EV share by country
The share of new cars that plug in, month by month through Sep 2026. Definitions differ (China counts plug-in hybrids, Europe and the US battery-electric only), so compare each country with itself over time, then across. Blank cells are months the source has not published or we have not yet sourced.
2026 so far ■ China · ■ Norway · ■ European Union · ■ Germany · ■ United Kingdom · ■ United States
Dashed lines are cumulative (EU, year to date) or quarterly (US) series. Hover a point for the value.
The table
| Country | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇳 China NEV retail penetration (BEV + PHEV + EREV), CPCA | 38.6% | 44.9% | 51.5% | 61.4% | 62.9% | 62.8% | 65.1% | 65.2% | 67.0% |
| 🇳🇴 Norway Battery-electric share of new passenger cars, OFV | — | — | 98.4% | 98.6% | 97.7% | — | 97.6% | 98.7% | 98.8% |
| 🇪🇺 European Union Battery-electric share of new cars, year to date, ACEA | 19.3% | 18.8% | 19.4% | 19.7% | 20.0% | 20.7% | — | 21.7% | 22.7% |
| 🇩🇪 Germany Battery-electric share of new cars, KBA | — | — | — | — | — | 24.8% | — | 32.5% | — |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Battery-electric share of new cars, SMMT | — | — | — | 26.2% | — | 25.0% | — | 29.8% | — |
| 🇺🇸 United States Battery-electric share of new vehicles, quarterly, Cox Automotive / KBB | — | — | — | 5.8% | 5.8% | 5.8% | 6.4% | 6.4% | 6.4% |
Bold is the latest published value in each row. Sources are listed under each country below.
🇨🇳 China 67.0%
Record 67.0% in September even as NEV retail fell 16.7% year on year: the whole market is shrinking after the purchase-tax change, and gasoline cars are shrinking faster. BEV 765,000, PHEV+EREV 320,000, exports a record 558,000.
Source: CnEVPost, Oct 12, 2026 (CPCA).
🇳🇴 Norway 98.8%
Effectively a finished transition: 98.8% in September (18,511 of 18,733 cars). Q1 closed at 97.9%; Jan–Aug 97.8%. Toyota bZ4X, Tesla Model Y and XPeng G6 lead.
Source: electrive (OFV data), Sept 1, 2026.
🇪🇺 European Union 22.7%
ACEA reports cumulative shares; September alone was 29.9% (vs 18.9% a year earlier) as Italian and German incentives kicked in. 1.93 million BEVs registered Jan–Sep. Hybrids remain the largest category at 36.3%.
Source: ACEA press release, Oct 22, 2026.
🇩🇪 Germany 32.5%
H1 2026 share 24.8% (from 17.7%); August 32.5% with 68,980 BEVs. June value shown is the H1 average. New federal purchase incentive from 2026 for lower-income households.
Source: eleport: EV sales in Europe H1 2026.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 29.8%
H1 2026 25.0% (from 21.6%); August 29.8%, second-highest month of the year. June value shown is the H1 average. The ZEV mandate requires 33% in 2026; the Electric Car Grant excludes most China-built cars.
Source: sqmagazine EV statistics (SMMT data).
🇺🇸 United States 6.4%
Q3 2026: 262,649 EVs, 6.4% share, up from 5.8% in Q2 but down 39.5% from the credit-expiry rush of Q3 2025 (10.6% share). Tesla about 54% of EV sales, Rivian 7.2%. Q1 2026 share not restated by Cox after the credit ended.
World
Global EV sales (BEV+PHEV) were 2.15 million in September 2026 (Benchmark/Rho Motion): China down 18% year on year, Europe up strongly, North America down about 40% on the US credit expiry.
Source: Benchmark Source, Oct 2026.