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Where each country's numbers come from, how they're acquired, what they count, and what to be careful about. 55 countries, each tagged by acquisition method — API, Scrape, PDF, File or Manual. 11 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 2026-08 · TTM BEV 11.6%
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 2026-08 · TTM BEV 1.5%
Top BEV: BYD · model: Dolphin Mini EV GS
AustraliaManual
New light-vehicle sales for Australia from VFACTS, with a curated historical series.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 16.0%
AustriaFile
New- and used-registration data for Austria from Statistik Austria's monthly .ods publications.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 23.8%
Top BEV: BMW · model: Tesla Model Y
BelgiumPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Belgium, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 38.1%
BrazilAPI
New registrations of cars and light commercials for Brazil, from ANFAVEA.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 2.4%
BulgariaPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Bulgaria, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 7.4%
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 2026-08 · TTM BEV 2.8%
ChinaScrape
Monthly passenger-car market data for China from CPCA's market-analysis report; the retail track is the gallery's headline series.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 37.1%
ColombiaPDF
Passenger-car registrations for Colombia from the ANDI/FENALCO automotive bulletin, based on the official RUNT registry.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 13.6%
CroatiaPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Croatia, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 4.2%
CyprusPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Cyprus, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 10.9%
CzechiaPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Czechia, via ACEA (data compiled by SDA-CIA).
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 6.5%
DenmarkAPI
New-registration data for Denmark from Statistics Denmark's public StatBank API (table BIL53), which draws on the national Motor Register.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 78.3%
EstoniaPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Estonia, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 7.0%
FinlandAPI
New-registration data for Finland from Statistics Finland's StatFin database (table 121d), drawn from the Traficom vehicle register.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 46.6%
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 2026-08 · TTM BEV 27.6%
GeorgiaManual
New-registration data for Georgia from the National Statistics Office (Geostat).
Latest 2026-05 · TTM BEV 5.9%
GermanyFile
New passenger-car registrations for Germany from the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA).
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 24.6%
GreecePDF
New passenger-car registrations for Greece, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 7.1%
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 2026-07 · TTM BEV 90.0%
Top BEV: Tesla · model: Model Y
HungaryPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Hungary, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 9.4%
IcelandPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Iceland, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 51.1%
IndiaManual
New passenger-car (EU M1) registrations for India from the VAHAN dashboard.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 5.6%
IndonesiaPDF
Wholesale (factory-to-dealer) figures for Indonesia from GAIKINDO's monthly "Wholesales" report.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 23.7%
IrelandScrape
New-registration data for Ireland from SIMI's public motorstats dashboard.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 26.8%
Top BEV: Volkswagen · model: 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 2026-08 · TTM BEV 14.8%
ItalyPDF
Passenger-car registrations for Italy from UNRAE, with rental / non-rental splits and a separate light-commercial variant.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 8.1%
JapanFile
New-vehicle registrations for Japan from the dealers' association (JADA).
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 3.3%
Top BEV maker (imports pooled): Toyota
LatviaPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Latvia, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 8.9%
LithuaniaPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Lithuania, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 8.6%
LuxembourgAPI
New road-vehicle registrations for Luxembourg from STATEC's SDMX 2.1 feed (dataflow DF_D6122).
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 30.6%
MalaysiaFile
Passenger-car registrations for Malaysia from the national open-data portal (data.gov.my).
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV —
Top BEV: Proton · model: E.MAS 5
MaltaPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Malta, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 36.1%
NepalFile
Vehicle-import figures for Nepal from the Department of Customs' monthly cumulative Foreign Trade Statistics workbooks (HS 8703).
Latest 2026-09 · TTM BEV 73.7%
NetherlandsScrape
New-vehicle registrations for the Netherlands, sourced from RDW (the Dutch vehicle authority) via the duurzamemobiliteit BI portal.
Latest 2026-06 · TTM BEV 41.7%
New ZealandManual
New light-vehicle registrations for New Zealand from the Ministry of Transport's fleet statistics.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 5.5%
NorwayPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Norway — the world's most electrified market — via ACEA (national source: OFV).
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 97.6%
PolandFile
New-registration data for Poland from PZPM's monthly eRegistrations workbook, sourced from the CEP central vehicle register.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 6.8%
PortugalAPI
Passenger-car registrations for Portugal from ACAP, via the motordata.pt / autoinforma feed.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 27.5%
RomaniaPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Romania, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 7.6%
SingaporePDF
New car registrations for Singapore from the LTA's monthly vehicle statistics (file M03).
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 45.0%
Top BEV: BYD
SlovakiaPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Slovakia, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 6.1%
SloveniaPDF
New passenger-car registrations for Slovenia, via ACEA's monthly figures.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 18.3%
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 2026-08 · TTM BEV 20.5%
SpainFile
New-registration data for Spain from DGT's raw matriculaciones microdata — the canonical registry source (ACEA no longer covers Spain).
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 10.3%
Top BEV: BYD · model: Tesla Model 3
SwedenAPI
Passenger-car new registrations for Sweden from Statistics Sweden's PxWeb database (table TK1001A).
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 39.7%
SwitzerlandPDF
New vehicle registrations for Switzerland, via ACEA (national source: BFS).
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 25.2%
ThailandAPI
New-registration data for Thailand from the Thailand Automotive Institute's AIU portal.
Latest 2026-07 · TTM BEV 27.3%
TürkiyePDF
New-vehicle registration data for Türkiye from the national statistics institute (TÜİK).
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 16.9%
UKManual
New-car registrations for the UK from SMMT, compiled from DVLA data.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 24.2%
USAPDF
US light-duty EV/PHEV sales estimates from Argonne National Laboratory.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 8.1%
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-registration data for Uruguay from ACAU's yearly Compilado workbook.
Latest 2026-08 · TTM BEV 42.9%
Top BEV: BYD · model: Yuan PRO EV GS