For the Italian car market 2023 it started with a positive sign. However, despite this, market analysis month of January show negative trend for the electric vehicle segment. This, of course, is not an encouraging sign. To go into details, in the first month of the new year they were 3342 electric vehicles registered against 3658 in January 2022.
In terms of volume, this decrease by 8.6%. Overall, the market share of electric vehicles in January 2023 was only 2.6% (3.4% last year). Instead they did better Plugins which had 6,136 registrations compared to 5,568 units in January 2022. This is an increase in physical terms of 10.2%. In January 2023, the market share of PHEV models reached 4.7%, which is anyway below 5.1% in 2022 due to the overall growth registered in the Italian car market.
Very goodinstead of, hybrids who continue to receive support. There were 47,689 registrations in January 2023 compared to 37,937 in January 2022. This is an increase in volumes of 25.7%. The market share reached 36.7% (34.8% in 2022).
So let’s take a look at what electric, plug-in and hybrid models have been. bestsellers in Italy in January 2023.
The “little ones” are the protagonists of the podium of the best-selling electric vehicles in Italy in January 2023. In fact, in first place we find the electric 500 with 540 registrations. Second place for Smart Fortwo 369 units registered. However, the third position Renault Twingo E-Tech Electric with 212 registrations.
The very poor overall performance allowed even models that we had a hard time finding in the top positions to make it into the top 10 of the month, with the Audi Q4 e-tron in fourth place for example. The Tesla Model S closes the January 2023 classic with 98 units registered.
- Electric Fiat 500: 540
- smart equalizer fortwo: 369
- Renault Twingo E-Tech Electric: 212
- Audi Q4 e-tron: 186
- Tesla Model Y: 147
- Volkswagen ID.3: 135
- Peugeot e-208: 128
- Dacia Spring: 128
- MG Marvel R:100
- Tesla Model S: 98
Let’s move on to HEV hybrids, remembering as always that the rating includes both full hybrids and mild hybrids. Like every month, in the first place we find Fiat Panda which, with 9,852 registrations, puts it far Launch Upsilon which closed January 2023 with 3,144 registered units. Third step of the pedestal Toyota Yaris Cross with 2914 registrations.
- Fiat Panda: 9852
- Lancia Ypsilon: 3.144
- Toyota Yaris Cross: 2914
- Fiat 500: 2841
- Toyota Yaris: 2602
- Ford Puma: 1776
- Ford Focus: 1518
- Hyundai Tucson: 1017
- Kia Sportage: 1000
- Nissan Qashqai: 986
In terms of plug-ins, in first place in the top ten for January 2023 we find the Jeep Compass with 749 registrations. The podium then consists of Ford Kuga with 596 registrations and from Jeep Renegade 506 units registered.
- Jeep Compass: 749
- Ford Kuga: 596
- Jeep Renegade: 506
- Link and company 01:484
- Volvo XC40: 457
- BMW 2 Series: 187
- MG EHS: 183
- Mazda CX-60: 169
- MINI Countryman: 143
- DS 7 Crossbacks: 141
[Fonte dati: UNRAE]
Source: HD Motori
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