Renault EV Sales Jumped 72% In Europe In 2025

The Renault 5 is a breakout hit, and the new sub-$24,000 Twingo aims to widen the lead.

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Andrei Nedelea

By: Andrei Nedelea

Jan 21, at 7:22am ET

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Renault sold over 150,000 pure electric cars in Europe last year, which is 12% more than in 2024.
The Renault 5 E-Tech was the brand's best-selling EV, with more than 100,000 deliveries since launching in 2024.
The arrival of the affordable Twingo and a revamped Megane should help it expand sales in 2026.

Renault had a very good 2025 in Europe, selling over 1 million vehicles (including commercial vehicles) and coming second only to Volkswagen for total annual sales. Electrified vehicles accounted for 60% of the French manufacturer’s deliveries on the continent, up 12% from last year. Its pure electric lineup did even better, recording a 72.2% year-over-year increase.

That’s 151,939 EVs, or 20.2% of all Renault European passenger car sales. Key to this growth was the success of the Renault 5 E-Tech, which was among the continent’s best-selling EVs last year and the best seller in the electric subcompact class. Renault doesn’t say how many 5s it sold last year, only stating that it has exceeded 100,000 units since its market debut in late 2024.

Renault 5 E-Tech

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Increased sales of the Scenic E-Tech are also significant, with the model selling 58.1% more vehicles last year than in 2024, totaling 38,111 units delivered. Renault currently has four EVs in its passenger car lineup (or six, if you count the electric versions of the Kangoo and Grand Kangoo).

It wants to improve its EV sales performance in 2025, and it’s launching new models to do so. The big news this year is the arrival of the affordable Twingo E-Tech, which has a starting price of €19,490 ($22,800) before any incentives apply. With the incentive scheme in place in France today, you can get one for just €14,720 ($17,230) and it should be even cheaper under Germany’s renewed EV incentive program that pays up to €6,000 ($7,000).

There’s also a revised Megane E-Tech coming this year, featuring updated styling and improved tech, as well as an LFP battery pack for the first time. This will be reserved for the base version of the car, which will be cheaper than the cheapest variant available today, which starts at €39,500 in France.

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Production of the all-new E-Trafic line of commercial vehicles will also commence in the latter part of 2026. The new 800-volt electric van from Renault promises super-fast charging (15-80% in 20 minutes) and up to 280 miles (450 km) of range, as well as bidirectional charging and improvements over time via over-the-air updates.

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Renault plans to reveal its new five-year plan (spanning from 2026 until 2030) called Renaulution sometime in the first quarter of the year. This will define Renault’s next production cycle, which will likely feature even more electrification, the promise of better quality, better tech features and improved affordability. Europe will remain its main focus point, although it’s also eyeing growth in South America and India.

The turnaround of the brand under the leadership of CEO Luca de Meo is a remarkable success story. He was appointed in 2020, when Renault reported losses of €8 billion ($9.7 billion), and by the time he left the company in June 2025, he had brought it back into the green and built some of Europe’s most popular cars. What the Renault 5 ended up being is said to be his merit since he reportedly brought the car back to the drawing board repeatedly to make changes very late in the development process, which earned it the nickname “the boss’s car.” We don’t know what exactly he wanted changed, but the model proved remarkably successful.