In 2020, battery electric vehicles represented only 2% of the light utility market in Europe
- While in Europe, the market share for electrified passenger cars (PCs), or xEVs (BEV + HEV + PHEV), reached 15.3% of the total market in 2020, broken down into 6.2% for BEVs, 5,2% for PHEVs and 3.9% for HEVs, the share of these engines is completely different for light utility vehicles (LUVs).
- In 2020, the share of xEVs in the LUV market did not exceed 2.9% divided into 2% of BEVs and 0.9% of PHEVs. To this can be added 1.3% of engines running on natural gas. In 2019, this share of xEVs engines had not reached 3%. Diesel engines still represent the vast majority of engines running LUVs, reaching 92.4% of the market share in 2020. Despite this significant share, diesel engines have been declining steadily as the arrival of BEVs and PHEVs on this market. The gasoline engine remains very marginal as it does not exceed 3.4% of the LUV market share. All motorisations included, the European LUV market represented 1,793,739 united in 2020 against 2,190,291 units in 2019 (-18%).
- Compared to 2019, the number of BEVs (37,282 units) increased by 30.8%, that of PHEVs (13,393 units) by 175%, while the number of diesel (1,669,360 units) fell by 17.8 % but remains predominant, gasoline engines (54,209 units) by 45.2% and natural gas engines (19,495 units) by 29.3%.
- There are currently 18 LUVs available with BEV and PHEV engines in Europe. The best-selling models are the Nissan e-NV200, Opel e-Vivaro, Mercedes e-Vito, Mercedes e-Sprinter, Renault Kangoo ZE, Peugeot e-Expert, Citroën e-Jumpy and Ford Transit Custom.
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