{"id":23604,"date":"2023-10-04T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latamobility.com\/?p=23604"},"modified":"2023-10-03T19:34:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T00:34:54","slug":"electric-vehicles-surpass-sales-share-in-the-european-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latamobility.com\/en\/electric-vehicles-surpass-sales-share-in-the-european-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Vehicles Surpass Sales Share in the European Union"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sales of <strong>electric vehicles in the European Union (EU) exceeded the 20% share for the first time last August, according to information provided by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acea.auto\/\">European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA).<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last August, despite being a traditionally lower sales month,<strong> the EU car market expanded by 21% to 787,626 units registered, indicating that the 27-nation bloc&#8217;s market is recovering from last year&#8217;s component shortage, ACEA said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;From January to August 2023, new car registrations in the EU grew substantially (17.9%), totaling 7.1 million units, but still far from the 9 million units sold by this time in 2019, before the pandemic,&#8221; <\/strong>notes a report by EFE news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/latamobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ION-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23598\" style=\"width:883px;height:584px\" width=\"883\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/latamobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ION-2.png 469w, https:\/\/latamobility.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ION-2-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: El Mundo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-growth-in-numbers\"><strong>Growth in Numbers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the report, <strong>most markets experienced double-digit percentage gains in this eight-month period, including the four largest: Spain (20.5%), Italy (20.2%), France (16.6%) and Germany (16.5%).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August, the market share of battery-electric vehicles exceeded 20% for the first time (up from 11.6% in August last year), putting them ahead of diesel for the second time this year and making them the third most popular choice among new car buyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"Geotab: \u201cThere is a Remarkable Transition in Electric Vehicle Adoption\u201d\"><strong>Geotab: \u201cThere is a Remarkable Transition in Electric Vehicle Adoption\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hybrid-electric vehicles maintained their position as the second choice of buyers, with <strong>a 24% market share<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While gasoline vehicles remain the most popular choice, <strong>the market share decreased from 38.7% in August last year to 32.7%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The diesel car market continued its decline in August (-6%) and now has a market share of 12.5%, <strong>down from 16.1% in August last year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sales of electric vehicles in the European Union (EU) exceeded the 20% share for the first time last August, according to information provided by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). 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