Europe's EV sales surge 26% in 2025 while Tesla faces decline

Electric car sales were 20% of all sales, so 26% increase is hardly a "surge". Going from a low base this is supposed to be higher.

I think what we are seeing is that electric car interest isn't as strong as governments hoped for. I used to own an electric car now I'm back to a hybrid.

Q4 sales in the US will be interesting because of the removal of the tax credits and the increasing electricity prices that AI is causing. Low prices of fuel in the US means that it's not exactly cheaper to run an electric car in the US.

> I think what we are seeing is that electric car interest isn't as strong as governments hoped for. I used to own an electric car now I'm back to a hybrid.

In France, there is a wide anti-electric campaign. From the "leftist-green" media such as Reporterre, to the right wing ones.

Same for political parties, from the left PCF to the right RN.

It's a battle.

The PCF is arguing for development and of a subsidized Kei-like electric car (basically a 10k€ EV), and a retraining of car manufacturing workers before any punitive incentive (ZFE, carbon tax on car fuel). This is hardly anti-electric.

I don't know about reporterre though, I've heard of them but I don't think they really have any influence on anyone other than Greenpeace afficionados.

Also? The R5 is great, and I bet the backlog is really long.