Electric vehicle sales accelerated across much of Europe in July, with pure-electric registrations up 13% year on year across 16 markets covering more than 90% of EU and EFTA car sales, lifting EVs to a 25.7% share of new cars; a more detailed tally put the rise at 13.6% to 224,266 battery electric vehicles. Demand has been supported by high oil prices since the Iran war began in February, subsidies and a wider choice of affordable models, including Renault UK orders above 50% electric that managing director Adam Wood called a mainstream tipping point, and France’s social-leasing scheme that helped push the country’s July EV share to a record 35%. First-half EU EV sales rose 40.5% to more than 1.2 million vehicles, while nearly 1.5 million battery electric vehicles have been registered across Europe so far this year. Online interest also jumped in several markets, though limited public charging and divergent U.S. trends underscore risks if fuel prices ease or infrastructure lags.