A study predicts electric vehicles in Europe will be cheaper than fossil-fuel cars by 2025 to 2027 with BEV reaching 100% of sales by 2035. A study by BloombergNEF for Transport & Environment concluded that many electric cars in Europe will be cheaper than petrol cars from 2026. Small electric light vans will already be cheaper than fossil fuel versions in 2025 with heavy vans making the cross-over only a year later. Tighter EU CO2 targets in the 2020s could see 100% of new car sales … [Read More...]
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2021 (March) Europe: Car Sales and Market Analysis
In March 2021, new car sales in Europe increased by 63% but the passenger car market is still well below pre-pandemic levels. In March 2021, new passenger vehicle registrations in Europe increased by 63% compared to March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. However, the European new car market was still more than a fifth smaller than in March 2019. Diesel car sales were particularly sluggish with less than a quarter share of the total European new car sales. Battery-electric vehicles took … [Read More...]
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A study predicts electric vehicles in Europe will be cheaper than fossil-fuel cars by 2025 to 2027 with BEV reaching 100% of sales by 2035. A study by BloombergNEF for Transport & Environment … [Read More...]
2021 (March) Europe: Car Sales and Market Analysis
In March 2021, new car sales in Europe increased by 63% but the passenger car market is still well below pre-pandemic levels. In March 2021, new passenger vehicle registrations in Europe … [Read More...]
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2021 (Q1), new car sales increased worldwide with a strong recovery in China, India, and the USA but weak growth in Japan and Europe, and weaker sales in Russia and Brazil. In the first quarter … [Read More...]
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In 2020, car sales worldwide contracted by 15%. China and Russia performed the best. Car sales in Japan, the USA, and India were down by double-digit percentages while the European and Brazilian new … [Read More...]
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2021 (Q1): Volkswagen remained the top-selling car brand in Europe but the VW Group brands lost market share to Stellantis (Peugeot and Fiat). In the first … [Read More...]
2021 (Q1) Europe: New Car Sales per EU, UK, and EFTA Country
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2021 (Q1) Germany: Best-Selling Car Brands and Models
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