Electric cars Stay on the advance despite the overall new registrations in the European Union – but for Tesla it is still steeply downhill. The new registrations of cars with a pure battery drive (BEV – Battery Electric Vehicles) have increased by over a quarter to 255,489, as the European manufacturer Association ACEA in Brussels announced. They had a market share of 15.2 percent at the end of February.
However, the US electric car manufacturer Tesla could not benefit from this, in January and February around 19,000 or 49 percent fewer model X and other models were approved in the EU.
In the past few months, in view of the political activities of Tesla boss Elon Musk (53) Again and again companies are publicly effective from Tesla vehicles in their fleet. However, experts point out that the recent declines of the Tesla new approvals could also have to do with a production change. The announcement of the now available facelift of the Model Y plays a role. In addition, other providers would have caught up with the technology.
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VW, Renault and BMW: Demand increases
Overall, the number of newly approved cars in the European Union did not recover in February after a weak start of the year. According to ACEA, 853,670 cars were registered last month, 3.4 percent less than a year earlier. The minus has been 3 percent since the beginning of the year.
During the VW group, Renault and BMW The new registrations at Mercedes-Benz and the Stellatis Group (Fiat, Bangot, Opel) back.