Key points:
9.7% of all new West European passenger car registrations were pure electric BEV on a 12-month annualised basis
During September BEV registrations reached 15.9% mix – a new monthly record
BEVs within under 3% points of equalling diesel powered models in September
BEV volumes back in front of PHEVs' for the first time this year
The monthly share of new zero-emission BEV (battery electric vehicle) passenger car registrations on a 12-month annualised basis is just 0.3 percentage points off the 10 per cent milestone, latest European Electric Car Report data reveals. During the 12-month period between October 2020 and September 2021, 1.104 million new pure electric passenger cars were added to Western Europe's 18 markets monitored by the report each month. The report, published next week can also exclusively reveal that BEVs came to within 3 percentage points of equalling new diesel passenger car registrations – including diesel hybrids – during September.
The report expects this historical landmark, that has never been achieved, may reach parity or surpass new diesel levels in December – traditionally the region's strongest month of the year for new plug-in registrations due to fiscal changes in key markets. The semiconductor shortage is also likely seeing BEV penetration rise prematurely over previous forecasts as described here.
Quotable: “The European Electric Car Report expects new monthly pure electric car sales to surpass passenger cars fitted with a diesel engine for the first time in December”
More in the next report published next week.
The European Electric Car Flash Report which is published on a monthly basis covers the entire West European region in a detailed data-driven manner.
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*Western Europe 18 Markets: EU Member States prior to the 2004 enlargement plus EFTA markets Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, plus UK
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