France vs United Kingdom: Number of fully battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars sold

France
110,000 cars
in 2025
United Kingdom
230,000 cars
in 2025
France rank
6th
United Kingdom rank
4th

Number of fully battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars sold over time

  • France
  • United Kingdom
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k201020172025

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 230,000 cars against 110,000 cars in France, a difference of 120,000 cars.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 2.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2010 it was France ahead.

France ranks 6th and United Kingdom ranks 4th of 54 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of fully battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars sold
Unit
cars
Source
International Energy Agency. Global EV Outlook 2025. – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
54 places, 638 data points, 2010–2025
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