Peter Mock

🚗 Our European car market monitor is now available.

In August, a month usually slow for car sales, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) reached an average 19% market share of new registrations across Europe.

That’s 2 percentage points higher than in July.

Explore 👉 theicct.org/publication/...

Europas Autoindustrie: ein lebendes Fossil? | DO | 18 09 2025 | 13:00 Die Autobranche und der globale Wettbewerb um die Mobilitätswende. Gäste: Dr. Peter Mock, Europe Managing Director, International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) Berlin & Dr. Melanie Pichler...

jetzt gleich ab 13 uhr in #ö1 punkt eins mit @melaniepichler.bsky.social und @petermock.bsky.social: ist die grüne transformation die zerstörung der europäischen autobranche - oder ihre einzige rettung?

All green lights! 🚦🟢 - #ElectricVehicles uptake across Europe ⚡️🚘

🇩🇪 Germany and 🇫🇷 France approaching 20% BEV share
🇪🇸 Spain for the first time going above 10% BEV share,
with a +154%(!) growth rate
🇮🇹Italy now at 5% BEV share
🇬🇧 Not part of EU, UK approaching 30% BEV share

theicct.org/publication/...

📢Is Europe on track to meet its car CO₂ targets?🚗🇪🇺

The ICCT is launching a new report to assess the progress of EV transition ahead of the @ec.europa.eu review of the CO2 standards .

The EV Transition Check✅
📅 22 September, 3 PM
📍Brussels

Register at 👉https://thecct.org/ev-transition-check-2025/

🚗⚡ A new edition of the European Car Market Monitor is out—this time with a global twist.

Emerging markets are quickly catching up with, and even surpassing, Europe's electric car market.

🔎 Explore all details: theicct.org/publication/european-market-monitor-cars-vans-may-2025-jun25

European Market Monitor: Cars and vans (April 2025) - International Council on Clean Transportation European market monitor for cars and vans offers data on new registrations and estimates of manufacturers’ compliance with CO2 emission targets in April 2025.

⚡ Our latest European Car Market Monitor is out!

📈 The average share of BEVs among new registrations in Europe rose to 17% in April, up 1 percentage point from March.

Combined with plug-in hybrids, the average rose to 26%, a 2 percentage point increase from March.

theicct.org/publication/...

🇬🇧The UK government recently concluded a consultation on its flagship regulation to drive the transition to electric vehicles: the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate. The results are now public.⚡🚗

We’ve examined the details of the proposed outcomes: theicct.org/risks-of-the...

#ElectricVehicle market data for April just came out 🚘⚡️

🇩🇪 Germany overtook 🇨🇵 France, approaching 19% of battery-electric vehicles. Plug-in hybrids make up another 10% in Germany.

See also our #MarketMonitor, including vans and charging infrastructure data: lnkd.in/dwSW995K

@theicct.org

#ElectricVehicle market data for Q1/2025 looks good 🚘⚡️ March values are out now.

See also our @theicct.org #MarketMonitor: theicct.org/publication/... (the April edition will be out in about two weeks)

The difference between 'try hard' and 'take it easy'? 🧐 - The 3-year #averaging of automaker CO2 emissions, as proposed by the European Commission today.

This amendment will likely lead to 5-7 g/km higher #emissions in 2025. ‼️

See our @theicct.org explainer:
lnkd.in/dBk5qDFw

The @ec.europa.eu is expected to present a targeted amendment to revise the CO2 standards regulation for cars and vans.

This will introduce an averaging mechanism.

We’ve estimated the climate impact of this change: an additional 26-51 megatonnes of CO2 emissions.💨

👉 theicct.org/icct-comment...

🇬🇧 The UK continues to lead the market, with more than one third of all new vehicles being electric (BEV + PHEV), thanks to the UK's Zero-and-Low-Emission-Vehicle #ZLEVmandate setting a target of 28% for 2025.

🇮🇹 🇪🇦 In Italy and Spain, BEV shares remain at a lower level, but are much stronger than at the same time around in 2024 (+38% and +54%). #Hybrid-cars, another compliance option for manufacturers, are especially popular in Spain.

🇨🇵 In France, the #SocialLeasing program was introduced in Jan 2024 but ended already again in Feb 2024, due to overwhelming success. Comparing Jan/Feb 2025 to Jan/Feb 2024 data, it therefore seems as if the BEV share is slightly declining, but in reality, with 18% it is as strong as in Germany.

