Electric car sales in Europe are growing at a rate of 40%.

Omissions

• The 40% figure only matches isolated single-month spikes (e.g., EU BEV registrations +44.1% year-on-year in November 2025), not the sustained trend.
• The most recent complete data available before the session (2026-07-07): full-year 2025 growth of ~30% (IEA: >30%; Eleport: 29.7%) and Q1 2026 BEV registrations of 546,937 units in the EU (19.4% market share, up from ~17%), implying roughly 26% year-on-year growth.
• Sources used (IEA Global EV Outlook 2026, ACEA Q1 2026 release) were published before the session date, so the MEP could have known them.

Sources

• PrimaryIEA Global EV Outlook 2026 — Trends in electric carsElectric car sales increased by more than 30% in Europe in 2025, reversing the relative stagnation seen since 2022.
• PrimaryACEA — New car registrations: +4% in Q1 2026; battery-electric 19.4% market shareIn the first quarter of 2026, 546,937 new battery-electric cars were registered, capturing 19.4% of the EU market share.
• SecondaryEleport — EV Sales In Europe Up In Full Year 2025European EV sales grew by a strong 29,7% in the full year of 2025, compared to the 1 992 803 in 2024. EV market share in Europe is now 19.5%.
• SecondaryElectrive (citing ACEA) — Europe's battery-electric car registrations continue to rise in November188,730 new battery-electric passenger cars were registered in the EU in November - marking a 44.1 percent increase compared to the same month last year.