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Where each country's numbers come from, how they're acquired, what they count, and what to be careful about. 61 countries, each tagged by acquisition method — API, Scrape, PDF, File or Manual. 26 of them also show who sells the electrified cars (top brands, often models, per month and over the last twelve); their card names the best-selling battery-electric make and model.

AlbaniaScrape
First vehicle registrations for Albania (new and imported used) from DPSHTRR's open-data report.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 11.8%
ArgentinaFile
New-registration data for Argentina from DNRPA's open "inscripciones iniciales" microdata — the national vehicle registry itself, every 0 km registration of every brand, with the powertrain classified from the model designation.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 1.7%
Top BEV: BYD · model: Dolphin Mini EV GS
AustraliaManual
New light-vehicle sales for Australia from VFACTS, with a curated historical series.
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 18.5%
AustriaFile
New- and used-registration data for Austria from Statistik Austria's monthly .ods publications.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 25.0%
Top BEV: BMW · model: Tesla Model Y
BelgiumFile
Vehicle registrations in Belgium straight from the FPS Mobility and Transport (DIV, the vehicle registration service) — the monthly open-data files behind ACEA's Belgian figure, published on the 2nd of the following month, about three weeks before ACEA. New cars (Whole), private and VAT-registered keepers, vans, lorries and buses, monthly from 2013, with plug-in and non-plug-in hybrids counted separately.
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 39.9%
BrazilAPI
New registrations of cars and light commercials for Brazil, from ANFAVEA.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 2.4%
BulgariaPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Bulgaria, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 8.0%
CanadaAPI
Quarterly new-vehicle registrations for Canada from Statistics Canada's Web Data Service (cube 20-10-0025).
Latest 2026-05 · TTM BEV 8.4%
ChilePDF
New-vehicle sales for Chile from ANAC, the national automotive association.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 3.1%
ChinaScrape
Monthly passenger-car market data for China from CPCA's market-analysis report; the retail track is the gallery's headline series.
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 39.0%
ColombiaPDF
New-vehicle registrations for Colombia (all four-wheel types, not passenger cars only) from the ANDI/FENALCO automotive bulletin, based on the official RUNT registry.
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 14.9%
CroatiaPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Croatia, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 4.2%
CyprusPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Cyprus, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 10.7%
CzechiaFile
New-vehicle registration data for Czechia straight from the national vehicle register RSV — the Ministry of Transport's open-data extract, one row per vehicle with its EU category, fuel line and hybrid class — written on the 1st–3rd of the month, three weeks before ACEA. For passenger cars ACEA's official split (from SDA, the importers' association) replaces the register row when it is published.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 6.9%
Top BEV: Škoda · model: Tesla Model Y
DenmarkAPI
New-registration data for Denmark from Statistics Denmark's public StatBank API (table BIL53), which draws on the national Motor Register.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 79.8%
EcuadorFile
New-vehicle sales data for Ecuador from the tax authority's record-level open data — every new vehicle invoiced in the country, with brand, catalogue description, class and fuel. The same register AEADE, the importers' and assemblers' association, builds the official monthly sales statistics from.
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 11.8%
Top BEV: BYD · model: Yuan PRO
EstoniaFile
First registrations in Estonia straight from Transpordiamet, the Transport Administration that keeps the traffic register — one workbook a month with every new vehicle, its EU category and its EU hybrid type, so BEV, PHEV and HEV are counted, not estimated. New cars (Whole), private and company buyers, used imports, vans, lorries and buses, about three weeks before ACEA publishes the month.
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 7.9%
Top BEV: Toyota · model: BZ4X
FinlandAPI
New-registration data for Finland from Statistics Finland's StatFin database (table 121d), drawn from the Traficom vehicle register.
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 50.3%
Top BEV: Tesla Motors · model: Model Y
FranceFile
New passenger-car registrations for France from the SDES registry série (voitures particulières neuves par énergie) — the national primary source that replaces the ACEA aggregate.
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 30.8%
GeorgiaAPI
Quarterly initial vehicle registrations in Georgia by fuel type from Geostat, the National Statistics Office — read automatically from the public API behind its "Automobile" statistics portal.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 7.5%
GermanyFile
New passenger-car registrations for Germany from the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA).
