Sales of electric vehicles rose by 79% in Europe in the first half of 2014
- Sales of electric vehicles rose by 79% in Europe in the first half of 2014. From 14 982 units in the first half of 2013 to 26 819 units in the first half of 2014.
- However, this strong growth conceals two facts: firstly, all countries do not benefit from such strong growth (sales in France actually decreased by 8.8%), on the other hand, the overall market share of electric vehicles is very low, not exceeding 0.42% in the first half of 2014 (against 0.25% in the first half of 2013), i.e. 4 sales out of 1 000. This is far from the 10% target set for 2020 announced by some manufacturers a few years back.
- The only European country where electric vehicle sales reached or exceed 10% of the market in 2014 is Norway with an excellent 12.9%. The following four countries : France, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Denmark EV sales account for only 0.5% to 0.6% of total sales. All other countries do not even reach 0.5% (Germany reaching 0.3%).
- It should be noted that four countries account for 78.5% of sales of electric vehicles in Europe: Norway (9 349 units), Germany (4 796 units), France (4 360 units) and the UK (2 558 units). And four models account for 77% of sales of electric vehicles in Europe: the Nissan Leaf (6 880 units), the Tesla Model S (5 347 units), the BMW i3 (4 853 units) and the Renault Zoe (3 594 units), which is still very far from its objectives.
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