The best-selling model in Europe across all drive types was the Tesla Model Y with 125,144 registrations in the first half of the year. However, the result was not necessarily due to the weakness of the competition, but to Tesla's strong growth. This put the Model Y with a lead of around 7,000 sales over the second-placed Dacia Sandero. The VW T-Roc follows another 11,000 vehicles behind. The Tesla Model 3 came in 50th place with 38,843 units sold in the first half of the year.