LONDON (Reuters) – Practically one in 5 autos offered within the European Union within the third quarter was an electrified mannequin as gross sales continued to soar whereas fossil-fuel automobiles slumped, based on gross sales knowledge launched on Friday by a commerce group.
The European Vehicle Producers’ Affiliation, or ACEA, which represents main European automotive, truck, van and bus makers, mentioned that battery electrical and plug-in hybrid mannequin gross sales throughout the European Union made up just below 19% of all gross sales.
Battery electrical car gross sales jumped almost 57% to greater than 212,000 items, whereas plug-in hybrid fashions rose almost 43% to greater than 197,000 items.
This can be a slower tempo of development than in 2020 when gross sales nearly trebled from a low base.
But it surely compares with a 35% drop in gross sales for petrol automobiles – which nonetheless are the largest sellers and account for almost 40% of total gross sales – and a greater than 50% drop for diesel automobiles throughout the quarter.
Lower than a decade in the past, diesel automobiles made up greater than 50% of sale within the EU, however accounted for below 18% of all automobiles offered within the third quarter.
In addition to having to fulfill stringent new EU carbon emissions targets, automotive makers and shoppers have benefited from authorities subsidies for electrical autos.
The European Fee has additionally proposed an efficient ban on fossil-fuel autos from 2035, aiming to hurry up the swap to zero-emission electrical autos as a part of a broad bundle of measures to fight international warming.
(Reporting by Nick Carey; Modifying by Sandra Maler)
