Great Wall took over the Brazilian plant of Mercedes cars
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Great Wall took over the Brazilian plant of Mercedes cars
- The Daimler group shut down in December 2020 the production of its Brazilian plant in Iracemapolis, where the C-Class and GLA were built for the local market. The results of this production is quite negative as Mercedes did not succeed to continuously assemble cars between 1998 and 2020, with first A-Class from 1998 to 2004, then C-Class from 2008 to 2010 and then from 2016 to 2020, as well as GLAs from 2016 to 2020. Totally, the German carmaker has assembled on Brazilian soil 59,798 A-Class, 69,071 C-Class and 11,526 GLA, meaning a total of 140,395 passenger cars in 22 years.
- This volume represents only 0.3% of the total production of passenger cars in Brazil between 1998 and 2020, a ridiculously low figure, just as low as the Mercedes sales in the Brazilian market. Mercedes has therefore decided to stop production in Brazil for the third time, and perhaps permanently.
- Indeed, the plant has just been bought by the Chinese carmaker Great Wall which seeks to develop at a global scale and intends to establish itself in Brazil, a potentially important market, the sixth largest market in the world behind China, the United States, Europe, Japan and India. The plant will be transformed to be able to produce 100,000 cars a year, four times more than in the Mercedes period.
- Great Wall sold 709,766 vehicles worldwide in the first seven months of 2021, converting to a volume of 1.2 million units for the full year. Today, Great Wall does not sell any cars in Brazil, while Chery is operating in the country for several years. Chery sold nearly 24,000 cars in Brazil in the first seven months of 2021.
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In 2020, battery electric vehicles represented only 2% of the light utility market in Europe
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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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In 2021, the BEVs market share in Europe gets close to the Chinese one
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In 2021, the BEVs market share in Europe gets close to the Chinese one
- The two graphs below represent the monthly sales volume of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in Europe and China from January 2018 to June 2021. The left graph represents the sales volume and the right graph represents the market share BEVs in the country's overall market.
- The sales volume of BEVs in China has always been higher than the sales volume of BEVs in Europe, except in February 2020 which was a month of lock down in China, due to the coronavirus crisis. The gap between the two markets has reduced, however, although in 2021 there are still twice as many BEVs sold in China as in Europe.
- In 2018, the average sales of BEVs in China was 64,000 units per month, compared to 17,000 in Europe. In 2019, it was 68,000 units per month in China, compared to 30,000 in Europe. In 2020, it was 80,000 units per month in China, compared to 62,000 in Europe. Finally, in 2021, it is 154,000 in China, against 82,000 in Europe.
- If we look at the market share of BEVs, it went from 3.2% in 2018 in China to 3.8% in 2019, 4.7% in 2020 and 9.3% in 2021. The 2021 year marks a clear acceleration in BEVs sales, pushed in particular by the arrival of Tesla in China and the small WulingHongguang Mini EV, which is very successful in this market. In Europe, the market share of BEVs increased from 1.3% in 2018 to 2.3% in 2019, 6.2% in 2020 and 7.7% in 2021. By way of comparison, the market share of BEVs in the USA evolve much more slowly, with 2.3% in 2021 against 2.0% in 2020, 1.5% in 2019 and 1.4% in 2018.
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Share of xEVs in heavy truck sales in Europe
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Share of xEVs in heavy truck sales in Europe
- While the market share in Europe 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 alternative engines is completely different for heavy goods vehicles (HUV).
- In 2020, the share of xEVs in the heavy trucks market did not exceed 0.5%, divided into 0.4% BEV and 0.1% HEV-PHEV, while 2.9% of engines ran on natural gas. This proportion of electrified engines in the heavy goods vehicle category is the lowest among all vehicles (passenger cars, LUVs, heavy trucks, coaches and buses). In 2019, the share of electrified engines + natural gas had not reached 3%.
- The diesel engine still represents the vast majority of engines equipping heavy trucks, reaching 96.5% of the market share in 2020. The gasoline engine remains extremely marginal as it does not exceed 0.1% of the market share.
- Compared to 2019, the number of BEVs (1,240 units) increased by 60.8%, HEV-PHEVs (159 units) by 40.4%, while the number of diesel (274,558 units) decreased by 26,6% but remains predominant, gasoline engines (213 units) declined 12.3%, while natural gas engines (7,239 units) decreased by 5.1%. The European heavy trucks market represented 283,409 units in 2020 against 382,418 units in 2019.
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Europe buys three times more PHEVs than China
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Europe buys three times more PHEVs than China
- The two graphs below represent the monthly sales volume of plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) in Europe and China from January 2018 to June 2021. The left graph represents the sales volume and the right graph represents the market share of PHEVs in the country's overall market.
- The sales volume of PHEVs in China was higher than the sales volume of PHEVs in Europe until the fall of 2019. Then the sales of PHEVs took off in Europe and these sales became progressively much higher than those recorded in China. The penalty system on thermal engines that emit high level of CO2 has contributed to the success of PHEVs in Europe.
- In 2018, the average sales of PHEVs in China was 22,000 units per month, compared to 15,000 in Europe. In 2019, it had fallen to 19,000 units per month in China, compared to 17,000 in Europe. In 2020, it was 20,000 units per month in China, against 52,000 in Europe which largely supplants China from then on. Finally, in 2021, it is 33,000 in China, compared to 90,000 in Europe, which now buys three times more PHEVs than China.
- If we look at the market share of PHEVs, it went from 1.1% in 2018 in China to 1% in 2019, 1.2% in 2020 and 2% in 2021. In Europe, the market share of PHEVs increased from 1% in 2018 to 1.3% in 2019, 5.2% in 2020 and 8.5% in 2021. By way of comparison, the market share of PHEVs in the USA is 0.7% in 2021 against 0.5% in 2020, 0.4% in 2019 and 0.7% in 2018. This market is not taking off in the USA, which does not have a diesel market for its passenger cars, unlike Europe which is progressively replacing this engines type with PHEVs.
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