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of the new BEVs delivered across Western Europe during the opening half of 2024 were manufactured in China.
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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.

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Clouds gather over Wolfsburg
September 2024

 

Volkswagen brand's current European annual run-rate around is currently running at just under 0.5 mn units below pre-Covid levels or the equivalent of two production sites.

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EXCLUSIVE Chinese BEV record in June
Special effects see Chinese BEV volumes produce record month

August 2024

Chinese OEMs combined saw a record month when it comes to new BEV deliveries across Western Europe in June driven by special effects.

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BYD Explorer One 2 China to Europe

CHINA/EU TARIFFS
Are Chinese OEMs' offering bargaining chips to get tariffs off the table before the European Council vote next month?

June 2024

A number of Chinese passenger car manufacturers have put in a last-minute request with the European Commission (EC) to limit the heavy impact of additional tariffs.

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Chinese share of the west european new passenger car market trend

EXCLUSIVE Chinese fail to make ground
Chinese passenger car manufacturers' fail to make ground in Europe
July 2024        

Chinese passenger cars continue to account for only a small share of the West European new passenger car market.

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European 12-month trailing new BEV registrations trend selected markets Europe to H1 2024

EDITORIAL PREVIEW
Special one-off effects prevented deeper losses across the European electric car market in the opening half of 2024. Deep losses are now expected in July/August
August 2024

2024 is turning into a year of consolidated stability, as our long-term forecast consistently identified, returning to our first edition, published in 2019. 
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Chinese car brand sales Europe 2024

EXCLUSIVE Sino brand volumes 2024
SAIC (MG) continues to dominate Chinese-brand passenger car imports 

June 2024

SAIC is less exposed as pure-BEV model line-up manufacturers such as BYD (PHEV on the way) to the additional BEV-targeted tariff increase, due to be provisionally imposed from July 4th, as it still sees two in three of its regional registrations delivered with an internal combustion engine.

 

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