Electric vehicles reached a 20% penetration rate in European car sales in May 2026.

Omissions

• The 20% figure is a year-to-date (January–May 2026) cumulative market share, not a single-month figure for May 2026 alone; the claim's phrasing 'a maggio 2026' is consistent with how ACEA headline-reported the data.
• The 20% share refers specifically to battery-electric (fully electric) cars in the EU (EU-27); if plug-in hybrids were included, the 'electric' share would be higher.
• The ACEA source was published on 23 June 2026, before the 2026-07-07 session, so the MEP could have known it.

Sources

• PrimaryACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers' Association) — 'New car registrations: +4% in May 2026 year-to-date; battery-electric 20% market share'Up until May 2026, battery-electric cars accounted for 20% of the EU market, an increase from 15.3% a year earlier. In the first five months of 2026, 950,521 new battery-electric cars were registered, capturing 20% of the EU market.
• SecondaryReview Energy (reporting ACEA data) — 'One in five new cars registered in the EU was battery-electric between January and May 2026'According to ACEA, battery-electric vehicles accounted for 20% of all new car registrations in the European Union between January and May 2026.