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ACEA’s Pocket Guide is the essential fact book for everything related to the automotive industry and market – refreshed with new data and statistics every year to help you better understand this rapidly changing sector and market.
This 2025-26 edition of ACEA’s Pocket Guide offers a comprehensive overview of the automotive industry, with a new chapter dedicated to infrastructure, reflecting the growing importance of electric vehicle (EV) uptake. As competitiveness concerns rise and global trade shift, the guide provides timely insights into the current state of the play of the sector. Despite economic uncertainties, the automotive industry remains a leader in research and development, investing €85 billion in 2023 – €12 billion more than the previous year and twice as much as the next largest private sector investor. However, EU vehicle production declined in 2024, with car output falling to 11.5 million units and commercial vehicle production dropping nearly 10%, prompting challenges in maintaining Europe’s manufacturing appeal.
Sale trends show mixed signals: global car registrations rose by 2.7%, and EU market share edged up to 22%, yet the share of battery-electric cars shrank for the first time. Electric van and truck registrations stagnated, while electric buses sustained momentum. Although ACEA members offer around 290 electrically-chargeable models on the EU market today, a lack of essential enabling conditions such as stronger incentives and infrastructure is still stymying demand.
Figures for EU trade with the rest of the world reveal a decline in both value and volume. However, the EU maintained a €94 billion surplus, with the US and the UK still the top destinations. Meanwhile, road safety in the EU continues to improve, with fatalities down 1.3%, while environmental performance improved again, with CO2 emissions and water usage per vehicle both reducing by over 50% since 2005.
To navigate our rapidly evolving sector, this new edition of the Pocket Guide remains the go-to resource for policymakers and industry leaders alike.
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