Italy’s EV Debacle In April Ahead Of New Incentives

Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 11:01:16 +0000

Originally published on opportunity:energy. Italy’s car market kept tumbling in April. As widely expected, with the government delaying the re-introduction of incentives for zero- or low-carbon models, and the promise to include some internal combustion engine options in the scheme, car buyers paused their purchase plans and waited. This affected the whole car market across […]

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Lost Quarter For Italy’s Electric Mobility — Will New Incentives Re-Ignite The EV Race?

Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 22:16:59 +0000

Originally published on opportunity:energy. It’s been a bad start of the year for the Italian car market, as 2022 inherited crises that had been brewing since the covid pandemic. With an ongoing chip (and broader materials) shortage, policy uncertainties, inflation spiking, and a war in Europe, among other things, car sales crashed and electrified options […]

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France EV Share Grows In May, Fiat 500 Leads

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 13:10:03 +0000

France, Europe’s second largest auto market, saw plugin electric vehicles take 20.9% share in April, from 17.3% year-on-year. Full battery electrics grew their share by almost 1.5x YoY, to 12%. Overall auto volumes were down 10% YoY, and down by around a third from May 2019, at 126,811 units. Market Share Trends May’s combined plugin […]

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Fiat 500e Shines in 21% Plugin Share Market of France

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 05:38:02 +0000

Plugins continue to rise in France, with last month’s plugin vehicle registrations ending at 22,926 units, divided between 12,692 BEVs (or 12% share of the overall auto market) and 10,234 PHEVs (9% share of the auto market). The former jumped 33% year over year (YoY) while the latter was actually down by 8%. With the […]

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Germany’s Plugin EV Share Up To 24.3%, Economic Pressures Mounting

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Sat, 07 May 2022 03:40:07 +0000

Germany, Europe’s largest auto market, saw plugin electric vehicles take 24.3% share in April 2022, up from 22.1% YoY. Overall auto volume was down, by over 21% YoY, and over 40% compared to pre-pandemic seasonal norms. Supply chain disruptions and cost inflation were largely responsible for the poor performance, though general economic pressures are affecting […]

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France Plugin EV Share 21.1% In April, New Bestseller

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Tue, 03 May 2022 03:21:25 +0000

France saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.1% of the auto market in April, up from 14.8% year-on-year. Full battery electrics continued to dominate over plugin hybrids. The overall passenger auto market was down 22.6% YoY, and down 44.2% compared to pre-pandemic April 2019, at a volume of 108,723 units. April’s combined plugin result of 21.1% […]

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Tesla Thrives In Italy As Broader Plug-In Market Falls In March

Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Sun, 01 May 2022 09:00:15 +0000

Originally published on opportunity:energy. It was widely expected, and it’s finally happened. While most European car markets keep posting new records and continued monthly growth for plug-in car sales, Italy’s is getting stuck in a rout of its own doing. Europe’s fourth largest market posts in March its first — and wild — BEV decline […]

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France Plugin EV Share Hits 21.4% As Diesels Reach Record Low

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2022 13:17:55 +0000

France, Europe’s second largest auto market, saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.4% market share in March 2022, up from 16.1% year on year. Full electrics took 13.5%, their 2nd highest result (following December 2021). Overall auto market volume was down by some 35% compared to pre-pandemic March 2019, at 147,077 units. March’s combined plugin result […]

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Plugin Vehicles Start 2022 At 8.4% In Italy — Dacia Spring BEV Best Seller

Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 09:00:48 +0000

Originally published on opportunity:energy. The race of Italy’s electric car market shows signs of fatigue, as 2022 started off with mixed results. While other European countries continued boasting exponential rises in January consistent with the exuberance of year-end, the same was not completely true in the continent’s fourth largest car market. UNRAE statistics for the […]

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Italy’s EV Market Doubled In 2021 — Any Growth In 2022?

Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:31:42 +0000

Originally published on opportunity:energy. 2021 saw continued growth in the nascent Italian EV market last month. Amid the tail end of the coronavirus pandemic, uncertain financial incentives, and the ongoing global chip shortage, electric mobility confirmed momentum that has been gaining strength across Europe and the world. As the Italian car market scored a modest […]

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