20232020s

Battery-electric cars stop being weird.

1,299
Variants this year
210 hp
Average power
5.5 L
Avg consumption
8.2s
Avg 0–100 km/h
Suv
Top body · 48%
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01 — Body mix

What shape dominated.

Distribution of 1,299 2023 variants by body type.

suv48%
hatchback20%
van10%
sedan9%
Suv
48.4%
Hatchback
19.7%
Van
9.9%
Sedan
9.0%
Wagon
7.7%
Cabriolet
2.6%
Coupe
1.7%
Mpv
0.5%
Pickup
0.5%
02 — Fuel mix

What moved them.

Petrol still dominates in absolute volume in 2023, but the share is sliding to electric and hybrid year over year.

petrol44%
electric29%
hybrid12%
diesel11%
Petrol
44.0%
Electric
28.8%
Hybrid
11.9%
Diesel
10.9%
Phev
4.5%
03 — Top picks

The standouts of 2023.

Quickest, most powerful, most efficient — from variants documented with a 2023 model year.

In context · 2020s

Battery-electric cars stop being weird.

EV market share rose from 4% (2020) to 18% (2025) of new sales in Europe. Software-defined platforms (VW MEB, Stellantis STLA Medium, Hyundai E-GMP) replaced bespoke ICE architectures. Chinese OEMs entered Europe at scale: BYD, MG, Zeekr, Xpeng. The first €25k mass-market EVs arrived in 2024.

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