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Gasoline was already, and the electricals also fall – including the until recently reigning Tesla. In the middle, the hybrids stand out, the half-party between the two solutions.
The records of new hybrid automobiles once again surpassed those of gasoline -powered vehicles in Europe in January, today the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (Acea, in the French acronym) has announced today.
The records of these models equipped with gasoline engines and small electric motors accounted for 34.9% of the market, compared to 28.7% last year: a rise of 6.2 percentage points.
Automobiles to Gasoline starts following the trend already traded by diesel And they suffered a sharp break in January (minus 18.9 percentage points), especially in France and Germany.
Gasoline models represented 29.4% of the market in January and 10% diesel vehicles, 27 percentage points than in the same period last year. A year ago, it was gasoline that dominated the market, but this fuel was reverse to hybrid vehicles.
The hybridsless polluting than gasoline models and cheaper than electricThey are resuming European market control after they first dominated it for three months from September to November 2024.
100%electric models have increased significantly throughout the year (another 34%), especially in Belgium, Germany and Italy (plus 126%), but remain stable compared to December, and with significant disparities depending on the country.
At European level, electric vehicles represented 15% of the records, still far from the goals set for manufacturers by the European Commission: 25% in 2025 and 100% em 2035.
“It is evident that Europe still has work to avoid stagnation,” said Acea Director-General Sigrid de Vries, in a statement.
Acea has appealed to a relaxation of European rules on carbon dioxide emissions, the most responsible gas for global warming, which comes from electric cars sales.
“The EU should do everything possible so that strategic dialogue about the future of the auto industry is a success, to allow an effective transition to zero emissions mobility, while preserving our global competitiveness,” Vries added.
The success of hybrids benefited Japanese Toyotadespite a slight break in January (less 4.9 percentage points). With over 8 hybrid range models, Toyota bets on models like Yaris or C-HR.
A French Renault (Five more percentage points), also benefited from this bet on hybrids, with models such as Clio or Captur, and reached a market share of 10.9%.
The pioneer in electric cars Tesla saw sales fall Half in January, harmed by a change in the range and also potentially by controversial positions taken by the company’s owner, Elon Musk.
To replace Tesla’s reign in Portugal, the vehicles of Chinesa World, which has been betting not only on the export of electric, but also in production abroad. Chinese brands in Portugal represents almost two thirds of the market.
With all types of combined vehicles, sales fell 2.6% in January over the same month of 2024. The main European markets (Germany, France, Italy) presented falls, while Spain registered a slight recovery.
