100 Best Selling BEVs in 10 European Countries

By Maarten Vinkhuyzen and Zach Shahan

Because we never have enough statistics, here’s another list of top selling electric vehicles — this one showing the 100 best selling BEVs in 10 European countries (combined) in 2022. We thought it would be a bit fun to look deeper down the roster of popular (or semi-popular) European EVs. It will be weeks until we get a full, conclusive report on all of Europe, after all.

I do not have the numbers and large data collection system that José Pontes has. I just copy and paste from the EU-EVs.com website. This website provides the sales totals by model for 10 countries — Norway, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Ireland, and Finland. It includes many more interesting facts beside the few I’m showing here.

When collecting from different sources, the same product can have different names, or just a little difference in punctuation — like “ID3” vs. “ID 3” vs. “ID.3.” More complex is when the brand is different. The Cupra Born is also sold as the SEAT Born. Those differences are resolved here. For example, the SEAT Born is consolidated as the Cupra Born and there is, accordingly, only one line for the model.

For many models, you can find the specs here: https://ev-database.org. Otherwise, try Wikipedia.

Following the table of the top 100 models, we’ll also dive into the top auto groups and top brands in these 10 markets.

Now, without further ado, the 100 best selling BEVs in 10 European countries (combined):

MAKE	MODEL	2022 SALES
TESLA	MODEL Y	78,017
VOLKSWAGEN	ID.4, ID.5	67,049
TESLA	MODEL 3	49,645
FIAT	500E	42,401
SKODA	ENYAQ	37,849
VOLKSWAGEN	ID.3	35,414
AUDI	Q4 E-TRON	28,520
HYUNDAI	IONIQ 5	26,305
HYUNDAI	KONA	25,797
AUDI	Q8 E-TRON	24,389
VOLVO	XC40	23,587
CUPRA	BORN	22,827
POLESTAR	2	21,786
KIA	NIRO	20,752
DACIA	SPRING	20,455
PEUGEOT	E-208	19,774
OPEL	CORSA-E	19,587
MINI	MINI	18,842
KIA	EV6	18,226
OPEL	MOKKA-E	17,721
FORD	MUSTANG MACH-E	16,344
RENAULT	ZOE	15,831
SMART	FORTWO	15,126
BMW	IX	15,096
NISSAN	LEAF	14,812
RENAULT	MEGANE Z.E. E-TECH	14,414
MERCEDES-BENZ	EQA	14,307
VOLKSWAGEN	UP!	14,293
BMW	I4	14,081
BMW	I3	13,959
PEUGEOT	E-2008	13,468
RENAULT	TWINGO Z.E.	13,145
VOLVO	C40	11,870
MERCEDES-BENZ	EQB	11,465
CITROEN	E-C4	10,745
BMW	IX3	10,539
PORSCHE	TAYCAN	9,841
MG	ZS EV	9,210
MERCEDES-BENZ	EQC	9,038
MG	MARVEL R EV	6,523
MERCEDES-BENZ	EQE	6,062
MG	MG5 EV	5,468
MERCEDES-BENZ	EQS	4,747
TOYOTA	PROACE	4,582
MAZDA	MX-30	3,921
VOLKSWAGEN	ID.BUZZ	3,423
AUDI	Q8 E-TRON GT	3,354
KIA	SOUL	3,086
MG	MG4 EV	2,764
SMART	FORFOUR	2,672
NISSAN	ARIYA	2,629
TOYOTA	BZ4X	2,237
HYUNDAI	IONIQ	2,164
CITROEN	E-BERLINGO	2,124
MERCEDES-BENZ	EQV	2,073
FAW	E-HS9	2,009
BYD	ATTO 3	1,905
OPEL	COMBO-E	1,677
BYD	TANG	1,664
BMW	IX1	1,566
TESLA	MODEL S	1,487
RENAULT	KANGOO Z.E.	1,370
MERCEDES-BENZ	EVITO	1,354
PEUGEOT	E-EXPERT	1,308
HONDA	E	1,274
CITROEN	E-JUMPY	1,234
OPEL	VIVARO-E	1,200
TESLA	MODEL X	1,102
PEUGEOT	E-RIFTER	1,071
NIO	ES8	1,059
JAGUAR	I-PACE	1,053
DS	3	991
SUBARU	SOLTERRA	885
OPEL	ZAFIRA-E	831
FORD	E-TRANSIT	804
LEXUS	UX 300E	734
PEUGEOT	E-PARTNER	689
AIWAYS	U5	570
BMW	I7	562
FIAT	E-ULYSSE	491
VOYAH	FREE	395
XPENG	P7	370
BYD	HAN	341
XPENG	G3	331
BYD	ETP3	326
RENAULT	MASTER E-TECH	282
NISSAN	E-NV200	263
FIAT	E-SCUDO	262
MERCEDES-BENZ	E SPRINTER	254
SMART	1	248
SSANGYONG	KORANDO	242
FIAT	E-DUCATO	218
PEUGEOT	E-TRAVELLER	201
FIAT	E-DOBLO	200
DR	EVO ELECTRIC	193
DFSK	SERES 3	184
GENESIS	GV60	168
NIO	ET7	164
ORA	FUNKY CAT	148
VOLKSWAGEN	TRANSPORTER	115

