Latvia’s Electric Vehicle Market in 2025: BEV and PHEV Sales, Heavy-Duty Electrification, and Charging Infrastructure

Passenger vehicles 

Latvia continued to expand its electrified vehicle market in 2025, with battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) gaining share in new passenger car registrations. The country registered a total of 22,506 new passenger cars in 2025 across all powertrains. Within this total: 

• BEV registrations were 1,602 vehicles (7.1% of total passenger car registrations). This represents 27% more than 2024.  
• PHEV registrations accounted for 2,742 vehicles (12.2% of total passenger car registrations), nearly quadrupling total sales for 2024 (766 units, which represents 258% growth in 2025).  
• Combined BEV + PHEV registrations: 4,344 vehicles (19.3% of total passenger car registrations, up from 11.8% in 2024.

AF Market share of total registrations (M1)

Newly registered alternative fuelled (BEV, PHEV, H2, LPG, CNG, LNG) passenger cars as a percentage of the total number of registrations.

Commercial vehicles 

Electrification in the commercial vehicle segment remains more uneven across categories. Whereas buses presented significant growth, and are now a sizeable proportion of overall sales, and vans remain in a solid growth path, e-trucks are basically non-existent in the market.  

Buses (M2/M3) 

• BEV buses: 54, up from 29 in 2024 (+86%) 
• Market share: 39.1% 

Trucks (N2/N3) 

• BEV trucks: 4.  
• Market share: 0.3% 

Vans (N1) 

• BEV Vans: 179, up from 57 in 2024 (up 201%).  
• Market share: 6.6% 

Charging Infrastructure 

Latvia’s charging infrastructure has continued to grow in 2025, going from 1,157 charging points at the end of 2024 to 2,051 at the end of 2025, a 77% increase in only one year. Of these, 883 are AC charging points and 1,168 are DC charging points.  

Nearly a third of all charging points in the country are DC chargers with power between 150kW and 350kW. Another third are AC chargers with 7.5kW to 22kW of power.  

Outlook: Expectations for 2026 

Looking ahead to 2026, Latvia’s EV market is expected to continue expanding, supported by three reinforcing trends. The increasing share of BEV and PHEV passenger car registrations suggests that plug-in vehicles are becoming a mainstream option for new car buyers, and the relatively high share of e-bus registrations points to ongoing opportunities for electrification in public transport fleets, especially where procurement programs and urban air-quality objectives align. Continued deployment of public charging stations—particularly along key transport corridors and in urban areas—should help reduce range and access barriers, improving the overall EV value proposition. In 2026, additional model availability, improving total cost of ownership, and further infrastructure investment are likely to reinforce Latvia’s transition toward electrified road transport. 

Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and do not reflect those of the European Commission.