Tesla Supercharging Station at Westfield, London (Image: Tesla)
The #1 seller for the year is already decided, but the race for #2 between the Volkswagen ID.3 and Renault ZOE is still on.
November has been the slowest month in terms of new passenger car registrations in Europe for about 30 years, as the volume decreased 18% year-over-year to 864,000.
However, plug-in electric car sales still increase, which combined with ICE’s backpedaling, translates into a significant increase in market share.
According to EV Volumes’ data, in November, some 221,828 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered, which is 33% more than a year ago.
The market share stands at 26%! As it turns out, the all-electric cars alone took 15%!
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An interesting thing is that the all-electric cars are not only in the majority but also grow quickly (by 59% year-over-year), while plug-in hybrids are up only 7%.
So far this year, over 1.99 million passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in Europe. That’s also 18.4% of the total market (9.6% BEVs). BEVs account for 52% of the plug-ins, which is over 1 million.
The most popular models
The Tesla Model 3 was the most registered EV in November with 10,912 units – good enough to become #12 overall in Europe. The Model 3 is also the #1 EV year-to-date (115,485) with a huge advantage over other models that we can already safely say that it’s the best-selling car of 2021.
The second best last month was the Renault ZOE (8,888), which reduced the year-to-date gap to the Volkswagen ID.3 to a point at which it can become the second best-selling EV of 2021 in Europe. A lot depends on the December result.
The third most registered model happens to be the Dacia Spring (5,161). Then there are crossover/SUVs: Tesla Model Y (5,437), Skoda Enyaq iV (5,249) and Volkswagen ID.4 (4,900).
The Ford Kuga PHEV (Ford Escape PHEV in the U.S.) basically has secured the title of best selling PHEV of 2021.
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