As you can see, the results do trail off a lot toward the end of that list. It’s the mixture of the big dogs at the top and then just how long the tail of models is that make EV sales in Europe so impressive.

Let’s look at the rankings for the brands and automotive groups now.

BRAND	2022 SALES	SHARE
TESLA	130,251	13.4%
VOLKSWAGEN	120,718	12.4%
AUDI	56,724	5.8%
BMW	55,819	5.8%
HYUNDAI	54,906	5.7%
MERCEDES-BENZ	49,336	5.1%
RENAULT	45,048	4.6%
FIAT	43,640	4.5%
KIA	42,082	4.3%
OPEL	41,021	4.2%
SKODA	37,879	3.9%
PEUGEOT	36,495	3.8%
VOLVO	35,543	3.7%
MG	23,965	2.5%
CUPRA	22,827	2.3%
POLESTAR	21,786	2.2%
DACIA	20,456	2.1%
MINI	18,842	1.9%
SMART	18,047	1.9%
NISSAN	17,822	1.8%
FORD	17,164	1.8%
SEAT	14,385	1.5%
CITROEN	14,198	1.5%
PORSCHE	10,096	1.0%
TOYOTA	6,820	0.7%
BYD	4,237	0.4%
MAZDA	3,921	0.4%
MAXUS	2,971	0.3%
FAW	2,009	0.2%
HONDA	1,274	0.1%
NIO	1,223	0.1%
JAGUAR	1,053	0.1%
DS	991	0.1%
SUBARU	884	0.1%
LEXUS	734	0.1%
XPENG	715	0.1%

Tesla fans will be happy to see Tesla on top — in Europe. Volkswagen fans may be a bit disappointed that the brand didn’t squeeze out a win, but they should be happy that it’s right on Tesla’s tail. But that’s not all. …

TOP OEM GROUPS	2022 SALES	SHARE
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP	248,421	25.6%
STELLANTIS	136,345	14.1%
TESLA	130,251	13.4%
HYUNDAI-KIA	96,988	10.0%
RENAULT-NISSAN-MITSUBISHI	83,368	8.6%
BMW	74,661	7.7%
MERCEDES-BENZ	67,383	6.9%
GEELY	57,329	5.9%
SAIC	26,936	2.8%
FORD	17,164	1.8%
TOYOTA	7,554	0.8%
OTHER	5,357	0.6%
BYD	4,237	0.4%
MAZDA	3,921	0.4%
FAW	2,009	0.2%
HONDA	1,274	0.1%
NIO	1,223	0.1%
TATA MOTORS	1,053	0.1%
SUBARU	884	0.1%
XPENG	715	0.1%

Looking at the results by automotive group, Volkswagen Group is far ahead in the lead. Stellantis squeezes out the silver medal, while Tesla was right on its tail to at least grab the bronze.

What are your thoughts on these results?

 

 

 

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