Electric and plug-in registrations are growing, but they’re nowhere near double digits, accounting for 4.77% of passenger car sales
Spain has managed to maintain the second position in terms of vehicle production in Europe. According to figures from the Builders Association (ACEA), Germany maintains the first position, also with a growth of more than 13% compared to last year, with 3,336,116 units produced in 2022.
The recovery is also noticeable in Spain,
with a growth of 6% and 1,702,641 units. But the Czech Republic is getting closer, with an increase of more than 8% compared to 2022, with 1,190,160 vehicles, and shorter distances compared to our country.
The largest production increase in the past year was recorded by
Romaniamore than 20%, and with just over half a million vehicles produced.
The European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) estimates that car sales in the European Union
will increase by 5% in 2023 Compared to last year, up to 9.8 million vehicles, although the figure will still be 25% below pre-pandemic levels.
“Despite the many uncertainties ahead, the market should begin to recover in 2023,” the company said.
CEO of Acea, Sigrid de Vrieswhich pointed out that 9.3 million cars were sold in 2022, 10.4% less than in 20201 and the lowest level in three decades.
In
the five major community markets registrations in 2022 increased in Germany (+1.1%) and decreased in France (-7.8%), Italy (9.7%) and Spain (-5.4%).
In 2022, new battery electric vehicle (BEV) registrations continued to grow, despite the overall decline of the car market in the European Union. As a result, BEV’s market share already stands at 12.1%, an improvement of 3.0 percentage points compared to 2021.
It was also a strong year for hybrid cars, which achieved a market share of 22.6%. Traditional fuels, on the other hand, continued to lose ground. Combined, however, they were still good for
more than half of car sales in the EU in 2022. Gasoline car sales are therefore still resisting electrification, with a growth of 4.1% in the fourth quarter of 2022. The four main markets contributed to this improvement, especially Italy (+17.4%) and France (+3.5%). Despite this, the market share of gasoline fell to 32.5%, from 35.5% in the same period of 2021.
On the contrary,
diesel registered a slight decrease in the last three months of the year (-0.4%), while market share fell to 14.4%, compared to 16.4% in Q4 2021. Registrations fell by 19.7% to 1, 5 million units, down 3.1 percentage points from 2021.
In Spain, however, sales of “connected” vehicles are still far from the European average, with 8,076 units registered in January 2023, doubling sales compared to the previous year.
This figure represents
10.56% of the total market, barely 0.1 percentage point more than in January of the previous year. Sales of pure electric vehicles rose 80.8% in January, with 3,955 units registered this month. This represents 5.17% of the market share, although if Anfac’s figures are analyzed exclusively on the passenger car market,
this percentage drops to 4.77%.
Plug-in hybrid vehicles grew 28.1% in January, reaching 4,121 units registered this month. This type of vehicle accounts for another 5.39% of the market share for the month of January.
Sales of non-plug-in hybrid vehicles they rose by 57.8% and reached 21,044 registered units this month. They represent 27.51% of the market share in January and occupy the ground mainly lost to diesel mechanics (13.11%).
All in all, petrol cars accounted for more than 40% of passenger car sales in Spain in January this year.
In 2022, the minimum sales target was not met and for this year it is necessary to accelerate the entry to reach the 190,000 units needed to reach the targets required by Europe.
According to
José López-Tafall, general manager of Anfac “We are aware of the delicate economic situation our country is going through and that buying a vehicle is a major effort for families, but neighboring countries in Europe are managing to accelerate electrification under similar circumstances.”
To this end, they urge this association to request a series of urgent measures, such as the improvement of relief plans, immediate measures that allow greater and faster implementation of electric vehicle charging points with public access and, above all, “a tax that is an incentive for the purchase,” explains López-Tafall.
The automotive sector
begin to see the light at the end of the tunnelsince the launch of the passenger car and SUV market in 2023, a sales increase of 51.4% and with a total of 64,147 units sold in the month of January.
But far from triumphant, the associations of manufacturers (Anfac), dealers (Faconauto) and sellers (Ganvam) believe that this increase is due both to units sold in December and to the fact that the market volume from the previous year stood at very high. low levels due to the microchip crisis and bottlenecks in transportation and logistics.
All channels register increases compared to last year. For example, sales to individuals stand at 32,040 registered units, up 48.6% but down 21% compared to pre-pandemic January.
The market for companies with 27,962 sales It stands at an increase of 45.6% compared to last year, but with a decrease of 14.7% compared to 2019. For its part, sales of rent-a-car managed to grow due to the sharp decline last year 157.5% with 4,145 enrollments, but down 68.4% from January 2019 data.
The registrations of
light commercial vehicles They total 9,357 units, with an increase of 34.8%. In terms of sales by channel, only those aimed at the self-employed saw a decrease of -4.4%, while registrations for companies and renters increased by 52% and 20.2% respectively.
The registrations of
industry, buses, coaches and microbuses they achieve an increase of 20.9%, with a total of 2,764 units, keeping the positive rhythm.
The average CO2 emissions of passenger cars sold in January remain at 118.3 grams of CO2 per kilometer, 0.13% lower than the average of cars sold in 2022.
The
registrations of electrified vehicles (100% electric + plug-in hybrids) started 2023 with a 30.1% increase to 8,858 units, according to data from the Business Association for the Development and Promotion of Electric Mobility (Aedive) and the National Association of Vehicle Sellers. (Ganvam).
In an analysis by vehicle type, 100% electric passenger car registrations started the year with an 84.4% increase from January 2022, with a total of 3,321 units.
In terms of models, the Dacia Spring was the most popular 100% electric car with 282 units registered, followed by the
Tesla Model Ywith 233 units and the Fiat 500 with 231 vehicles.
Plug-in hybrid vehicles, for their part, recorded an increase of almost 28% in January to 4,116 units, with 56% registered in the corporate channel.
The Ford Kuga 2.5 was the favorite among Spanish drivers’ plug-in hybrids, with 327 units registered, followed by the
Link & CO 01, with 269 units. He
Mercedes Benz A250 it ranked third, after registering 199 units in January.
The number of registrations of electric vans, increasingly present in last mile delivery, grew by 62.4% to 510 units.
The number of registrations of electric mopeds fell by 26.4% in January, with 215 units.
Zero-emission motorcyclespromoting electric mobility through shared vehicle initiatives also declined, reaching 563 units, 47.7% less.
Source: La Verdad
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