The European car market continued to lose momentum in November. According to the industry association ACEA on Thursday, 869,816 vehicles were newly registered in the EU, 1.9 percent less than a year ago. Things went down particularly sharply France with a decrease of 12.7 percent, followed by Italy with minus 10.8 percent. On the German market the decline was 0.5 percent. There is, however, a ray of hope Spain, where 6.4 percent more vehicles were sold.
A turnaround in the electric car market is still a long time coming: 130,757 of these vehicles were sold, which is 9.5 percent less than in the previous year. Business is particularly bad in Germany and France, each with a loss of more than a fifth. In the Federal Republic, the market for this drive has been under pressure since the environmental bonus was abruptly abolished. Plug-in hybrids also sold worse. These are cars that, in addition to a gasoline or diesel engine, also have an electric drive and can be charged from a socket.
Toyota with sales growth
However, hybrid vehicles, which do not have an external power connection, are on the rise. Almost a fifth more of these cars were sold than in the previous year. They have now overtaken classic petrol engines in terms of market share.
The brands stand out Toyota with a sales increase of a good 17 percent in November. The Japanese are known for their hybrids. However, things went downhill for him Opel-Parent company Stellantis, which sold a good ten percent fewer cars.