"Tesla can console itself with the fact that the Model Y remains Europe's most-registered car, though that task is much easier when you essentially give consumers only two models to choose from. 149,805 Models Y found European homes in 2025, 28 percent fewer than last year. The Model 3 also proved unpopular, falling by 24 percent to 85,393 units sold."
"Although Europe's battery EV sales grew by 29 percent in 2025, buyers actually purchased more mild hybrids-cars with conventional internal combustion engines but more powerful 48 V starter motors that reduce emissions by a few percent. The total came to 2,974,089 mild hybrids, in fact, 16 percent more than in 2024. Sales of vehicles we think of as actual hybrids, where there's a traction motor and battery (like a Toyota Prius, for example), grew by 10 percent to 1,692,711 units,"
Tesla's Model Y led European registrations in 2025 with 149,805 units but recorded a 28% decline year-over-year. The Model 3 fell 24% to 85,393 units. Volvo's EX30 dropped 37% to 49,110 units amid recalls and a production shift from China to Belgium related to the tariff war. Battery-electric vehicle sales rose 29% in 2025. Mild-hybrid sales reached 2,974,089 units, up 16%; conventional hybrids grew 10% to 1,692,711 units; plug-in hybrids increased 34% to 1,272,463 units. Unelectrified vehicle sales fell 20% to 4,528,181. More than two in three new cars in Europe are likely to be electrified next year.
Read at Ars Technica
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