Automotive market in the European Union the month is over June 2023 With 17.8% growth. There were 1,045,073 registrations, up from 887,071 last year, according to ACEA. If we also want to include the UK and EFTA countries, there were 1,265,678 registrations in total, representing an increase of 18.7% (1,066,693 in 2022). According to the association, this increase was also possible due to the greater availability of cars in dealerships compared to last year.
With the exception of Hungary (-1.4%), all EU markets rose, including the top four: Germany (+24.8%), Spain (+13.3%), France (+11.5%) and Italy (+9.2%). . In the first 6 months of 2023, the number of registrations in Europe reached 5,438,653 units, which is 17.9% more than in the same period of 2022. we are still far from the level of 2019. In fact, the first 6 months of the year is still -21% compared to 2019 data.
Going back to 2023, all 4 major EU automotive markets closed the first half of the year positively: Spain (+24.0%), Italy (+22.8%), France (+15.3%) and Germany (+12.0% ), 8%.
As of June 2023 share of electric vehicles in the automotive market of the European Union reached 15.1% (10.7% in June 2022). For the first time I BEV models sell better than diesels whose market share stopped at 13.4%. Petrol models remain the most popular with a 36.3% share. In second place are HEV hybrids with a market share of 24.3%.
Returning to electrics, in June the number of registrations increased by 66.2% and amounted to 158,252 units.. From January to June, 703,586 electric vehicles were sold. On the other hand, registrations of hybrid HEV models increased by 32.4% in June, reaching 254,100 units. Growth, which became possible primarily due to the results of the main EU markets: Germany (+59.1%), Italy (+29.9%), France (+27.9%) and Spain (+22.7%). From January to June, 1,355,251 HEVs were registered.
Plugins also returned to growth in June with a 13.4% increase in registrations. Despite a significant 39.2% decline in sales in Germany, results in France (+49.9%) and Spain (+51.7%) largely offset the decline. The market share for the month was 7.9%.
As for gasoline cars, their registration in June increased by 11% and amounted to 379,067 units. More than 2 million petrol-powered vehicles were sold in the EU in the first half of the year, up 15.9% from 2022. Instead, as we have seen above, the reduction of diesel cars continues. There were 139,595 registrations in June, which is -9.4% compared to the same period in 2022.
Talking about it instead Automotive groups, again at the European Union level, the Volkswagen Group closed up 26.3% (Volkswagen +21.1%; Skoda +28.3%; Audi +42.3%; Seat +20.6%; Cupra +22 .9% Porsche +16.3%). This is followed by Stellantis with -1.3% (Peugeot -5.4%, Fiat -10.1%, Opel +2.2%, Citroen – 3.6%, Jeep +18.4%, DS +5.0 %, Alfa Romeo +70.8%, Lancia/Chrysler + 16.9%) and Renault Group with an increase of 1.7% (Renault +8.2%; Dacia -6.4%; Alpine + 97%).
Source: HD Motori
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