As shares of new petrol and diesel vehicles slowly decline, electric vehicles account for half of new cars registered in the EU
New car registrations in the European Union rose 4.3 percent in June to 5.7 million units, data from the European Union of Automobile Manufacturers showed on Thursday.
The EU’s largest car markets performed positively, with the number of new car registrations up 15.1% in Italy, 6.1% in Germany and 2.2% in Spain, with France the exception recording a decline of 4 .8%.
The number of newly registered hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) reached 321,900 in June, an increase of 26.4%, with a market share of 29.5% year-on-year.
The increase in HEVs was attributed to gains seen in France (34.9%), Italy (27.2%), Spain (23%) and Germany (16.5%), the report revealed.
Meanwhile, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) made up 14.4% of the EU car market, up from last year’s share of 15.1%, accounting for just over 156,400 units.
Although the market share of BEVs increased, especially in Belgium (50.4%) and Italy (117.4%), decreases in Germany (- 18.1%), the Netherlands (- 15.5%) and in France (- 10.3%) offset growth.
In total, over 712,600 new BEVs were registered in the first half of the year in the EU, representing 12.5% ​​of the market, an increase of 1.3% year-on-year.
As for plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs), the number of newly registered PHEVs fell by 19.9% ​​in June, accounting for 6.1% of the EU car market with just over 66,400 sales.
The decline in the number of newly registered PHEVs is due to large declines in the bloc’s three biggest markets, which are Belgium (-49.2%), France (-21.7%) and Germany (-3.4%) . shown.
The market share of HEVs increased to 29.5% in June from 24.4% last year, while the total share of newly registered electric cars, including HEVs, BEVs and PHEVs, reached 50% in June, the total share of of petrol and diesel vehicles fell from 49.6% to 47.1% over the same period.
Sales of new petrol cars were flat, down just 0.7% in June, as falls of 20.2% in France and 7.5% in Spain were offset by increases of 12.1% in Germany and 6.9% in Italy.
Gasoline cars made up 34.4% of the EU car market, down 1.8% year-on-year, while diesel cars accounted for 12.7%, down 0.9% over the same period, the report said.
Source: Skai
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