🇩🇪 In Germany, BEVs accounted for ~18% of new car registrations in Feb, going up from 15% in Dec and 17% in Jan. PHEVs made up another 10%.

#ElectricVehicle market data for February 2025 looks great 🚘 💪 📈, and yet @ec.europa.eu President Ursula von der Leyen is about to give in on exaggerated lobby claims and to weaken the 2025 #CO2standards.

For more details see our #MarketMonitor: lnkd.in/dSZ7mN79 (March edition out in about 2 weeks)

Tesla’s plummeting sales risk its lucrative emissions credit earnings CEO Elon Musk has angered European customers and governments, undercutting his EV brand.

"If things go bad for #Tesla and they don't sell enough cars this year, they might not have enough credits for what they promised Stellantis and the others, Tesla is under pressure." #ICCT's @petermock.bsky.social speaking to #Politico's @jordyndahl.bsky.social.

www.politico.eu/article/tesl...

Today, the European Commission proposed relaxing 2025 CO₂ emissions targets for car manufacturers.

This risks delaying Europe's transition to electric vehicles and harming the competitiveness of its automotive industry, says ICCT Europe Director @petermock.bsky.social.

European Market Monitor: Cars and vans (January 2025) - International Council on Clean Transportation European market monitor for cars and vans offers data on new registrations and estimates of manufacturers’ compliance with CO2 emission targets in January 2025.

📊 Our European #MarketMonitor for cars is out! #EVs

In January, battery electric cars’ share of the market was 16%, 1% point down from the previous month. This is an increase of roughly 5% points over January 2024.

👉 theicct.org/publication/european-market-monitor-cars-vans-jan-2025-feb25

Plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) in reality consume about 4 times more fuel than advertised. Data for >1 million vehicles, collected and published by the @eea.europa.eu shows that instead of ~1.5 liters/100km, PHEVs consume more like 6 liters.

lnkd.in/drSysjNk

⚡ Electric cars in Germany are likely to become more affordable in 2025 🚗 

“2024 was a transitional year: CO₂ targets for automakers remained at 2021 levels, with no additional incentive to increase EV sales beyond what was necessary,” explains @petermock.bsky.social, ICCT Europe Director. 

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Check out this practical guidance to help policymakers design and implement effective CAZs. ⬇️

A 'phase-in', as suggested by ACEA, would primarily benefit the German manufacturers, less so Stellantis and Renault Group. It would weaken the EU #CO2standards for new cars by about 8 g/km in 2025. Cumulatively, these higher emissions would add up in the following years.

January 2025 #ElectricVehicle and #HybridVehicle uptake for the biggest European markets looks good.

In about a week, our 'Market Monitor' will provide the details for all countries and manufacturers. In the meantime, take a look at the latest edition, with the full data for 2024: lnkd.in/dgV5k-iY

Having worked in the field for more than 20 years, it is now already the 3rd time that I witness carmakers exaggerating compliance costs ahead of a next stage of the EU's #CO2standards for new vehicles.

Renault CEO Luca de Meo publicly confirmed that the company will be able to meet the EU new car #CO2standards in 2025, in an interview earlier this week. He is not the first CEO to do so, as earlier statements from BMW and Stellantnis show.

OEMs have a number of compliance options: lnkd.in/dCttHZ8C

Kicking off the thematic workshops, I had a constructive meeting with representatives of the automotive sector.

We exchanged on infrastructure and how to stimulate demand for electric vehicles.

During yesterday's meeting with Commissioners @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu & Jessika Roswall, one re-occuring theme was the recommendation not to modify existing regulation on new vehicle #CO2standards, to ensure planning & investment security and to strengthen consumers‘ trust in electric vehicles.

Today I'm in Brussels, as part of @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's Strategic Dialogue on the auto-industry.

Re-assuring to see #ElectricVehicle shares rise quickly, e.g. in DE w. 50% increase in Jan25 (vs. Jan24).

Good basis for discussing how demand side & infrastructure measures can further support.

Within reach: The 2025 CO2 targets for new passenger cars in the European Union - International Council on Clean Transportation This report estimates the European Union CO 2 targets for new cars and vans per manufacturer in 2025 and determines the maximum share of battery electric vehicles required to meet these targets.

2025 CO2 targets getting further in reach:

#Mercedes forms pool with Volvo and Polestar, now requiring only max. 4%p battery-EV share increase throughout 2025. Same for the new #Stellantis pool w. Tesla.

Read our @theicct.bsky.social report for more compliance options: theicct.org/publication/...