The electric car report indicates that Europe swallowed some of a million electric cars (EVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEV) in the first part of the year and is on track to sell a million plug-in cars this year for the first time. . in its history.
Western Europe also outperformed China in the first seven months of 2020, even with the Covid-19 drag effect.
The report, compiled by Berlin-based independent automotive analyst Matthias Schmidt, showed that Western Europeans bought 53,000 pure battery electric cars in July.
Combined with sales of plug-in hybrids (PHEV), the appliances attracted 9% of Western European buyers in the first seven months of the year.
Plug-in sales were split between 269,000 EV and 231,000 PHEV (although PHVs exceeded EV sales in July), surpassing 486,000 plug-in cars registered in China in the same period.
Volumes of natural European electric vehicles increased by 34.3% year-on-year in the first part of the year, surpassing the volume of 2018, in a year in which the market contracted by 40.1%.
Driven strongly through a combination of subsidies and brands that are exempting from heavy US2 CO2 fines for failing to meet the strictest emissions targets, the rate of electrified s use in Europe more than doubled last year.
With July setting a record 53,000 natural electric power games, Schmidt expects the increase to continue, electric vehicle materials will be reduced once auto brands meet their EU7 obligations.
With its car sales crushed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Germany now offers a subsidy of 9480 euros (US$11205) for vehicles, of which 3480 euros have been injected through OEMs.
France, home to Europe’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer, Renault, receives an even larger subsidy of 12,000 euros (US$13,000), adding a 5,000 euro scrapping program for older cars, bringing a 40,000 euro electric car to a completely different class.
The result has been outrageous rental plans that have noticed that cars such as electric cars are presented for more than 0 months in line with the hundred euros.
There will be over a million PHVs and electric cars sold in Western Europe this year, Schmidt insisted, with the part of the year driven by the arrival of Volkswagen’s ID.3 EV.
Volkswagen still plans to manufacture 100,000 MEB cars (divided between ID.3 and ID.4 SUVs) before the end of the year, however, even ID.3 add-ons now account for 7.9% of all German passenger cars. Production.
Other electric cars supplied with MEB will soon be at the Ford, Audi, Seat and Skoda levels, and the Volkswagen Group also has 3 high-end EV platforms, such as the old C-BEV architecture for the Audi e-tron, the J1 for the Porsche Taycan. and the Audi e-tron GT and long-term EPI platform for all brands, from Bentley to Porsche.
According to its own projections, Volkswagen would have 6% of the natural electric vehicle market in Europe this year, and already owns 4.1% thanks to e-Golf and e-Up.
“Volumes throughout the year in Western Europe remain on the target of reaching one million sets, with a strong expected boost in S2 to meet CO2 compliance, and more Tesla sets will be held on the European market and volkswagen MEB Group-based model deployments,” he explained.
The PHEV’s thrust is driven through a longer range, with the latest generation of PHEV models taking its missionless mileage to 50 km, 80 km or even a hundred km.
This wave occurred almost without the classic Week 12 Tesla waves, with only two Fremont shipments arriving in the first part of the year.
While Tesla controlled it to remain the largest singles logo in terms of BEV volumes in the first part of the year, 12-month sliding totals have steadily declined, and volumes from 12 months to July are likely to fall below 100,000 games for the former. November 2019,” Schmidt said in the report.
“Its market percentage halved to 15.2% at the time of the quarter, with 33.8% in the third quarter of 2019, partially fed through Array … a limited source from other manufacturers, which is not ready to power BEV systems before the average CO2 fleet limits adjustments by 2020.
“Tesla probably also contributed negatively to delays in shipping COVID-19 to Europe after a production shutdown at its Fremont plant, where all European models are manufactured.”
Tesla’s 36,652 sales drive Renault’s 35,936 and Volkswagen’s 24,670, replacing things when you consider the full strength of the organisation of the two European corporations.
The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance then leads Europe with 48,835 electric vehicles, while Volkswagen (whose umbrella covers the Porsche Taycan and Audi e-tron) stands at 47,188.
The second generation Renault Zoe paved the way for electric cars in the first part of the year, promoting more than 10,000 in June and 35,500 in the first part of the year.
The Zoe took the lead on Tesla’s Model 3 (33,100) in position and the low-end Volkswagen e-Golf (17,600) in third place.
Of the 10 most sensitive plug-in models of the first half, seven were natural electric vehicles, with the Audi e-tron in fifth place, the Peugeot e-208 in sixth, the Nissan Leaf in seventh and the Hyundai Kona EV in eighth. Training
The fourth Mitsubishi Outlander, the first PHEV, followed the Volvo XC60 and Volkswagen Passat.
Incentives for plug-in hybrids are so that the PASsat GTE PHEV can now be rented in Germany from $79 ($93) according to one month for 4 years.
China has long been the global hub for affordable plug-in cars thanks to its “new-powered vehicles,” but Europe has surpassed this year as China has cut subsidies.
There has been widespread fear of the EU’s brutal sanctions for failing to meet its EU7 emissions targets, which come with a fine of 95 euros for both one gram and both above the limit, multiplied by the car sold through the company in violation in 2020 and 2021.
But Schmidt believes that top corporations will meet their obligations organically, with only Daimler and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) in danger of disappearing (and FCA will pay Tesla for the credits).
“I make the EU’s CO2 targets for 2020/21 achievable thanks to the return of PHVs, to more than 50% of the giant car harvester, plus a build-up in the power source of electric cars and comfortable 48-volt hybrid systems,” he said.
The richest combination of electric vehicle models in Europe remains Norway, with 43.9% of the overall car market, so this year, followed by the Netherlands (11.3%), Iceland (10.3%).
I’ve been testing cars and writing about the auto industry for over 25 years. My career began in the newspapers and became the writing of two
I’ve been testing cars and writing about the auto industry for over 25 years. My career began in the newspapers and evolved in the writing of two automotive magazines. I was founded in Italy as a freelancer for more than a decade, covering the European automotive sector, with a focus on product testing and product progression for readers around the world. I judge the smart and badness of cars in the way they carry out their intended purposes at their costs for their target consumers compared to all their competitors. I do not occupy short or long positions in the automotive industry, basically because this would only compromise the integrity of my work, so my written positions are a condensation of acquired knowledge combined with approximately 4 complete cycles of delight products in value.