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15 European Countries Have 15%+ Plugin Vehicle Sales (New Car Sales)

CleanTechnica EVs

There are now 15 European countries that have 15% or more of new-car buyers buying plugin electric cars (full electric cars or plugin hybrids). China also passed those milestones in 2021 (15% plugin vehicle share and 12% […].

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16 Countries Now Over 10% Plugin Vehicle Share, 6 Over 20%

CleanTechnica EVs

The plugin electric vehicle market has exploded in the past year (in a good way), thanks especially to the European Union requiring that automakers sell more efficient vehicles (EVs) or pay big fines. All of a sudden, automakers have discovered that consumers will indeed buy millions of EVs if you produce them and market them […].

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Europe February 2021

EV Sales

Tesla Model 3 wins in February Despite a depressing overall market (-20% YoY in February), the European passenger plugin market continues on the rise, having registered over 115,000 units in February (+66% YoY), placing last month plugin share at 14% share (5.9% BEV) , keeping the 2021 PEV share at 14% (5.7% for BEVs alone).

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Europe March 2021

EV Sales

The European passenger plugin market continues on the rise, having registered over 227,000 units in March (+169% YoY), placing last month plugin share at 16% share (7.6% In March, the Belgian-built Volvo scored 5,567 registrations, earning its 3rd Best Selling PHEV title in a row. BEV) , pulling the 2021 PEV share to 15% (6.6%

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Europe January 2021

EV Sales

PHEVs shine in disrupted market The European passenger plug-in market registered 112,000 registrations in January (+50% YoY), with PHEVs (+85%) growing faster than BEVs (+18%), with PHEVs starting the year ahead of BEVs (42% BEVs / 58% PHEVs). reached the 4th place last month. and #3 Dacia Sandero (!!!),

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