In the European Union, sales of new electric cars in the first three months of 2020 have doubled compared to a year earlier. The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) reports this on Tuesday.
While overall demand for cars has been hit by the corona crisis, electric cars have been in higher demand. 167,132 EVs were sold, compared to 83,281 in the first quarter of 2019.
The market share of electric rechargeable cars in the EU has increased to 6.8 percent of sales. In the first quarter of 2019, this was still 2.5 percent. Petrol cars saw their market share shrink from nearly 58 to over 53 percent, and diesels from over 33 to just under 30 percent.
In the Netherlands there was also an increase in electric sales, but the figures were less impressive. 9 percent of the cars sold to date in 2020 were fully electric, compared to 7 percent in the same period last year. 10,233 EVs were worn there (through April).
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