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On the face of it, it looks as if West Europe’s market for
electric cars (BEVs) may be about to take off, AID’s exclusive May
figures reveal. Despite a host of positive and promising signs of growth
during this year’s first half, accompanied for good measure by some new
all-time records for this still tiny sector, already there are signs that
this year’s lively first-half may give way to a somewhat cooler spell
during this year’s second half and the fourth quarter in
particular
In terms of cold statistics, since the closing months of last year West Europe’s electric car market has picked up added momentum.
May’s electric car registrations, for the 9th successive month in a row reached five figure values.
Other upbeat signs, May sales rose by more than a third, bringing the cumulative registrations at this year’s 5-months stage to almost 70,000 units.
That tops last year’s comparative total for the same period by an outwardly strong looking 38.2 per cent.
However, it’s not quite as rosy as it looks, according to AID market observer.
This year’s outwardly upbeat BEV sales story paints a somewhat distorted picture: a mere four markets, Norway, Germany, France and the Netherlands were so far responsible for seven-in-ten of this year’s West European BEV sales.
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