Electric car sales in Europe up by two-thirds in April

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Electric car sales in Europe up by two-thirds in April

Published: Wed, 10 June 2015 17:34:09 GMT
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April electric car sales total Western Europe

AID’s exclusively compiled figures reveal that first-time registrations of electric cars in Western Europe are still flourishing. An outwardly upbeat view underlined by heartwarming news of a two-thirds increase this April, bringing the year to date sector gains to a no less cheery looking 58.1 per cent

Hot on the heels of a month that saw the best-ever sales turnout for electric cars, just one month on Europe’s anxious car industry was treated to yet another rare nugget of good news.

That’s chiefly the observation that so far this year the sales share going to all-electric cars like Nissan’s LEAF has risen sharply.

0.59%
West European electric car sales penetration after 4-months this year

One third through the current year, that’s a jump to 0.59 per cent sales penetration from 0.41 per cent during the corresponding period last year.

Equally encouraging for Europe’s nailbiting electric carmakers, April’s electric car sales share, partly fuelled by a sales rally in France, leapt to 0.59 per cent from 0.38 per cent the year before...more

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AID EXCLUSIVE
DATA AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS WITH THIS ARTICLE:
WEST EUROPEAN NEW ELECTRIC (PEV) CAR SALES BY COUNTRY:
APRIL 2015 v APRIL 2014
4-MONTHS 2015 v 4-MONTHS 2014

UNITED KINGDOM (PHEV) CAR SALES BY TOP SELLING MODELS:
4-MONTHS 2015

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0.59% West European electric car sales penetration after 4-months this year

0.59%
West European electric car sales penetration after 4-months this year