While the new registrations of Electric cars The number of the US electric autopionier has risen at the EU car market in January Tesla broken in in January. The new registrations of Tesla vehicles decreased by half to 7517 cars compared to the same period in the previous year, as the European manufacturer Association ACEA in Brussels divided.
The VolkswagenGroup kept its market leadership in the EU in January with a registration plus from almost 6 percent to almost 230,000-even if fewer cars were admitted by the VW subsidiary Porsche AG. Stellantis and Renault Followed the Wolfsburg group in places second and three. From cars of the BMWGroup was registered around one percent less in the first year of the year, by the Swabian rival Mercedes Benz A good 6 percent less.
EU-wide fewer new vehicles approved
Overall, the car market in the European Union has started the new year. In January 831.201 cars were re -approved and 2.6 percent less than in the same period last year. Electric cars made a large set forward. However, funding had expired or cut in several European countries a year earlier, which caused sales.
The new registrations of full electric cars with a pure battery drive (BEV – Battery Electric Vehicles) rose by a third to 124,341 cars. Especially in Germany,, Belgium And more people registered such cars to the Netherlands.
The rechargeable mixing drives, so-called plug-in hybrids, were in demand a little less than a year earlier. However, the numbers of non-rechargeable hybrid cars continue to climb a good 18 percent to 290,014 cars. This includes not only those cars that have their own, fully drive-to-drive electric motor, but also so-called mild hybrids. These only have supportive electric motors to reduce fuel consumption.