In October, electrified cars accounted for 27 percent of total sales in Europe, while models with diesel engines accounted for 26 percent. Petrol is still the most popular and remains number one.
Data from a market analysis company Flock show, that in October of this year, hybrids and electric cars represented just 27 percent of the new car market in the European Union. The share of diesel was 26 percent, while gasoline was 26 percent 44 percent. In October last year, hybrids and electric cars had only 10 percent of the market. This is also why the jump is important and indicates the market's turn towards green energies.
Among electrified cars, the share of classic hybrids has significantly decreased, while the share of electric, plug-in and mild hybrid cars. Every third electrified car today is a mild hybrid, and every fourth is electric.
The best-selling electric car in October was Volkswagen ID.3 with 10.475 copies sold, he followed Renault Zoe. The best-selling car in the category of classic hybrid and mild hybrid vehicle is the Toyota Yaris, and in the category of plug-in hybrid model Mercedes-Benz A-Class.
Overall, it was the best-selling car in October Volkswagen Golf with 27,530 specimens, they followed him Renault Clio and Opel Corsa.
Due to the huge growth in sales electric and electrified cars the decline in sales compared to last year is not as great as was expected due to the reappearance of the corona crisis. In October, there were only sold in the EU 7 percent fewer cars than in the same month last year.
