article thumbnail

New battery-electric vehicles take 5.7% share in Europe in Q1; hybrids 18.4%, gasoline 42.2% , diesel 23.2%

Green Car Congress

of total passenger car sales in the EU, almost doubling their market share in a year, according to data from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). Demand for electrically-chargeable cars also increased in Q1: battery-electric vehicles made up 5.7% of all new cars, while plug-in hybrids accounted for 8.2%

article thumbnail

ACEA study finds 100-fold increase in zero-emission trucks needed in EU fleet in 10 years to meet goals

Green Car Congress

A new study by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has found that there are currently 6.2 Among the EU’s four major markets, Spain has the oldest van fleet (13.0 of vans in the EU are battery electric. being battery electric. The average age of light commercial vehicles in the EU is 11.6

Fleet 435
article thumbnail

ACEA: electric buses made up 4% of new bus registrations in Europe in 2019

Green Car Congress

of total new bus registrations, according to the ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). Four of the five major EU markets recorded double-digit losses in the diesel segment: Spain (-13.8%), the United Kingdom (-12.0%), Italy (-11.8%) and Germany (-10.1%). Source: ACEA. to 34,123 units. more than the year before.

2019 377
article thumbnail

New EV market share in Europe hits 7.2% in Q2 2020, up from 2.4% in same period last year

Green Car Congress

share during the same period last year, according to figures from ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). in Spain and 48.8% The increase in registrations of battery electric vehicles (BEV) was more modest (+12.7%), totalling 63,216 units. of total EU car sales, compared to a 2.4% Source: ACEA.

2020 357
article thumbnail

Stellantis & Leapmotor joint venture gets approval from Chinese regulator

Teslarati

Tesla’s China deals concerns chair of US Congressional Committee In a statement to Reuters , Leapmotor shared that its first EV model for the overseas market will be launched for sale in Germany, France, Italy, and Spain. is a state-owned automobile manufacturer based in Wuhan, Hubei. Dongfeng Motors Corporation Ltd.

Chinese 119
article thumbnail

ACEA map: Affordability of electric cars, correlation between market uptake and GDP in the EU

Green Car Congress

The European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) has published an interactive map that illustrates the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and GDP per capita for each of the 27 EU member states and the United Kingdom. Across the EU, 3.0% and Italy 0.9%). ECVs (GDP of €26,440).

article thumbnail

Sales of chargeable vehicles more than triple in EU in Q3 to take 9.9% new market share

Green Car Congress

during the same period last year, according to data from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). Growth in registrations of battery electric vehicles (BEV) was also strong across the European Union (+132.3%), totalling 135,461 units over the three-month period. In the third quarter of 2020, 9.9%

Market 353