The European ACEA has once again reviewed the sales figures for the second quarter and has come up with interesting conclusions. The electrified cars are gaining ground.
The Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) looked at the sales share each drive form had in the second quarter. With 51.9 percent, a large majority of Europeans still bought a car that only moves thanks to petrol. As was to be expected due to the corona crisis, sales of petrol cars fell sharply in absolute numbers, however. Last year, sales rose during the second quarter to more than two million units, this year it remains at 929,309 cars. That’s a 55.0 percent drop in sales. Incidentally, it differed greatly per country how bad the decline was. For example, sales of petrol cars in Spain fell by 72.9 percent and in France by ‘only’ 48.8 percent.
Power plug
Diesel appears to be losing ground from the new figures, because the market share last quarter was 29.4 percent 2 percent lower than last year. A total of 526,645 Europeans bought new diesel (-53.4 percent compared to 2019). In contrast, the share of cars with a plug is increasing sharply. Of all cars sold, 7.2 percent of the time was an electrified model with a plug. Note: of the 129,344 cars, 66,128 times are plug-in hybrids (+133.9 percent). The other 63,216 cars are fully electric. Last year the market share was only 2.4 percent.
Hybrid
Hybrid cars without a plug are also popular. In 9.6 percent of all cases, Europeans bought a hybrid car in the past quarter. The share of cars using an alternative fuel, such as LPG, accounts for 1.9 percent of the market.