The year for the automotive begins uphill. Bad enrollments in January at European level

The car market shows itself in crisis already at the beginning of the year with one Loss of registrations equal to 2.1 on 2024, at an altitude of 995,271 units.

The enrollments of cars in the European Union are fell by 2.6% on an annual basis, reaching the minimum of four months of 831.201 units in January 2025, reversing the growth of 5.1% recorded in December 2024. All the main markets begin the year with the least sign, in the lead the France that led the drop, going down of 6.2%, followed by Italy (-5.8%) and Germany (-2.8%). Spain in contrast, on the other hand, recorded an increase of 5.3%.

Grows electric share at European level

By widening the entire car market, according to data provided by the European Association of Car Manufacturers (ACEA), in the battery -powered electric vehicle segment (BEV), sales grew by 34% to 124,341 units, with a market share of 15%, thanks to a significant Increase in enrollments in Germany (53.5%), Belgium (37.2%) and Netherlands (28.3%). The three countries together represented the 64% of all registrations of battery electric cars.

In 2024, the total registrations of cars increased by 0.8% compared to the previous year, reaching about 10.6 million units, with a market share for Battery electric cars of 13.6%.