European Electric Car Sales By Nation : 2013-15

By Gavin Kalsi Monday, 29 May 2017

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Obviously the 2015 figure is for Jan-Jun. On the green side is electric car sales and the blue hybrids and range extended cars. How is Europe progressing on the alternative fuel front? Not all nations report such data but most do and here they are.

PEVs: Norway leads the as expected but can such a small market sustain that level of sales? The UK is increasing quickly as is the Netherlands. France is growing but not as fast as Europe as a whole. Germany is going in the right direction but not as advanced as one may expect for what is the the largest regional market in Europe. Sweden is a late starter but catching up for lost time. Italy and Spain are poor for their size.

HEVs: Things change here somewhat with France and Italy really getting into them for 2015. Germany again is subdued and the Netherlands has lost it's lead in this area. 

Pure Electric Vehicle (PEV)							Hybrid Vehicle (HEV)
13	14	15	Nation	2013	2014	2015	13	14	15	Nation	2013	2014	2015
2	1	1	Norway	7,882	18,090	16,990	2	5	1	France	9,622	12,488	27,402
4	4	2	UK	2,719	7,416	14,838	5	2	2	UK	3,833	15,361	23,065
1	2	3	France	8,779	10,561	10,427	10	11	3	Italy	1,174	1,473	12,937
3	3	4	Germany	6,051	8,522	9,653	4	3	4	Germany	7,706	13,118	11,023
5	5	5	Netherlands	2,619	2,982	6,730	1	4	5	Netherlands	22,495	12,920	9,607
12	9	6	Sweden	432	1,239	3,368	15	12	6	Spain	883	1,405	7,844
6	6	7	Switzerland	1,156	1,659	2,862	3	1	7	Norway	8,210	19,767	5,452
11	10	8	Belgium	500	1,164	2,077	9	6	8	Sweden	1,547	4,667	4,076
7	11	9	Italy	864	1,098	1,364	11	10	9	Belgium	819	2,032	3,953
10	7	10	Denmark	650	1,612	1,240	8	9	10	Switzerland	1,717	2,693	3,262
9	8	11	Austria	654	1,281	889	7	7	11	Poland	1,900	3,968	2,360
8	12	12	Spain	811	1,076	639	6	8	12	Austria	3,227	3,641	1,746
13	16	13	Portugal	166	189	401	13	17	13	Portugal	221	289	1,547
16	14	14	Ireland	49	221	365	14	14	14	Finland	218	440	1,376
15	17	15	Finland	50	183	339	?	?	15	Ireland			903
17	15	16	Czech Rep	37	197	202	20	19	16	Greece	4	64	373
18	19	17	Poland	31	81	134	12	13	17	Czech Rep	475	583	351
20	20	18	Slovakia	6	58	81	18	20	18	Hungary	16	43	329
19	21	19	Hungary	10	32	35	?	?	19	Lithuania			174
14	13	20	Estonia	149	398	26	?	?	20	Romania			160
?	?	21	Lithuania			22	16	15	21	Estonia	150	402	144
23	23	22	Bulgaria	1	2	20	19	16	22	Latvia	13	391	104
?	?	23	Greece			19	17	18	23	Slovakia	136	169	7
22	22	24	Romania	4	7	11	21	21	-	Bulgaria	1	2
21	18	25	Latvia	4	176	9				Total	64,367	95,916	118,195
			Total	33,624	58,244	72,741	Data source: ACEA

Is Europe doing enough? It wants to reduce CO2 emissions and this helps but they need subsidising, as the initial outlay is usually too much for all but the committed. Most nations could be doing more but it is costly and will remain so until technological advances and larger scale production are achieved.