Electric cars in Poland: 5.2% in June. In the EU: 23.6%, in Europe: 25.6%. Three speed tiers, growth everywhere [ACEA]

The European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) released statistics on electric vehicle sales in the European Union and Europe. It is clear to see countries at different speeds: Poland (5.2 percent) along with Croatia (3.8 percent) round out the group with the lowest acceptance of electric vehicles. The “average” group (20-33 percent) includes Europe’s largest markets. There is also a group of leaders (Norway, Denmark) and contenders for the top spot (Finland, Ireland, Iceland).

The only market where sales of electric vehicles declined year-on-year from January to June 2026 is currently the Netherlands. But the decline is minimal: -0.1 percent. Otherwise, the entire continent experienced growth, almost everywhere at double-digit levels. All vehicle types saw a rise of 5.7 percent (EU) or 6.1 percent (Europe).

Electric Vehicles in Poland and Europe

First, Poland: in June 2026, 3,050 electric cars were registered, accounting for 5.2 percent of new passenger car sales. It’s not that bad, but if someone created a “BEV index” similar to the “Big Mac Index,” we would once again fall behind Greece (7.2 percent) after a brief lead. A country that was bankrupt for many years now performs better than Poland, which is receiving huge funds from the National Recovery Plan. Something here doesn’t add up, and it’s not a technological issue.

Our resistance to electric cars is particularly evident when we sort the data for June 2026 by the number of units sold. Poland ranks between Slovenia, the Czech Republic, and Finland—countries with far fewer citizens. It’s not that Poles can’t afford them, because according to IBRM Samar data, the average price of new cars purchased in Poland continues to rise and has long since surpassed the prices of the cheapest and even those that aren’t entirely the cheapest electric cars. In June alone, a total of 58,979 vehicles of all drive types were registered in Poland, while in our neighboring Czech Republic, a country with its own car brand (!), the figure was 26,398 vehicles.

Since the beginning of the year, nearly 16,500 electric cars have arrived in Poland, which once again puts us second from the bottom („reverse the rankings, Poland first…”) in terms of the share of BEVs among new cars. At this astonishing pace, by the end of the year we will buy fewer electric vehicles than Germany did in June alone (84,057 units, +48% year-on-year), not to mention France (55,851 units, +62.9% year-on-year) or the UK (63,950 units, +26.6% year-on-year). In fact, even the Danes registered more electric cars in June than the Poles have since January, as did the Norwegians. It’s hard to defend the claim that Norway is smaller and warmer than Poland in the case of the Norwegians.

Chinese brands consider Poland “strategic” only because we have a large population and a huge secondary market. However, when it comes to new cars, our performance is statistically poor, especially for those manufacturers we consider “expensive” and “unreliable.” Those “reliable” brands can sleep soundly, as there’s a large group of people here that makes us one of the best markets for Maybach in Europe. In short: a stratification is emerging, and our aversion to new models doesn’t help to bridge it.

Editor’s note from Elektrowozu: This Polish resistance to new models is an interesting topic for a thorough sociological study. Especially now, as this trend unfolds right before our eyes.

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