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AID compiled exclusive figures show that PHEVs still dominate Europe’s still tiny Plug-in market, and last year sold nearly four times faster than BEVs
The day that manufacturers of the pure electric cars (BEV) typified by Nissan’s Leaf or Tesla’s Model S may have been dreading has arrived: The fast-expanding new breed of Plug-in-hybrids
(PHEVs), a sector still typified today by Mitsubishi’s still sector-dominating Outlander PHEV, is not only outselling electric cars, but last year’s PHEV sales in Western Europe also grew almost four times faster than sales of pure electric cars (BEVs), according to AID’s own data.
But the most notable overall impression from last year’s revealing PHEV sales figures is that the combined efforts of carmakers and governments, both pushing the green theme more than ever, have evidently failed to make much impression on the cool-headed purchasing decisions of Europe’s new car buyers.
Exclusively compiled figures from AID reveal that last year’s West European sales of PHEVs comfortably outpaced not only the region’s still strongly recovering new car market, but also outperformed last year’s comparatively sluggish regional sales from BEVs.
According to AID compiled sales numbers last year’s West European market for PHEVs rose 17.5 per cent to some 112,615 units.
Same year sales of BEVs, by direct comparison, rose by less than the overall car market.
For BEVs that’s a 4.6 per cent advance to 94,056 units...more
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