{"id":53408,"date":"2025-04-30T05:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T03:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acea.auto\/?post_type=pr-cv&#038;p=53408"},"modified":"2025-04-29T21:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:11:54","slug":"new-commercial-vehicle-registrations-vans-12-2-trucks-16-buses-1-8-in-q1-2025","status":"publish","type":"pr-cv","link":"https:\/\/www.acea.auto\/cv-registrations\/new-commercial-vehicle-registrations-vans-12-2-trucks-16-buses-1-8-in-q1-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New commercial vehicle registrations: vans -12.2%, trucks -16%, buses -1.8% in Q1 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"intro block-container\"><p>The first quarter of 2025 proved challenging for the EU&#8217;s commercial vehicle market, marked by significant declines in key markets. Sluggish economic growth, lower prior order intake, and the complex regulatory landscape contributed to the business uncertainty.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed block-container\"><p><iframe class=\"localfocusvisual\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:450px;overflow:hidden\" src=\"https:\/\/localfocuswidgets.net\/6810d409d8cfd\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cntnt block-container\">\n<p><strong>New EU van sales<\/strong> 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%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New<\/strong><strong> EU truck registrations<\/strong> also 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%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New EU bus sales<\/strong> declined by 1.8% compared to Q1 2024, totalling 8,674 units. Among major markets, Germany recorded a sharp decline (-15%), followed by Italy (-7.3%) and Spain (-0.5%). France posted a small increase (+0.1%), while markets like Sweden (+189.9%) and Greece (+187.6%) recorded notable growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-new-commercial-vehicles-by-power-source\">New commercial vehicles by power source<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><iframe class=\"localfocusvisual\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:450px;overflow:hidden\" src=\"https:\/\/localfocuswidgets.net\/6810dd8d0ae7e\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-vans\">Vans<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Diesel was the preferred choice for new van buyers in the EU in Q1 2025. However, 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-trucks\">Trucks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Diesel maintained its dominance in the truck market in the first quarter of 2025. Diesel trucks accounted for 93.4% of new EU registrations, despite the 17.7% drop 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\u2019s electrically-chargeable truck sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-buses\">Buses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>New EU electrically-chargeable bus registrations surged by 50.3% in the first quarter of 2025, with market share increasing from 13% in Q1 2024 to 19.9%. Germany, the largest market by volume, saw an impressive growth of 118.9%, while Sweden recorded the second-largest number of registrations, 237 electric buses compared to just 9 in Q1 2024. On the other hand, hybrid-electric bus sales experienced a double-digit decline of 28.7%, accounting for 10.7% of the market. Diesel bus registrations declined by 5.6%, now holding a 65.9% market share, down from 68.5% in Q1 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<blockquote class=\"shareable-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">The first quarter of 2025 proved challenging for the EU&#8217;s commercial vehicle market, marked by significant declines in key markets. 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