The European market for electric vehicles (BEV and PHEV) in 2016
- In 2015, the market for pure electric vehicles (BEV) and hybrid plug-in vehicles (PHEV) in Europe totaled 189,000 units (against 104,000 units in 2014, + 82%), making Europe the second largest market for electric vehicles (BEV + PHEV) behind China (207 000) but ahead of the USA (115,000).
- In the first half 2016:
- The electric vehicle market represented 95 000 sales (+ 20% compared to first half 2015, a significant increase but much lower than 2015’s). Into these 95,000 units, the BEV market is 45,000 units whereas the PHEV market is 50 000 units.
- Volkswagen dominated this market with 15,157 sales, ahead of BMW (13 989), Renault (13,631), Nissan (12,271), Mitsubishi (11 250), Volvo (6488) and Tesla (5 472). These seven brands account for 80% of sales of electric vehicles (BEV + PHEV).
The ten best-selling models are: Renault Zoe (11,913 sales), Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (11 009), Nissan Leaf (10 772), VW Golf GTE (5728), Tesla Model S (5418), BMW i3 ( 4935), Volvo XC90 PHEV (4897), VW Passat GTE (4301), VW e-Golf (3849) and Audi A3 e-Tron (3430). These ten models account for 70% of sales of electric vehicles and hybrid plug-in Europe.
The ten best-selling models are: Renault Zoe (11,913 sales), Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (11 009), Nissan Leaf (10 772), VW Golf GTE (5728), Tesla Model S (5418), BMW i3 ( 4935), Volvo XC90 PHEV (4897), VW Passat GTE (4301), VW e-Golf (3849) and Audi A3 e-Tron (3430). These ten models account for 70% of sales of electric vehicles and hybrid plug-in Europe.
- In 2016, Inovevforecasts a market of 227 000 units, representing an increase of 20% compared to 2015.
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