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DATA OF THE MONTH
5 million
Number of BEV passenger cars that have entered West European roads between 2012 and May 2023.
Source: Schmidt Automotive
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.


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Bespoke European automotive business strategy consultancy and reporting, as well as off-the-shelf comprehensive monthly European electric car market intelligence studies, used as planning tools by the industry, investors and stakeholders. Using our extensive database for historical trends and forward-looking reporting, we leverage our broad knowledge and understanding of the market.
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EXCLUSIVE German production milestone
Germany's annualised electric car production rate breaks through 1 million
Germany's electric passenger car annualised production rate broke through 1 million units for the first time on a 12-month rolling basis.
EXCLUSIVE UK soaks up Sino-EV exports
Every sixth new electric car in the UK in April came from a Chinese OEM
Western Europe's market that is making the largest lurch to embracing Chinese vehicles, the UK, witnessed every sixth new pure electric car entering the UK's roads in April come from Chinese manufacturers more >
Q1 2023 European Electric Car Report
Healthy BEV volume gains unable to compensate for plug-in hybrid pains
Second highest new BEV passenger car registrations on record - yet price-cuts (Tesla), forecast downgrades (UK) and slow BEV subsidy uptake (Netherlands) still offers signs of caution suggesting that a positive market is built on 2022 backorder foundations more >
EXCLUSIVE Quarterly 2023 data
Tesla tops the West European new BEV passenger car market during Q1 2023
Tesla topped all manufacturers in terms of new models entering the roads of Western Europe's pure electric new car market during this year's opening quarter across the 18 market region more >
EXCLUSIVE Sector Analysis
New competitor to the plug-in SUV/Crossover sector identified
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...
more >
EXCLUSIVE 5 millionth BEV arrives
5 million zero-emission BEV passenger cars have now entered West European roads
Almost thirteen years after beginning their journey, the West European passenger car market has now seen the fifth millionth new BEV passenger car enter its roads, up to the end of April 2023, our exclusive European Electric Car Study data reveals more >
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.
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