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 27.2%
GreecePDF
New passenger-car registrations for Greece from SEAA, the importers' association that processes ELSTAT's registration data every month and is the source of ACEA's Greek figure. Exact BEV, PHEV and total counts from SEAA's statistics files; the hybrid, petrol and diesel split is first derived from the fuel shares in SEAA's press release and replaced by ACEA's counted split when ACEA publishes the month.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 7.4%
Top BEV: BYD · model: Tesla Model Y
Hong KongFile
New-car, used-import and van registration data for Hong Kong from the Transport Department's record-level list of every vehicle first registered each month — with make, model, fuel, TD's own first-registration status and gross weight.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 88.8%
Top BEV: BYD · model: Tesla Model Y
HungaryPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Hungary, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 9.5%
IcelandPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Iceland, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 51.9%
IndiaManual
New passenger-car (EU M1) registrations for India from the VAHAN dashboard.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 5.9%
IndonesiaPDF
Wholesale (factory-to-dealer) figures for Indonesia from GAIKINDO's monthly "Wholesales" report.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 25.1%
IrelandScrape
New-registration data for Ireland from SIMI's public motorstats dashboard.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 27.7%
Top BEV: KIA · model: Volkswagen ID.4
IsraelAPI
New-registration data for Israel derived from the Ministry of Transport's open vehicle registry — registry-direct, counted from the licensing database itself.
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 13.6%
Top BEV: Tesla · model: Xpeng G6
ItalyPDF
Passenger-car registrations for Italy from UNRAE, with rental / non-rental splits and a separate light-commercial variant.
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 8.3%
Top BEV: Leapmotor · model: T03
JapanFile
New-vehicle registrations for Japan from the dealers' association (JADA).
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 4.0%
Top BEV maker (imports pooled): Toyota
LatviaFile
First registrations in Latvia straight from CSDD, the Road Traffic Safety Directorate that keeps the vehicle register — the record files behind ACEA's Latvian figure, which they reproduce to the car, published about ten days after month end. New cars (Whole), private and company keepers, used imports, vans, lorries and buses, monthly from 2015, with brand and model tables for new and used cars.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 9.7%
Top BEV: BYD · model: Toyota BZ4X
LithuaniaFile
First registrations of passenger cars in Lithuania straight from Regitra, the state enterprise that keeps the national vehicle register — new cars (Whole) and, new to the gallery, the three-times-larger used-import market (Used), by the register's fuel field. Matches Regitra's own monthly totals exactly and ACEA's Lithuanian figure to within about 0.5% a month, about two weeks before ACEA publishes it.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 8.7%
Top BEV: Tesla · model: Model Y
LuxembourgAPI
New road-vehicle registrations for Luxembourg from STATEC's SDMX 2.1 feed (dataflow DF_D6122).
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 30.9%
MalaysiaFile
Passenger-car registrations for Malaysia from the national open-data portal (data.gov.my).
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV —
Top BEV: Proton · model: E.MAS 5
MaltaPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Malta, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-03 · TTM BEV 33.8%
NepalFile
Vehicle-import figures for Nepal from the Department of Customs' monthly cumulative Foreign Trade Statistics workbooks (HS 8703).
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 74.2%
NetherlandsScrape
New-vehicle registrations for the Netherlands, sourced from RDW (the Dutch vehicle authority) via the duurzamemobiliteit BI portal.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 45.2%
Top BEV: KIA · model: Tesla Model Y
New ZealandAPI
New-vehicle registrations for New Zealand — new passenger cars, vans and trucks, plus used-import cars — counted automatically from NZTA Waka Kotahi's open Motor Vehicle Register, the register behind the Ministry of Transport's fleet statistics. The former light-vehicle series (new and used together) is archived in data/New Zealand_legacy.csv.
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 15.4%
Top BEV: Tesla · model: Model Y
NorwayFile
New passenger-car registrations for Norway — the world's most electrified car market — straight from OFV, which compiles them from the Statens vegvesen vehicle register, read automatically from the tables of OFV's own monthly release and checked against OFV's open JSON export, about three weeks before ACEA republishes the same figures.
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 97.9%
ParaguayFile
New-car import data for Paraguay from the customs administration's record-level open data — every import declaration item, with the tariff line that names the powertrain, the declared state new or used, brand and description. Paraguay builds no cars, so its car market is measured by its imports.
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 3.9%
Top BEV: Chevrolet · model: Volvo EX30
PeruAPI
New-car and light-commercial registration data for Peru — every first registration with SUNARP, the national registry, as compiled by the Asociación Automotriz del Perú and published in its public BI-AAP report, with brand, model, body type and powertrain.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 0.5%
Top BEV: BYD · model: Volvo EX30
PolandFile
New-registration data for Poland from PZPM's monthly eRegistrations workbook, sourced from the CEP central vehicle register.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 6.6%
PortugalAPI
Passenger-car registrations for Portugal from ACAP, via the motordata.pt / autoinforma feed.
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 30.1%
Top BEV: Tesla
RomaniaPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Romania, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 7.8%
SingaporePDF
New car registrations for Singapore from the LTA's monthly vehicle statistics (file M03).
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 45.0%
Top BEV: BYD
SlovakiaPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Slovakia, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 6.6%
SloveniaPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Slovenia, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 18.9%
South AfricaFile
Quarterly new-vehicle sales in South Africa with naamsa's battery-electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid counts, read automatically from naamsa's Quarterly Review of Business Conditions. The split exists only for the whole new-vehicle market — cars, bakkies, minibuses, trucks and buses together — not for passenger cars alone.
