Europe ka new car market abhi bhi pre-pandemic level tak nahi paunch raha, or honestly humein yeh accept kar lena chahiye. Industry ab poori tarah se badal chuki hai, toh peeche dekhne ka koi faayda nahi.
Future toh electricfication ka hi lag raha hai, but kaafi uneven tareeke se. Norway EVs mein top pe hai, yeh toh sabko pata hai, But agar volume or growth ki baat karein, toh focus kahin aur market mein fit ho jaata hai.
Previous year Europe mein new car sales ki yeh position thi (Image Courtesy: ACEA)
Hybrid take the center stage
Europe jaise huge market ke sales numbers analyze karna kaafi complicated hota hai or bohot saare angles se dekhna padta hai. But ek cheez clear hai, self-charging hybrids ab Europe mein car buyers ki top choice ban chuke hai.
Iss year ke first 10 months mein, 31 lakh se zyada HEV (Hybrid Electric Vehicle) wali cars sale ho chuki hai. Approx. 15.6% ka jump. Petrol cars ki sales kaafi gir gayi hai, sirf 24.5 lakh registrations hue hai. previous year se 18% kam. Electric cars third spot pe hai, 14.7 lakh units sell hue, almost 25.7% ka boost.
Europe mein car ki sales ka breakdown, propulsion technology ke according. (Image Courtesy: ACEA)
Aur dhyaan rakhna, EU market mein ab major shift aa raha hai. Pulg-in-hybrids ab Diesel cars ko poised karne wale hai. 8,19,201 units (+32.4%), Vs 8,21,179 (-24.5%). October mein toh yeh overtake already ho chuka hai, or yeh trend poore Europe ke numbers mein show hota hai.
Another interesting point is Europe ab har 10 cars mein se 4 hybrids hoti hai, chahe plug-in ho ya normal hybrid. Aur agar pure EVs ko bhi add kar dein, toh yeh number 10 mein se 6 ho jaata hai. Electrification ka trend ab rukne wala nahi hai, bas speed thodi expectation se slow chal rahi hai.
Another interesting fact is Europe ke jo 4 main markets hai Germany, France Italy or Spain, woh milkar all over the Europe ki 71% HEV (Hybrid Electric Vehicle) car sales handle karte hai. Aur Plug in hybrids ki baat karein toh woh continent ki total sales ka 62% ka part hai.
Only Germany surpasses Spain in PHEVs
Let's see the Spain data, market share ko dekhke clearly lag raha hai ki self-charging Hybrids hi sabse badi winner hai, pure 40% market ke saath. Gasoline hybrid 28.7% tak gir gaye hai. Or Diesel toh ek saal mein third se fifth place par slip ho gaya hai, bas 5.5% sales bachhi hai.
Plug-in-hybrids ne EVs se gap aur bada kar diya hai, ab Spanish market mein unka share 10.4% hai. Whereas EVs ka sirf 8.5%. Sabse shocking baat yeh hai ki PHEV sales 109.6% jump ho gayi hai, yeh technology sabse fast ban chuki hai, with 99,299 units sold so far-literally double compared to previous figures.
Yeh data yeh bhi dikhata hai ki Spain country Europe mein second number par hai plug-in-hybrids ki sales mein, sirf Germany humse aage hai (248,706 units, jo previous year mein 63% zyada hai). UK jo EU ka part bhi nahi hai, Spain se bhi better perform karta hai (190,240 units).
Spain mein HEV (Hybrid Electric Vehicle) hybrids ka number kaafi impressive hai, Total 396,509 registrations. baaki countries isse bhi better perform kar rahi hai. Germany ke (673,000), France ke (590,000), Italy ke (575,000) or UK (646,000).
In pure electric vehicles mein, India abhi bhi peeche hi hai. sirf 81,129 BEVs registered hai, or hum Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway or UK jaise countries se kaafi peeche chal rahe hai.