Electric car registrations Switzerland — as of September 2026

Passenger cars with a charging port · Jan–Sep 2026 · data as of 2026-09-30

All figures from the original auto-schweiz Excel files, analysed by us. The comparison is Jan–Sep 2026 against the same period of 2025 — not against the previous month, which removes seasonality and late reporting. What counts is anything with a charging port: BEV, plug-in hybrids and range extenders.

66’294Registrations with a plug
54’022Previous-year period
+23 %Change
38,2 %Share of total market
45’010of those fully electric
324Models registered

Source: auto-schweiz, own analysis of the original Excel files · as of 2026-09-30

The ten most registered brands

The ten most registered brands, Jan–Sep 2026. Columns: rank, brand, registrations, previous-year period, change, share, models.
RankBrand 20262025 ΔShare Models
1 BMW 6’015 5’893 +2 % 9,07 % 16
2 Škoda 5’615 4’222 +33 % 8,47 % 5
3 Tesla 5’118 4’366 +17 % 7,72 % 4
4 Volvo 5’008 4’626 +8 % 7,55 % 15
5 Mercedes-Benz 4’767 3’530 +35 % 7,19 % 31
6 BYD 4’514 467 +867 % 6,81 % 11
7 Audi 4’444 3’629 +22 % 6,70 % 14
8 Volkswagen 4’266 4’661 -8 % 6,43 % 19
9 Renault 2’714 2’346 +16 % 4,09 % 10
10 Kia 2’154 1’667 +29 % 3,25 % 14

The twenty most registered models

The twenty most registered models, Jan–Sep 2026. Columns: rank, model, powertrain, registrations, previous-year period, change, share.
RankModel Powertrain 20262025 ΔShare
1 Tesla Model Y fully electric 4’044 3’363 +20 % 6,10 %
2 Škoda Elroq fully electric 2’539 1’895 +34 % 3,83 %
3 Škoda Enyaq fully electric 2’494 1’786 +40 % 3,76 %
4 Volvo EX30 fully electric 1’647 1’263 +30 % 2,48 %
5 BYD Seal U DM-i plug-in hybrid, petrol 1’578 222 +611 % 2,38 %
6 Volvo XC60 plug-in hybrid, petrol 1’431 1’621 -12 % 2,16 %
7 BMW iX3 fully electric 1’242 0 new 1,87 %
8 Audi Q4 fully electric 1’150 1’396 -18 % 1,73 %
9 BMW iX1 fully electric 1’131 1’263 -10 % 1,71 %
10 Volkswagen ID.3 fully electric 1’010 1’142 -12 % 1,52 %
11 Renault R5 fully electric 970 1’171 -17 % 1,46 %
12 Tesla Model 3 fully electric 935 916 +2 % 1,41 %
13 Mercedes-Benz GLC-Klasse plug-in hybrid, petrol 875 969 -10 % 1,32 %
14 Mercedes-Benz GLC-Klasse fully electric 855 0 new 1,29 %
15 BMW X1 plug-in hybrid, petrol 775 793 -2 % 1,17 %
16 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Klasse fully electric 744 68 +994 % 1,12 %
17 BMW X3 plug-in hybrid, petrol 720 677 +6 % 1,09 %
18 BYD Sealion 7 fully electric 717 113 +535 % 1,08 %
19 Volvo XC90 plug-in hybrid, petrol 667 616 +8 % 1,01 %
20 Audi Q5 plug-in hybrid, petrol 660 60 +1000 % 1,00 %

Biggest gains

Biggest losses

Only models with at least 50 registrations in the current period and a previous-year figure — on smaller numbers, percentages are noise.

By month

New registrations with a charging port by month, 2026 compared with 2025.
Month2026 2025
Jan 4’599 4’249
Feb 4’917 4’845
Mar 8’203 6’480
Apr 6’910 5’432
May 7’390 6’446
Jun 9’851 7’204
Jul 7’416 6’448
Aug 6’700 5’210
Sep 10’308 7’708
Total66’294 54’022

The data for reuse

All models of this period as a file, with brand, model, powertrain, registrations of the current and previous-year period as well as the monthly figures. Citation note inside the file.

All models as CSV All models as JSON

Free to use, please cite the source: wattradar.ch, own analysis of the auto-schweiz registration statistics, as of 2026-09-30. The analysis is by wattradar, the underlying statistics by auto-schweiz.

66’294 Neuzulassungen mit Ladeanschluss in der Schweiz, Jan–Sep 2026, +23 % gegenüber dem Vorjahr
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How we calculate

The comparison runs period against the same period of the previous year. Models without previous-year registrations are marked «new» rather than with a misleading percentage. A negative monthly figure is a correcting entry: auto-schweiz revises previously reported registrations after the fact, and the statistics do not say why — a cancellation and a rebooking onto a different model name look identical in them. The annual figure is the corrected one. What these figures do not say: they measure how widespread a model is, not how good it is.

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