That’s how fast it can go: the electric powertrain has become the most popular drive form among medium-sized SUVs in Europe in just one year. Their market share rose from 0 to 35 percent, leaving petrol and diesel behind.
This is apparent from figures from Jato Dynamics, conveniently found by Automotive News Europe. In 2020, the electric SUV hardly played a role in the segment referred to here. It concerns the class above that of the Kia e-Niro, where the Volkswagen ID4 arrived at the end of December in ‘voortrekkerland’ The Netherlands. That car was the first EV in this category at the time, but it wouldn’t stay that way for long. Since the introduction of the ID4, we have been introduced to the Skoda Enyaq, the Ford Mustang Mach-E, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and the Kia EV6, among others.
The arrival of those models has apparently not missed its effect in the sales figures. Over the first 11 months of 2021, the EV appears to have acquired a share of no less than 35 percent in the mid-sized SUV segment in Europe. Also striking: diesel follows at number 2, with 32 percent, followed by petrol with 22. Last year the shares of these fuel types were still at 57 and 33 percent, respectively. Plug-in hybrids lose something relatively speaking, with 9 percent instead of 10 percent. ‘Full hybrids’, or fully-fledged hybrids, now amount to 2 percent. That ‘0’ is indeed remarkable, because the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid has been around for some time. It is true that there is indeed more offer in this category, including in the form of the Hyundai Tucson.
Model Level
At model level, the main prize still goes to a conventionally powered model. The Skoda Kodiaq was number 1 in 2019 and 2020 and continues that trend. The first EV in this list is the ID4 in 3rd place, directly followed by its brother Skoda Enyaq. The Ford Mustang Mach-E finishes in 7th place, the Ioniq 5 in ninth place.
While we don’t have any concrete numbers to back up this claim, it should be noted that a few countries are huge contributors to the amount of EV sold. Except in the Netherlands, larger EVs are also not available in Norway, for example, while a car like the Mustang Mach-E is still a true rarity in many other countries. If those countries also start participating, the fence in this segment will probably be completely over the proverbial dam.
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