France remains the leading European producer of HEV in 2023
- The production volume in Europe (29 countries) of full-hybrid cars (HEV) in the 1st quarter of 2023 reached 136,405 units compared to 103,928 units in the 1st quarter of 2022, which represents an increase of 31% over one year. Only six European countries currently produce HEVs, compared to eleven for BEVs and thirteen for PHEVs.
- It is above all France that stands out as the leader in the production of this type of car, as this country produced 71,040 units in the 1st quarter of 2023, up 33% compared to the same period of the previous year. France now represents half of the full-hybrid cars produced in Europe, and it is only the Japanese Toyota which produces the Yaris and Yaris Cross in Onnaing.
- Great Britain is in second place, with 34,730 HEVs produced in the 1st quarter of 2023 (up 30%) and it is still mainly due to Toyota which produces the Corolla in Burnaston. But Nissan is coming to this HEV market in 2023.
- Spain is third behind France and Great Britain, with 22,235 HEVs produced in the 1st quarter of 2023, up 22% year-on-year, thanks to Renault, which recently entered the HEV market.
- It is to remind that European countries (29 countries) produced 266,366 HEVs in 2021 and 360,048 HEVs in 2022. Inovev forecasts 500 000 to 600 000 units in 2023. Imports, which are tending to decrease, represented 62% of the European HEV market in 2022 but only 51% in the 1st quarter of 2023.of the European HEV market in 2022 but only 51% in the 1st quarter of 2023.