Europe’s car market does not get going. In the first half of the year, the number of new registrations fell by 1.9 percent by Thursday, according to the ACEA industry association. In June alone, 7.3 percent fewer vehicles were sold in the European Union than a year ago, which suggests a difficult global market environment for car manufacturers, the association said.
Electric cars came to a market share of 15.6 percent in the first half of the year, which is a good three percentage points more than a year ago. However, this market share is still significantly lower than for the drive turn, the ACEA continued. With a share of 34.8 percent, the leaders are hybrid vehicles. Pure combustion cars, on the other hand, lose the favor of buyers. Together they only come to a market share of 37.8 percent, after 48.2 percent in the same period 2024.
In the first half of the year it went down in Germany With minus 4.7 percent, France With minus 7.9 percent and Italy With minus 3.9 percent. In Spain However, 13.9 percent more vehicles were sold. Also in Poland,, Sweden or Austria attracted sales.
Drives with the brands Volkswagen in the first half of the year with a sales increase of 2.3 percent further. Also Renault could increase his sales. Stellantis With brands like Opel, Bangot Or Fiat continued to lose ground and sold 11.1 percent fewer cars than a year ago. Tesla even put a good two fifths fewer cars than a year ago.