Latest 2026-05 · TTM BEV 0.4%
South KoreaPDF
Monthly domestic vehicle sales by powertrain for South Korea from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources' «자동차산업 동향» (automotive industry trends) press release — domestic makers plus imports, battery-electric, plug-in, hybrid and hydrogen cars broken out.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 21.0%
SpainFile
New-registration data for Spain from DGT's raw matriculaciones microdata — the canonical registry source (ACEA no longer covers Spain).
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 11.4%
Top BEV: BYD · model: Tesla Model 3
SwedenAPI
Passenger-car new registrations for Sweden from Statistics Sweden's PxWeb database (table TK1001A).
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 41.9%
SwitzerlandFile
New-vehicle registration data for Switzerland (with Liechtenstein) straight from the national vehicle register IVZ — ASTRA's open-data extracts, one row per vehicle with its EU vehicle class, fuel and hybrid type — calibrated to reproduce ACEA's Swiss figure about three weeks before ACEA publishes it.
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 27.4%
Top BEV: Skoda · model: Tesla Model Y
TaiwanAPI
New-vehicle registration data for Taiwan from the Highway Bureau's national motor-vehicle register — monthly new registrations by vehicle kind and fuel, with battery-electric, plug-in, range-extender and hybrid each its own category — read from the Ministry of Transportation's statistics database.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 11.2%
ThailandAPI
New-registration data for Thailand from the Thailand Automotive Institute's AIU portal.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 29.5%
TürkiyePDF
New-vehicle registration data for Türkiye from the national statistics institute (TÜİK).
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 17.6%
UKFile
New-car registrations for the United Kingdom from SMMT's monthly release, compiled from DVLA registration data — battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, full hybrid, petrol and diesel — read automatically from the tables of SMMT's own news post.
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 27.0%
USAPDF
Monthly new light-vehicle SALES in the United States — cars and light trucks including pickups, SUVs and vans (GVWR up to 10,000 lb) — with battery-electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid counts, compiled by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) from Wards Auto. These are sales, not registrations, and pickups cannot be separated out.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 6.0%
UkraineFile
New- and used-car registration data for Ukraine from the Ministry of Internal Affairs' open vehicle register — one record per registration operation, with the register's own fuel, brand, model, vehicle kind, gross weight and owner type.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 22.7%
Top BEV: BYD · model: Zeekr 7X
UruguayFile
New-vehicle sales for Uruguay from ACAU's yearly Compilado workbook.
Latest 2026-10 · TTM BEV 46.9%
Top BEV: BYD · model: Yuan PRO EV GS
VietnamPDF
New passenger-car sales in Vietnam (as close to EU category M1 as the sources allow), built from three published sources — the industry association VAMA (its members' sales plus its estimate of non-member imports), VinFast's monthly delivery release and TC Group's monthly Hyundai sales. Trucks, pick-ups, buses and special vehicles are taken out. Sales, not police registrations.
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 43.7%
Top BEV: Vinfast · model: Limo Green

Checked, not on the gallery yet

10 countries we looked into whose data is not (yet) in the gallery — the best source we found, what we found when we checked it, and what would have to change. These pages have no charts or numbers of their own.

Bosnia and HerzegovinaLead
The statistics agency's monthly transport bulletin counts first registrations — but its fuel split may be a single 'alternative fuel' bucket.
Checked 2026-07
Costa RicaNo source
One of Latin America's fastest EV markets (BEV about 20% of new cars in 2026) — but no monthly table by fuel is published.
Checked 2026-10
EgyptShelved
AMIC has exactly the right data — and sells it.
Checked 2026-07
KazakhstanShelved
Only dealer-reported EV counts — no full fuel split of the market.
Checked 2026-10
MexicoShelved
INEGI's official monthly series is structured and free — but BYD, which sells most of Mexico's EVs, does not report to it.
Checked 2026-10
MoroccoShelved
AIVAM has a full BEV / PHEV / HEV / MHEV split — but only inside a members' portal.
Checked 2026-07
PhilippinesShelved
CAMPI and TMA publish a monthly electrified split — for their member brands only.
Checked 2026-10
RussiaShelved
The monthly registration split by engine type exists — Autostat sells it per report.
Checked 2026-09
SerbiaDeferred
The importers' association publishes Interior Ministry first registrations of new cars — but the fuel split is quarterly, hybrids are one bucket, and it only exists as article prose.
Checked 2026-09
TajikistanNo source
Electric cars are about a fifth of passenger-car imports — but the only figures are customs import counts quoted by the press, in a market with many used imports.
Checked 2026-11