Electric trucks and vans grow in Europe within a declining market scenario. The latest data from ACEA

Both electric trucks and vans have increased their sales in the first quarter of 2025 in the European Union. Generally speaking, however, the market is quite challenging, with declining trends in the heavy-duty and light-duty sectors. Let’s have a look at the latest data released by ACEA (here are the data referred to the year 2024).

Trucks and electric trucks: registrations in the EU

In the first three months of the year, new EU truck registrations fell by 16%, totalling 72,941 units. This decline was mainly driven by a 16.6% drop in heavy-truck sales, alongside a 12.5% decrease in medium-truck registrations. All major markets recorded declines, with Germany and France experiencing double-digit reductions of 25.4% and 17.6%, respectively. Spain and Italy also saw significant drops of 12.8% and 9.4%. Although diesel maintained its dominance in the truck market, registrations dropped in volumes compared to Q1 2024. Electrically-chargeable trucks grew by 50.6%, securing 3.5% of the market share, up from 2% last year. The Netherlands led this expansion with a 342.7% growth, accounting for 25% of the EU’s electrically-chargeable truck sales.

Vans and electric vans: registrations in the EU

On the other hand, new EU van sales fell by 12.2%, with the three largest markets contributing to the downturn. Italy recorded the steepest drop with a 15.2% decline, followed by France (-10.7%) and Germany (-10.7%). Conversely, Spain saw an increase in registrations, rising by 12.6%. In such a framework, diesel vehicle sales declined by 14% to 290,870 units, resulting in an 82.5% market share (a decrease from 84.2% in Q1 2024). Petrol models decreased by 25.8%, accounting for a 5.2% share. Electrically-chargeable vans grew by 32.6%, capturing an 8.7% market share, an increase from 5.7% in Q1 2024. Hybrid van registrations grew by 0.7%, while only accounting for a 2.5% market share.