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Coinciding with the year of the tiger, Chinese OEMs, once having been the butt of all automotive jokes, have likely turned a European corner
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Matthias Schmidt
- Jul 13
- 3 min
Western Europe's new pure electric BEV passenger car market continues to witness slowing growth
New registrations of pure electric BEV passenger cars across Western Europe grew by just 3% in June compared to the same period last year
Matthias Schmidt
- Jul 5
- 4 min
With the subsidy tap slowly turning what are the consequences for Europe's electric car market?
West European market remains on target to reach 1.5 million new annual BEV registrations this year (2021: 1.19 mn)
Matthias Schmidt
- Jun 22
- 2 min
West European pure electric car market hits 0.5 million units after 5-months
For the 11th consecutive month, monthly registrations of new plug-in passenger cars across W-Europe continued to account for over 20% mix
Matthias Schmidt
- Apr 27
- 2 min
West European BEV market powers on despite hurricane headwinds
The W-European new BEV market saw 316,900 new models enter the roads of the 18 markets monitored by the report during Q1 2022, or 12.8% mix
Matthias Schmidt
- Feb 3
- 4 min
Executive Summary – Full Year 2021 European Electric Car Study
W-European new BEV passenger car registrations reached 1.2M units (11.2% 1,190,741) in 2021.
Matthias Schmidt
- Jan 26
- 3 min
Tesla Model 3 – The number one European electric car
Tesla Model 3 – Number one volume electric BEV car in Western Europe in 2021 according to Schmidt Automotive Research data
Matthias Schmidt
- Jan 21
- 3 min
Icebreaker – BEVs moved ahead of diesels in Western Europe in December
West European new pure electric BEV passenger car registrations surpassed diesel (inc. hybrid) for the first time in December
Matthias Schmidt
- Jan 11
- 3 min
The West European 2021 electric car market data
West European new BEV passenger car registrations reached 1.2M units in 2021 according to provisional Schmidt Automotive Research data
Matthias Schmidt
- Dec 31, 2021
- 4 min
November European Electric Car Market Study Preview – Chip shortage boosts BEV mix to >10% this year
November European Electric Car Market Study Preview – Chip shortage boosts BEV mix to over 10% this year
Matthias Schmidt
- Dec 8, 2021
- 4 min
Latest Report Preview – PHEV booster rockets begin separation from BEV payload
Every fifth (19.2% mix) new vehicle entering the region's roads during the opening 10-months of this year could recharge at a wall box.
Matthias Schmidt
- Nov 17, 2021
- 3 min
Chinese BEV electric car market double Western Europe's – 1M units ahead after 10-months
While China's new BEV passenger car market approaches 2M, W-Europe at below 1M
Matthias Schmidt
- Nov 11, 2021
- 5 min
Tesla becoming a volume OEM in Europe – New third-home, Germany, now largest European market
The 'new' incumbent? – The genie is out of the bottle and Tesla appears to be equipped with the vessel for the perfect storm
Matthias Schmidt
- Oct 8, 2021
- 2 min
Western European zero-emission passenger car registrations achieved a new record share in September
A number of reasons impacted the new record in September, namely; the boost from Tesla’s end of quarter volumes, achieving a monthly record
Matthias Schmidt
- Oct 5, 2021
- 3 min
Semiconductor crisis accelerates the EV transition
If the chip issue doesn't solve itself soon we could well see the premature demise of high volume, pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap ICE models
Matthias Schmidt
- Sep 23, 2021
- 3 min
Almost every fourth new car in Western Europe during August was a plug-in electric car
With pure electric models outnumbering plug-in hybrids for just the second month this year it was partially thanks to early Tesla arrivals
Matthias Schmidt
- Jul 27, 2021
- 3 min
European Electric Car Report June 2021 highlights
Key points: More Chinese BEVs delivered in June than Japanese BEVs in Europe BEV car market remains on course to achieve >1m new units...
Matthias Schmidt
- Jul 9, 2021
- 4 min
One million new electric plug-in cars joined European roads during 2021's first-half
Consisting of BEVs – fully electric passenger cars – and PHEVs – plug-in hybrids – externally rechargeable new passenger car registrations i
Matthias Schmidt
- Jun 2, 2021
- 2 min
SUV/Crossover heavy-rollers begin to dominate the European electric car market – Exclusive research
SUV/Crossovers accounted for over 40 per cent mix of all new pure electric cars entering West European roads in April, while accounting...
Matthias Schmidt
- Apr 9, 2021
- 2 min
March/Q1 2021 West European Electric Car Market – PHEVs remain the elephant in the room
Despite failing to achieve a second consecutive over half a million new (PHEV/BEV) plug-in electric car registrations in a single...