EV Price Pulse – July

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – EV Market Overview

📈 Market Share & Sales

• June 2025: 47 354 BEVs registered (+39 % y/y), giving pure electrics a 24.8 % monthly share. H1 2025 totals reach 224 841 BEVs (+34.6 %) for a 21.6 % share of all new cars. (SMMT)

• The UK overtook Germany in 2024 and continues as Europe’s largest national BEV market going into 2025. (Schmidt Automotive)

🚗 Best‑Selling Models

• Tesla Model Y remains the UK’s best‑selling electric car: 32 862 units in 2024 and still leading EV registrations in 2025. (Wikipédia, The Guardian)

• BYD’s Dolphin Surf (from £18 650) intensifies price competition in the super‑mini segment, with dealer offers dipping below £18 k. (Autocar, carwow.co.uk)

💰 Pricing & Incentives

• Electric Car Grant (ECG) launched 16 July 2025 – up to £3 750 off EVs priced ≤ £37 000; £650 m budget runs until FY 2028‑29. (GOV.UK)

• A Bill to cut VAT on public charging from 20 % to 5 % is awaiting 2ᵈ reading (scheduled 4 July 2025); savings estimated at ~£211 per driver per year. (bills.parliament.uk, The Sun)

• From 29 May 2025 most public or private charge‑point installs in England no longer need planning permission, removing ~£1 100 in compliance costs. (GOV.UK)

🔌 Charging Infrastructure

• End‑June 2025: 82  369 public charge points across 40  479 sites (116  910 connectors) – roughly one new device every 30 minutes. (zapmap.com)

• New £63 m package (13 July 2025) supports on‑street, NHS‑fleet and depot charging, within a wider £4.5 bn plan targeting 300 000 public charge points by 2030. (GOV.UK)

🇫🇷 France – EV Market Overview

📈 Market Share & Sales

• June 2025: 31  946 BEVs (‑4.6 % y/y) + 12  048 PHEVs (‑14.4 %) = 43  994 plug‑ins (‑7.5 %). H1 2025 totals: 164  198 BEVs (‑5.2 %) and 50  279 PHEVs (‑31.9 %).

• BEVs held a 17.5 % share of new registrations in Q1 2025, keeping France Europe’s third‑largest BEV market. (Best Selling Cars)

🚗 Best‑Selling Models

• Renault 5 E‑Tech tops the French BEV chart for H1 2025 (15 752 units), ahead of the Citroën ë‑C3 and Tesla Model Y (8 886). (Automobile Propre)

• Peugeot e‑208 and Renault Scenic E‑Tech complete the top five but post significant volume declines versus 2024. (Automobile Propre)

💰 Pricing & Incentives

• The ecological bonus closed on 1 July 2025. Replacing it, the Prime « Coup de Pouce CEE » grants €4 200 to low‑income households and €3 100 to others for qualifying BEVs (scheme valid until 31 Dec 2025). (Service Public)

• Renault offers the Renault 5 E‑Tech from €200/month on a 37‑month lease (1 July – 31 Aug 2025), with the new CEE bonus already deducted. (Renault)

🔌 Charging Infrastructure

• Public network reached 169  559 charge points by 30 June 2025, up 22 % in a year. (Avere-France)

• Government maintains its goal of 400  000 public charge points by 2030, backed by €200 m in national funding and €68 m earmarked for rapid/ultra‑rapid stations. (Best Selling Cars)

🔮 Outlook (Commentary)

• UK – The new ECG restores a direct purchase incentive just as Chinese entrants push prices lower; together with relaxed planning rules, this should accelerate private‑buyer uptake and help close the gap to the 28 % ZEV mandate.

• France – The abrupt switch from the state‑funded bonus to energy‑supplier‑funded CEE primes tightens support and may prolong the current sales lull until autumn; however, the popularity of domestically built models such as the Renault 5 should cushion BEV demand outside the leasing‑social scheme.