The European passenger automotive market was not in a position to rebound from the chip provide disaster and famous one other lower final month.

In December, new passenger automotive registrations in Europe (28 European markets, monitored by JATO Dynamics) fell by 22% year-over-year to 949,252. That is regardless of December 2020 already down 3.8% in comparison with December 2019.

In 2021, a complete of 11.75 million new passenger vehicles had been registered – down 1.6% year-over-year, and down 26% vs 2019 (pre-pandemic).

That is the background on which we are able to see surging plug-in electrical automotive gross sales. In accordance with the info, in December, the plug-in automotive share elevated to a brand new month-to-month report of 29.3%. That is over 278,000.

“In December, low emissions automobiles additionally set a brand new month-to-month market share report with 29.3%. The recognition of PHEVs and BEVs had been boosted by higher availability at dealerships, and the continued efforts from governments to incentivise customers to shift away from conventional segments. This stage of development meant that EVs accounted for a significant portion of all new automotive registration in a number of markets, together with Norway (90%), the Netherlands (64%), Sweden (61%), and Denmark (57%).”

In 2021, plug-ins famous about 2.25 million registrations (28 European markets), which is 19% of the full market. That is additionally 58% greater than in 2020:

December introduced big information, because the Tesla Mannequin 3 was the best-selling automotive of any kind, whatever the powertrain, with 27,358 models. It is truly the second time, because the Mannequin 3 was #1 additionally in September 2021.

The Tesla Mannequin 3, a number of occasions was additionally within the high 3. A 12 months in the past, in December 2020, the Tesla Mannequin 3 was #3 with 24,567 models, whereas the Volkswagen ID.3 was #2 with 27,997 models – nonetheless this 12 months the ID.3 just isn’t even near repeating its outcome.

The Renault ZOE famous additionally an excellent outcome – 11,181, however 32% decrease than a 12 months in the past. The French firm has nothing to fret about, as its Dacia model has a brand new excessive quantity EV – the Dacia Spring famous 8,125 models!

We are able to see additionally an excellent outcome by Volkswagen e-up! (7,976) and the Tesla Mannequin Y (7,870) finishing high 5.

Amongst plug-in hybrids, the highest three had been Peugeot 3008 PHEV (4,229), Volvo XC60 PHEV (4,162) and Volvo XC40 PHEV (3,751).

JATO Dynamics famous that with two high-volume fashions, Tesla was in a position to obtain 35,230 new registrations, which is a brand new month-to-month report.

Not solely that, it led to a brand new market share report of three.71%, in comparison with 2.23% in December 2020, and 1.93% in December 2019.

Tesla is now larger in Europe (no less than in a peak month) than manufacturers like Kia, Citroën and Fiat!

Felipe Munoz, World Analyst at JATO Dynamics commented:

“Tesla has weathered the present disaster in Europe’s automotive trade higher than every other OEM.” The Mannequin 3 led the mannequin rankings whereas the Mannequin Y additionally secured a spot within the high 40 in December. The success of those two fashions alone has allowed Tesla to outsell established manufacturers together with Kia (12 fashions accessible), Citroen (10), and Fiat (7).