Market Spotlight
August 11, 2025 | By: Sandra Wappelhorst and Sonsoles Díaz
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Figure 1. Total new car registrations and share of BEV and PHEV passenger cars by country, January to May 2025
Market trends, January–May 2025In the first five months of 2025, EVs made up 66% of new car registrations in Denmark; among new passenger car registrations, 63% were BEVs and 3% PHEVs. Compared with January to May 2024, BEV registrations rose by 55% while PHEV registrations fell by 34%. The total passenger car market growth grew more modestly than the BEV market, increasing by only 6%.
Table 1. New BEV and PHEV passenger car registrations in Denmark
Figure 2. Share of BEVs and PHEVs in new passenger car registrations in Denmark and selected policy actions
Figure 3. Share of BEVs and PHEVs in new passenger car registrations in Denmark by owner type, 2024
Selected national-level drivers of EV uptake
Market trends, January–May 2025
In the first five months of 2025, EVs accounted for 60% of new passenger car registrations in Sweden; among new passenger car registrations, 34% were BEVs and 26% were PHEVs. Compared with the same period in 2024, BEV registrations increased by 18% and PHEVs by 15%, and the total passenger car market grew by 6%.
Table 3. New battery electric and plug-in hybrid passenger car registrations in Sweden
Figure 4. Share of BEVs and PHEVs in new passenger car registrations in Sweden and selected policy actions
Figure 5. Share of BEVs and PHEVs in new passenger car registrations in Sweden by owner type, 2024
Model Y 
18,293 
Volkswagen 
ID.4 
4,989 
Škoda 
Enyaq iV 
3,841 
Model 3 
3,477 
Q4 e-tron 
2,569 
Figure 6. Share of BEVs and PHEVs in new passenger car registrations in Sweden by regional typology, 2024
Selected national-level drivers of EV uptake
Market trends, January–May 2025
In the first five months of 2025, EVs accounted for 56% of new passenger car registrations; among new cars registered, 34% were BEVs and 21% were PHEVs. Compared with the same period in 2024, BEV registrations increased by 18%, while PHEV registrations declined by 6%. The total car market shrank by 8%.
Table 5. New battery electric and plug-in hybrid passenger car registrations in Finland
Finland 
January to May 2025 
Change from January to May 2024 
BEV 
PHEV 
Total 
BEV 
PHEV 
Total 
Total 
10,235 
6,339 
29,803 
+18% 
-6% 
-8% 
Figure 7. Share of BEVs and PHEVs in new passenger car registrations in Finland and selected policy actions
Figure 8. Share of BEVs and PHEVs in new passenger car registrations in Finland by owner type, 2024
Selected national-level drivers of EV uptake
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