Registration for new hybrid cars have redeemed those of vehicles that use gasoline in January 2025 in Europe, the Association of European Manufacturers (ACEA) announced on Tuesday. The records of these models with gasoline engines and small electric motors represented 34.9% of the market (+18.4% for a year). Fuel cars are beginning to take the sliding road already taken by Diesel: they have accused a strong fall in January (-18.9%), especially in France and Germany. Gasoline models now represent 29.4% of the market and diesel, previously omnipresent, 10% (-27% for a year).
Hybrids, a little more sober and less polluting than gasoline models, and much cheaper than electricity, recover control of the European market after having dominated it for the first time for three months from September to November 2024.
Electrics in strong progression but still far from European objectives
100%electric models are at a strong increase for one year (+34%), especially in Belgium, Germany or Italy (+126%) but remain stable compared to December 2024, and with large disparities according to the country. At European level, electricity now represents 15% of the records, still far from the objectives established for manufacturers by the European Commission, with 25% by the year 2025 and 100% in 2035.
The pioneer of Tesla Electric saw its sales divided by two in January, the speed decreased by a change of rank in progress and also, potentially, by the positions of its boss Elon Musk together with US President Donald Trump, who would make buyers.
“It is clear that Europe must still work to avoid stagnating,” said the general director of Acea, Sigrid de Vries, in a press release.
The ACEA requests a relaxation of the European rules on CO2 emissions, of which these sales objectives of electric cars result. “The EU must do everything to make a strategic dialogue about the future of the automotive industry (in progress in Brussels, the success of the editor), allow an effective transition to the mobility of zero emissions while preserving our global competitiveness,” said Sigrid de VRies.
Stellantis suffers most of the fall in sales
The success of hybrids has already benefited in 2024 in the Toyota group, a pioneer of this technology, which remains at a high level of sales despite a slight decrease in January (-4.9%). It also benefits Renault (+5%) that reaches 10.9% of the market share. All combined energies, the month of January 2025 did not denumine 2024, which has remained very low, with a market that has never returned to its volumes before the Covid epidemic. Sales fell 2.6% in January compared to January 2024. The main European markets (Germany, France, Italy) significantly recorded decreases, while Spain has marked a slight rebound.
The Stellantis group has suffered most of this fall, with -17.9% for a year. But the group emphasizes that it is better after a cadastrophic end of 2024 and the departure of its general manager Carlos Tavares. Stellantis returned to 17.1% of the market share, his best performance since June 2024, welcomed Luca Napolitano, head of European sales in Stellantis, in a press release. However, it remains far behind the Volkswagen market leader who continues Sports Cupra.
Source: BFM TV
