Austria registered 4,920 new battery-electric cars in July, a 67.7 per cent increase on the same month last year, giving BEVs a market share of 19.8 per cent. That makes electric cars the fastest-growing powertrain in the country.
Across all powertrains, 24,867 new passenger cars hit Austrian roads in July, up 31.6 per cent year-on-year. Electric cars grew at more than double the rate of the overall market. BEVs saw the strongest growth with 67.7 per cent, followed by petrol hybrids at +62.7 per cent. With 8,715 new registrations and a 35.0 per cent share, petrol hybrids remained the most popular powertrain in Austria. Statistics Austria does not distinguish between full hybrids and plug-in hybrids.
Contrary to the trend earlier this year, pure combustion models also recorded slight gains in July. Petrol cars rose by 5.3 per cent to 6,727 units, while diesel cars increased by 2.3 per cent to 3,085 units. However, from January to July, petrol cars remain down 10.4 per cent compared to last year, and diesel cars down 30.2 per cent.
Between January and July, Austria registered 36,454 BEVs, up 45.2 per cent on the same period in 2024. Electric cars accounted for 21.7 per cent of the market in the first seven months, compared to 22 per cent at the half-year mark. Petrol hybrids led with a 32.4 per cent share, while pure petrol cars held 28.2 per cent.
Among BEVs, BMW models were in particularly high demand. While the Munich brand ranked third overall across all powertrains with a 7.4 per cent share (behind VW at 14.2 per cent and Skoda at 10.7 per cent), BMW topped the electric car ranking with 12.2 per cent. VW followed with 11.5 per cent, ahead of Tesla with 10.1 per cent.
“Almost 60 per cent of all new passenger cars registered between January and July had an alternative powertrain,” said Thomas Burg, Director General for specialist statistics at Statistics Austria. “Petrol hybrid cars were in especially high demand, accounting for almost one-third of all new car registrations in the first seven months of the year, with a 44.0 per cent increase. Pure electric cars, making up one-fifth of total demand, recorded a 45.2 per cent increase.”
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