B and C segments thermal cars fell the most in Europe in 2021
- In a European passenger car (passenger car) market that grew by just 2.7% in the first 10 months of 2021, the BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) market grew by 79%, from 495 000 units to 886,000 over the same period, the PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) market grew by 98%, from 433,000 units to 858,000 and the HEV (non-plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) market grew by 32%, increasing from 396,000 units to 522,000.
- Sales of electrified vehicles (xEVs) have therefore increased from 1,324,000 units in the first 10 months of 2020 to 2,266,000 in the first 10 months of 2021, which represents an increase of 942,000 units over the year (+71%), while the European market as a whole grew by only 261,000 units during the same period. This means that sales of combustion engine cars lost 681,000 units over the period.
- Which combustion engine cars have declined the most over this period in the European market? It was especially the B and C segments cars that lost the most in volume. The Ford Focus lost 60,773 sales over one year, followed by the Renault Clio (-47,371 sales), the Ford Fiesta (-38,689 sales), the Mercedes Class A (-31,392 sales), the Renault Captur (- 30,478 sales), the Volkswagen Golf (-26,419 sales), the Skoda Octavia (-23,116 sales), the Renault Kadjar (-22,059 sales), the Peugeot 308 (-21,993 sales) and the Seat Leon (- 20,863 sales).
- It is therefore the heart of the market that has suffered the most from the increase in sales of electric cars in Europe in 2021. It is to be noted that only thermal versions of models have been taken into account, even though an electrified version could be available (example: the Renault Clio hybrid was not included in the calculations).
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