Electric vehicles market

The EC adopts the same categorization of EVs used in AFIR in its data collection on the European Alternative Fuels Observatory. It includes two main categories: light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty vehicles. The light-duty category covers passenger cars and vans, while the heavy-duty category includes buses and trucks. Each category consists of different alternative fuel vehicle types. The EV-related types are the battery electric vehicle (BEV) and the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV).

The EV fleet size grew dramatically (by almost 40 times) in the EUbetween 2015 and 2024. Substantially, the BEV and PHEV passenger cars were the leading drivers of this growth. In 2024, the BEV and PHEV passenger cars represented 55% and 40%, respectively, and the BEV and PHEV van