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Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share

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Re: Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not entirely sure why you're getting downvoted. I wasn't able to find a source for the data but it is probably new vehicle registrations. Europe here seems to include Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Switzerland.

Why wouldn't it?

Typically European Union vs Europe.

Re: Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share

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What are their sources? How are they defining Europe?

They don't seem to link their sources (that's bad) but the general numbers seem to match The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) report for H1 2026 [0]. They include EU + EFTA + UK.

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  0: https://www.acea.auto/pc-registrations/new-car-registrations-5-7-in-h1-2026-battery-electric-20-7-market-share/

Re: Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share

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Why would anyone buy a Tesla in 2026?

Best charging experience and best software experience.

Note: I do not want this to be true. Other companies please copy what Tesla has done with both of these. You’ve had years to do this and failed.

Re: Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share

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post #4

What are their sources? How are they defining Europe?

I'm not entirely sure why you're getting downvoted. I wasn't able to find a source for the data but it is probably new vehicle registrations. Europe here seems to include Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Switzerland.

Sweden, Finland and Iceland would be part of any definition of Europe? They're all EU countries, and (irrelevant to that) are now all NATO members too.

Re: Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share

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Why would anyone buy a Tesla in 2026?

Best charging experience and best software experience. Note: I do not want this to be true. Other companies please copy what Tesla has done with both of these. You’ve had years to do this and failed.

> Best charging experience

This isn't accurate - they charge slower and Plug & Charge is common in many vehicles now, including with the Tesla network - whereas Teslas cannot Plug & Charge on other networks.

Re: Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share

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Why would anyone buy a Tesla in 2026?

Best charging experience and best software experience. Note: I do not want this to be true. Other companies please copy what Tesla has done with both of these. You’ve had years to do this and failed.

(In the US) I switched from Tesla to Rivian. Their approach seems to be “Tesla, but nicer”. They have a similar non-legacy automaker feel.

That said while I appreciate their design focus their software still feels not quite as polished as Tesla’s.

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