Plug-in hybrid cars in Europe over the first 7 months of 2017
- Rechargeable hybrid cars sold 73,636 units in the first seven months of 2017 in Europe, for 0.75% of the European market (29 countries) over the period. This is under 1% of the market and we are still very far from the 10% announced by several manufacturers for 2020.
- Hybrid rechargeable cars suffer from a price that is considered too high compared to non-rechargeable hybrid cars and especially to diesel cars, and from the insufficient number of charging stations, essential for this type of vehicle, in the various European countries.
- To a lesser extent, the limited number of available models can also negatively impact sales of these vehicles. However, it should be noted that the number of plug-in hybrid models is constantly increasing and will increase further from 2019, with the introduction of over thirty totally new models by 2025 from the Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW groups alone.
- In the first seven months of 2017, the Mitsubishi Outlander was the market leader (10,708 sales) ahead of the Mercedes GLC (6,917), VW Passat (6,864), BMW Active Tourer (6,055), BMW 3 Series (5,614) and Audi A3 (4,932). German manufacturers represent the vast majority of plug-in hybrid models on the European market.
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