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DELIVERING EUROPEAN AUTOMOTIVE MARKET INTELLIGENCE AND INSIGHTS
ASSISTING IN STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING AND PROVIDING GUIDANCE
EXCLUSIVE DATA
Market size by region, OEM, sector, models etc.
FORECAST
Mid/long-term forecasting to 2030
EXPERT ANALYSIS
Providing key and trusted guidance behind the data.
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DATA OF THE MONTH
30.6%
of all Chinese-brand new BEV passenger cars shipped to Western Europe during H1 ended up on UK roads,
or almost every third
Source: Schmidt Automotive data
Unravelling the heterogeneous nature of the European plug-in electric passenger car market, focussing on the 18 market West European region that accounts for over 95 per cent of total wider region's BEV deliveries. Providing strategic guidance, insights and the market's future trajectory – reinforced by exclusively collated high-quality current and historic monthly data.
Two decades of experience delivering key and incisive trends and developments across the European light-vehicle market to the industry and its stakeholders.
SERVICES WE OFFER
Bespoke European automotive strategic consultancy
Off-the-shelf comprehensive European automotive market intelligence studies
Using our extensive database for historical trends and forward-looking reporting, we leverage our broad knowledge and understanding of the market to add value and confidence to your decision-making process
"We offer Automotive Intelligence... not Artificial Intelligence"
EXCLUSIVE Chinese premium struggle
Chinese premium auto brands failing to gain traction in Europe
July 2023
With the exception of Geely’s Polestar brand, which is able to leverage its Scandinavian heritage inherited through its Volvo Cars performance brand DNA history, Chinese premium brands have had a disappointing European market reception so far, to put it bluntly...
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EXCLUSIVE New entrants snatch >5%
Over 5% of Western Europe's new car market now in the hands of new entrants
June 2023
According to the latest Schmidt Automotive Research data, 0.6 million passenger cars sold in 2023 across the 18 market region will go to carmakers that weren't present on the market just a decade ago, making some incumbents look and sound fearful.
EXCLUSIVE Tesla growth hits buffers
Tesla's quarterly market share stabilises despite price cuts
July 2023
Tesla achieved 3 per cent market share penetration of the 18 West European market monitored by Schmidt Automotive Research during the opening half of the year, while Tesla are on course to achieve 1 million cumulative deliveries (since 2012) later this year.
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EXCLUSIVE Chinese OEM Euro progress
French OEMs most vulnerable to Chinese incursion?
June 2023
Rich pickings for premium manufacturers since the early 2000s, enticing customers away from the likes of Ford, Peugeot or Citroën, volume brands are now seeing Chinese OEMs entering the European market pick off some of the remaining "volume fat" from the other end of the spectrum more >
EXCLUSIVE Tesla on Mercedes's heels
Tesla closes in on Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars volumes
July 2023
Tesla came to within less than 50,000 units of equalling Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars new volumes (without Smart) during this year’s second quarter...
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EXCLUSIVE Sector Analysis
New competitor to the plug-in SUV/Crossover sector identified
May 2023
While it remains business as usual for SUV/Crossovers accounting for 59.3 per cent of the regional new BEV passenger car market during this year's opening quarter, it's the Golf-sized Lower-Medium sector making headway once again...
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ABOUT US
UK-established and Germany-based European automotive industry market consultancy and publisher. Delivering exclusive incisive trends and developments in the global automotive industry, to the industry and stakeholders, with two decades worth of experience.
Offering key strategic insights, and market intelligence, focussing on the heterogeneous nature of the West European electric car market, including analysis of exclusively collated market data with in-depth guidance, providing a strategic advantage.
Founder, Matthias Schmidt, previously served as the Chief European Analyst, at Automotive Industry Data Ltd based in the UK, with a demographic including executives, product planners and policymakers among others.
Schmidt Automotive Research regularly features in the world's key business publications. See below for some recent examples:
