According to the industry association Acea, the number of new vehicle registrations in August was significantly lower than in the previous year. However, the share of hybrid vehicles continues to grow.
New EU registrations August by drive type
ACEA
New car registrations in the European Union plummeted in August 2020. The number of new car registrations fell by 18.3% to 643,637 vehicles compared to the same month last year, as announced by the industry association Acea on Thursday in Brussels. Sales declined in all four major nations – Germany, France, Italy and Spain – with the largest decline in Germany at 27.8%.
In the first eight months, new registrations rose by 1.4% to almost 7.2 million cars. Sales of pure electric cars slumped by 43.9% in August, due to a massive decline in Germany in particular. The total market share fell from 21% in the previous year to 14.4%. Registrations of plug-in hybrid vehicles fell by 22.3% to 45,590 units. Pure hybrid models, on the other hand, increased: registrations rose by 6.6% to 201,552 units. There were also declines in vehicles with gasoline (-17.1%) and diesel engines (-26.4%).
This is a partly automated translation of this german article.
