E-cars on record course: Austria's new registrations sprout by 42%!

E-cars on record course: Austria's new registrations sprout by 42%!

Electromobility experiences a remarkable boom, especially in Austria, where a total of 31,534 purely electrically operated cars were re -approved in the first half of 2025. This corresponds to an increase of 42.2 % compared to the same period last year. The proportion of electric cars in the entire new car registrations reached a record level and illustrates that electromobility has now developed from a niche segment to the driving force on the new car market. The trend is also reflected in the overall numbers: a total of 84,853 cars with an alternative drive, i.e. both electrical and hybrid vehicles, were brought back into the market, which makes up 59.3 % of all new cars, such as oekonews.at reported.

In particular, the private approval market shows an impressive development: Here the number of privately approved electric cars increased by 70.2 %. However, the company registrations continue to dominate the market with a share of 70.4 % in new registrations. Among the brands, BMW with a market share of 12.3 %, VW with 11.3 % and Tesla with 10.8 % are the most popular providers. The strong growth of the brands Skoda (+282.2 %), Renault (+277.3 %), Hyundai (+270.8 %) and Ford (+246.0 %) is striking. In a contrary trend, however, Tesla recorded a decrease of 23.5 % in the approvals.

global trends in electromobility

worldwide, electromobility is considered the key to decarbonizing traffic. The market comprises around 1.3 billion cars, 170 million light commercial vehicles, 83 million trucks and 3.4 million buses. Cars make up 50 % of CO2 emissions in road traffic alone while trucks make up 30 %. According to [Energycomment.de] (https://www.energycomment.de/elektroautos-globale-fahl-s- und-prognosen-2024-und-2025/), 17.2 million electric cars were sold in 2024, which corresponds to an increase of 24 % compared to the previous year. The focus of growth was in China, where 65 % of the electric cars were sold.

The forecasts for 2025 are optimistic: 22.3 million electric cars are expected, with plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) taking a growing share from the market. In the EU, however, the sales of electric vehicles dropped in the same period, which was influenced by a decline in Germany. In the United States, on the other hand, sales rose from 1.5 to 1.6 million vehicles.

market analysis and outlook

With regard to the global sales figures, China protrudes with 5.1 million fully electric cars (+21 %) and holds a global market share of 57 %. Europe follows with around 2 million BEVS and the United States are also represented with around 1.2 million vehicles. Tesla remains the leading manufacturer with 1.8 million new registrations, followed by BYD with 1.6 million and the VW Group with 770,000 vehicles, such as [auto-institut.de] (https://auto-institut.de/automotiveinnovations/emobility/globale-ems-der-der-Elektromobilitaet-marktbilanz-und-ranking-der-automobil manufacturer/) reports.

The market for electric cars is growing stable, with the average CO₂ emissions of all newly approved cars lie below 100 g/km for the first time, specifically at 97.0 g/km. The consistently positive developments show that electromobility is not only a temporary trend, but is increasingly becoming a norm in the automotive sector.