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2020 (Q3): electrically-chargeable car sales in Europe more than tripled with battery-electric vehicles taking a 10% share and plug-in hybrids 12%. In 2020, electrically-chargeable vehicle sales in Europe increased strongly with especially strong growth during the third quarter of the year. During 2020 (Q3), battery-electric car sales more than doubled in the European Union (+132%) … Read more
September 2020: new passenger vehicle registrations in Europe increased by 1% while electric car sales expanded to a fifth of the total market. Although the European new car market contracted by 29% during the first three quarters of 2020, car sales actually increased by a modest 1% in September 2020. Electric car sales increased dramatically … Read more
January to August 2020: Volvo reached its CO2 target as the greenest carmaker in Europe. Other car brands also reduced CO2 emissions on sales in Europe in 2020. January to August 2020: The combined car sales in the European new car market were only 6.5 g/km above the combined CO2 target set by the European … Read more
Most car brands are on target to meet CO2 targets in 2020 in Europe while forecasts show electric vehicles taking a 15% share of car sales in 2021. Electric car sales are due to treble market share in Europe in 2020, as carmakers rush to comply with European Union CO2 targets. By mid-2020, the PSA, … Read more
2020 (Q1-Q3): The Volkswagen Group was the largest carmaker in Europe with Volkswagen the best-selling car brand and the VW Golf the top-selling car model. January to September 2020: The Volkswagen Group gained market share in a contracting market to once again supply just over a quarter of all new cars registered in the European … Read more
Q1-Q3/2020: Germany was the largest single-country car market in Europe. Car sales in the European Union (EU), EFTA, and the UK contracted 29%. January to September 2020: new passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU), EFTA, and the UK were down 29.3%. Germany remained the largest single-country market in Europe and performed the best … Read more
In August 2020 the European new car market contracted by 18% as sales dropped in all major markets. SUVs took the largest market share in Europe. New passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union, UK, and EFTA were down by 18% in August 2020 to only 880,200 cars. Year-to-date 2020 the European new car market … Read more
2020 (First Half): France was the largest battery-electric car market in Europe with Germany leading in plug-in and hybrid car sales. In the first half of 2020, the registration of electrically chargeable passenger vehicles in the European Union (EU), UK, and EFTA countries increased by 62% to 399,421 cars. The sales of battery-electric cars grew … Read more
In July 2020, new car sales in Europe contracted by 4%, electrified vehicles took an 18% share of new car registrations, and the VW Golf was the top-selling car model. In July 2020, new passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union were down 4% but markedly stronger than in recent months. However, year-to-date 2020, new … Read more
In June 2020, new passenger vehicle registrations in the European Union (EU), UK, and EFTA countries contracted by 24%. The Renault Clio again outsold the VW Golf. Although new car sales in Europe in June 2020 were at its highest level since the start of lockdown measures were introduced in March, sales were still down … Read more