Electric Vehicles (Global Market)
Main Article: Electric Vehicles (Global Market)
Electric vehicles (German market)
Main article: Electric vehicles (German market)
Electric vehicles (Norway market)
Main article: Electric vehicles (Norway market)
Electric vehicles (Italian market)
Main article: Electric vehicles (Italian market)
Electric cars in Sweden
Main article: Electric vehicles in Sweden
2024
August electric car sales slump by 16.5%
Total sales of electric vehicles in Europe in August 2024 decreased by 16.5% at the expense of Germany and France.
BMW first came out on top in electric car sales, after eliminating Chinese manufacturers
BMW in July 2024 beat Tesla and for the first time topped the rating of sales of electric vehicles in Europe.
Sales of Chinese EVs have plummeted due to EU tariffs.
Chinese companies place orders to assemble electric vehicles in EU to avoid tariffs
Chinese electric cars made in Europe pose a new threat to the region's automakers, which have lagged behind and are unable to compete. Factories are ready to produce cars for Chinese companies.
Chinese EV producers are expanding in Europe to ease the impact of tariffs designed to weaken their price advantage over outdated producers in the region.
EU imposes barrage duties on electric vehicles from China, as local companies are not able to compete
The EU from July 4, 2024 introduced import duties on electric cars from China, the EC said in a statement.
"The individual duties applicable to the three selected Chinese producers are as follows: BYD: 17.4%; Geely: 19,9%; SAIC: 37,6%".
"Other electric car manufacturers who cooperated in the investigation but were not included in the sample are subject to a weighted average duty of 20.8%, companies that did not cooperate in the investigation are subject to duties of 37.6%."
According to the source, the new duties "will be added to the 10% already in force for many years, since we are talking about duties in connection with subsidies." This means in practice that import duties on some Chinese electric cars in the EU can be up to 50%.
2023: More than 2 million new electric vehicles registered, of which 18% are produced in China
Affordable electric vehicles from China are actively penetrating Europe, leaving behind one of the region's largest industries.
2022: Second place after China in the number of electric vehicles
2021
Lag behind China in the number of electric vehicles sold
Electric car for the first time became the best-selling car in Europe
On October 25, 2021, the Jato Dynamics research group announced that the electric car became the best-selling car in Europe for the first time. This happened in September 2021, when Tesla Model 3 broke into the first place.
In total, in September 2021, more than 24 thousand units of this model were sold in Europe. The closest competitor, Renault Clio, is said to have registered sales of more than 18 thousand units. As well as being the first time an electric car has recorded more sales compared to petrol cars, it is also the first time in Europe that a non-European carmaker has been in the top of the monthly rankings. The growing popularity of electric vehicles is encouraging, but sales are not yet high enough to offset the significant decline seen in other segments, according to research group Jato Dynamics.
Rating for September 2021 in Europe, units sold:
- Tesla Model 3: 24 591;
- Renault Clio: 18 264;
- Dacia Sandero: 17 988;
- Volkswagen Golf: 17 507;
- Fiat/Abarth 500: 16 349;
- Opel/Vauxhall Corsa: 15 502;
- Peugeot 2008: 14 931;
- Hyundai Tucson: 14 088;
- Peugeot 208: 13 895;
- Renault Captur: 13 715.
The electric car segment, which is growing faster than expected, is also being boosted by government policies spurring a shift away from fossil fuel vehicles. The increase in Tesla sales is also due to the fact that the company is rapidly increasing deliveries at the end of the quarter.
In the quarter from July to September 2021, Tesla delivered 241 thousand cars worldwide, which is 73% more than in 2020. Analysts expected the electric car maker to deliver 229,000 vehicles, according to Refinitiv. General Motors (GM), Honda and some other major rivals showed a decline in U.S. sales in the third quarter of 2021, hit by a long chip shortage.[1]
2020
More electric cars bought in Norway than regular cars
Norway became the first country to buy more electric cars in a year than all other cars combined (gasoline, diesel and hybrid). According to the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV), in 2020, the share of electric vehicles in the total car market amounted to 54.3% against 42.4% a year earlier. Read more here.
Europe bypassed China to become the largest market for electric vehicles
In early February 2021, it became known that in 2020 Europe it overtook China and became the world's largest market. electric vehicles According to a report by analyst Matthias Schmidt, 1.33 million new electric vehicles were registered in key European markets China , and 1.25 million in.
According to Schmidt, growth will only gain momentum, and the share of electric vehicles in the European car market will grow from 12.4% in 2020 to 15.5% in 2021. The most popular type of battery electric vehicle in Europe are SUVs, accounting for 27% of all registrations in 2020. Hyundai and Kia led the market with 39% of SUVs and battery-powered crossover cars in 2020.
SUVs have proved even more popular among hybrid car buyers - in 2020, they accounted for 53% of all plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Many of these cars were supplied by German car giants: Volkswagen Group, which owns Audi and Porsche, Daimler and BMW.
However, Chinese automakers are also gradually increasing capacity. The volume of electric vehicles in Europe produced by Chinese companies from 2019 to 2020 increased by 1290% to 23,800 units, with half of these cars arriving in the last three months of the year.
The introduction of electric vehicles is in full swing, not only because of demand from consumers, but also because of government efforts. European automakers will prefer to increase production of electric vehicles than pay huge fines to the European Union for violating emissions standards. And in Germany and France, buyers can save up to €9,000 on buying new electric vehicles.[2]
More electric vehicles sold in Europe for the first time than diesel cars
In early November 2020, JATO Dynamics published the results of a study of the European automotive market, according to which in September 2020 the number of sales of electrified cars for the first time exceeded the number of diesel cars.
In September Europe , a total of 1.3 million cars were sold in 27 countries, 47% of which were gasoline-powered, 25% with diesel (323 thousand units) and 25% with electric vehicles (328 thousand units). During the same period in 2019, the share of cars that run on gasoline was 59%, the share of diesel cars - 29%, and electric cars - 11%.
In September 2020, hybrids and soft hybrids accounted for 53% of the total number of registrations of electric vehicles, with their volume growing by 124%. Toyota and Lexus dominated with 32% market share, but further growth was driven by Ford, Suzuki, Fiat and BMW. In addition to the popularity of many Toyota models, the volume also increased due to the Ford Puma (69% of its volume came from moderate hybrid versions), Fiat 500 and Fiat Panda (whose hybrid version was 59% and 41%, respectively).
The most popular electric cars in Europe in September were: Tesla Model 3 (sold 15, 702 units), Renault Zoe (11.023 units), Volkswagen ID.3 (7.897 cars). Also, Europeans purchased the following models: Hyundai Kona, Kia Niro, Nissan Leaf, BMW i3, Peugeot 208, Opel/Vauxhall Corsa, Volkswagen Golf. Among the top three hybrids: Toyota Corolla (15.093 units sold), Ford Puma (12.251 cars), Toyota C-HR (11.991 cars). In the ranking of the so-called plug-in hybrid cars were: Mercedes A-Class (4,782 sales), Volvo XC40 (4,036 cars), Audi Q5 (2,988 cars sold).[3]
2019: Europe takes the lead in electric car sales for the first time: Germany beats Norway
For the first time in the history of the European market electric vehicles , the leading country in sales of such vehicles has changed. It rose to the first place, in Germany which 57,533 new electric machines were registered at the end of November 2019 against 56,893 in. Norway Read more. here
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