BRIC | ASIA |
|
Follow @AIDNewsletter
|
 AID’s exclusively compiled figures show that last year sales of PHEVs in Western Europe pole-vaulted to a new historic high of 95,140 units, which marks a near threefold jump in just 12 months. Last year’s sales rally, which culminated in December, helped elevate last year’s car sales share of PHEVs to 0.72 per cent Last year, Mitsubishi’s Outlander PHEV was the top-seller in Western Europe with 31,270 units sold, AID’s own figures reveal. Last year’s PHEV registration figures do not include any of the pure electric cars (PEV) typified by last year’s sector dominating Renault ZOE, Nissan LEAF or Tesla’s Model S. Last year’s combined market share of PHEVs and PEVs, excluding electric commercial vans, reached a new high of 1.41 per cent, according to AID’s own exclusive figures. Thanks to rip-roaring demand in the Netherlands, helped by no notable heat loss in both the UK and Norway, leading manufacturers of PHEV plug-in hybrids can look back at last year’s West Europe’s turnout with a great deal of gratitude. However, the sense of optimism portrayed outwardly by these topical and exclusive AID compiled numbers - suggesting that the sought-after take-off in the region’s PHEV demand may now be waiting just around the corner - is not quite what it seems...more MORE LIKE THIS: | December’s miraculous electric car sales surge grabs the limelight 04 Feb 2016
|
|
|
To continue reading this article, please register for a free sample without obligation... |