European EV sales - Still on trickle charge

WESTERN EUROPE
European EV sales - Still on trickle charge
In best April tradition, mix of sunshine and showers for Europe’s anxious electric car industry
Published: Tue, 04 June 2013 16:38:33 GMT
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Electric car saless Western Europe April 2013 graph

The good news for the electro car industry is that April’s first-time registrations of their plug-in cars in Western Europe were up almost a half.

The not so good news is that the industry’s total haul this same April reached just under 2,600 units, thus accounting for a near invisible 0.26 per cent of the region’s new car market.

2,600
New electric car registrations in Western Europe during April

This closely watched segment may be showing some outwardly encouraging signs of life, but the realisation that this year’s jump compares with last year’s very low base puts a damper on belated
take-off hopes.

Pouring more cold water on the fanciful idea that the region’s still embryonic electric car market was about to get into first gear, April’s numerically impressive 50 per cent jump was due principally to some special factors....more

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DATA AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS WITH THIS ARTICLE:

WEST EUROPEAN new ELECTRIC CAR SALES:
West European new electric car sales: by country APRIL 2013 VS April 2012
West European new electric car sales: by country 4-Mths '13 VS 4-Mths '12

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