Car statistics for Austria

In 2025, 284,978 new passenger cars were registered in Austria, of which 21.3% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 17.3%.

New cars (2025)
284,978
EV share
21.3%
Total car fleet (2025)
5,286,101

EV share of new cars over time

Electric vehicle share of new passenger cars in Austria per year
20130.2%
20140.4%
20150.5%
20161.2%
20171.5%
20182.0%
20192.8%
20206.4%
202113.9%
202215.9%
202319.9%
202417.6%
202521.3%

New passenger cars by fuel (2025)

New passenger car registrations in Austria by fuel (2025)
Hybrid83,044 (29.1%)
Petrol79,457 (27.9%)
Electric60,651 (21.3%)
Diesel33,004 (11.6%)
Plug-in hybrid28,820 (10.1%)
Other2 (0.0%)

New registrations per year

New passenger car registrations in Austria per year
2013319,035
2014303,318
2015308,555
2016329,604
2017353,320
2018341,068
2019329,363
2020248,740
2021239,803
2022215,050
2023239,150
2024253,789
2025284,978

Electric car adoption over time

Electric cars (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) as a share of new car sales in Austria, 2013–2025.

Electric car sales share in Austria per year
20130.2%
20140.6%
20150.9%
20161.5%
20172%
20182.6%
20193.5%
20209.5%
202120%
202222%
202327%
202424%
202531%

Source: IEA, Global EV Data Explorer (CC BY 4.0).

Most registered car models in Austria (2025)

The car models with the most new registrations in Austria in 2025, by model.

#ModelRegistrations
1Å koda Å koda Octavia7,568
2Tesla Tesla Model Y4,342
3Å koda Å koda Karoq4,328
4Å koda Å koda Fabia R54,266
5Dacia Dacia Sandero4,220
6Dacia Dacia Duster3,693
7Dacia Dacia Bigster3,243
8Hyundai Hyundai Tucson3,004
9Å koda Å koda Enyaq2,984
10Mazda Mazda CX-302,902
11BMW BMW X12,817
12BYD BYD Seal2,704
13BYD BYD Seal U2,677
14Toyota Toyota Yaris Cross2,610
15Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz GL-Class (X164)2,517

Source: EEA COâ‚‚ monitoring (CC BY 4.0). Catalog-matched models only.

Car fleet by age (2025)

42.7% of passenger cars in Austria are older than 10 years.

Passenger cars in Austria by age (2025)
Under 2 years715,839 (13.5%)
2–5 years721,886 (13.7%)
5–10 years1,589,151 (30.1%)
10–20 years1,753,516 (33.2%)
Over 20 years505,709 (9.6%)

Car fleet by fuel (2025)

Of 5,286,101 registered passenger cars in Austria, 47.8% run on petrol, 47.3% on diesel and 5.0% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in Austria by fuel (2025)
Petrol2,526,202 (47.8%)
Diesel2,497,846 (47.3%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)262,053 (5.0%)

CO2 emissions of new cars (2024)

New passenger cars in Austria emitted on average 105.7 g CO2/km in 2024. The EU average was 107.9 g/km, so Austria is below the average.

Average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in Austria (g/km)
2010144 g
2011138.7 g
2012135.7 g
2013131.6 g
2014128.5 g
2015123.7 g
2016120.4 g
2017146.3 g
2018149.1 g
2019152.1 g
2020135.7 g
2021116.1 g
2022112 g
2023104.1 g
2024105.7 g

EV charging stations

Austria has 6,599 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 71.7 per 100,000 inhabitants). See the EV charging ranking.

Road safety (2024)

Austria recorded 3.8 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (351 in total) in 2024. The EU average was 4.4 per 100,000, so Austria is safer than the EU average. See the road safety ranking.

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