EVwire brief: After 13 months of negative year-over-year trends, Tesla’s European registrations saw an 11.8% uptick in February.
According to the latest data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), Tesla saw 17,664 vehicle registrations last month.
This double-digit jump helped pull Tesla’s year-to-date performance into positive territory, up 1% compared to the same period in 2025 with 25,753 total units.
While Tesla Europe’s 12% growth is a significant trend break, the company’s numbers are still below its results from 2023 and 2024.
During that period, the Model Y became the best-selling car in Europe across all categories, fueled by a massive post-pandemic backlog and aggressive price cuts. Compared to the Jan–Feb window of two years ago, Tesla’s YTD volumes are still down 44%.
However, for Tesla, this isn't necessarily a crisis. It could be a shift towards stabilization, especially amidst the growing maturity of the European EV market.
Tesla's recovery in Europe was a long time coming
This maturity is starting to become more evident in Europe. According to ACEA data, 312,369 new battery-electric cars were registered in Europe from January to February 2026, capturing 18.8% of the EU market share.
Hybrid-electric car registrations captured 38.7% of the market. Meanwhile, the combined market share of petrol and diesel cars fell to 30.6%, down from 38.7% over the same period in 2025.
The four largest markets in the EU, which together account for 61% of battery-electric car registrations, delivered mixed results: France (+38.5%) and Germany (+26.3%) recorded strong growth
As for Tesla, its budding recovery is quite apparent in Sweden, despite the company's ongoing (and well-documented) labor disputes against the IF Metall union and its allies.
During the January-February period, a total of 1,066 Teslas were registered in Sweden. This represented a 4.5% increase from the previous year, and it also kept the Model Y’s place as the country’s second most common new electric car.
Tesla’s performance in Sweden is quite noteworthy, considering the company’s ongoing feud with trade union IF Metall
Other carmakers that performed well in Europe YTD include BYD, one of the standouts in the ACEA data. The Chinese manufacturer saw a 162.3% increase in February registrations with 17,954 units, effectively matching Tesla’s market share at 1.8%.
Year-to-date, BYD has delivered 36,069 vehicles in Europe, surpassing Tesla's 25,753 units for the same period.
Source Allt Om Elbil, ACEA, and ThinkerCar on X
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