Neck-and-neck race between PHEVs and pure electric cars

ELECTRIC / PHEV AID EXCLUSIVE
Neck-and-neck race between PHEVs and pure electric cars

Published: Mon, 01 June 2015 14:17:35 GMT
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PHEV PEV electric car sales Europe by market April 2015

AID’s exclusively compiled data reveals that in terms of sales the auto-industry’s newest breed of ultra-low CO2 emitting PHEVs (Plug-in-Hybrid-Electric-Vehicles) are catching up fast with their pure battery-powered electric car cousins like Nissan’s still sector-leading LEAF. AID’s forecasters now believe that in Europe PHEVs will keep their edge over today’s pure electric cars, and before long - given some meaningful purchase and ownership incentives - they will dominate Europe’s still tiny market for ultra-low emission cars for some time to come

Kicked off in a near solo-move in the Netherlands during October 2013, followed nearly a year later by its no less spectacular showroom debut in the UK, almost overnight Mitsubishi’s Outlander PHEV has spawned - if not pioneered - an almost entirely new sub-sector.

24,578
Western Europe's PHEV sales total during January-April this year

26,808
Western Europe's pure electric sales total during January-April this year

A key pointer as to how West Europe’s car buying public has responded to these newly arrived PHEVs, during the four months to April this year observers of Europe’s alternative car propulsion scene are already treated to a tight neck-and-neck race between electric cars and PHEVs.

AID’s exclusively compiled figures reveal that during the four months to April this year sales of PHEVs in Western Europe climbed to some 24,578 units, narrowly failing to catch up with the only slightly larger 26,808 pure electric cars first registered during the same four months spell...more

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24,578 Western Europe's PHEV sales total during January-April this year

26,808 Western Europe's pure electric sales total during January-April this year

24,578
Western Europe's PHEV sales total during January-April this year

26,808
Western Europe's pure electric sales total during January-April this year