Plug-in Electric Car Sales Surge in Europe

Plug-in electric car sales have undergone a huge rise in many key European markets according to figures released by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA).

The biggest gains came in the UK, where a 300 per cent rise in electric cars has taken place compared to this time last year.

In total 75,331 new electric cars have been registered according to the ACEA, with Norway leading the way with just under 20,000 new registrations.

In Germany electric car registrations are up by 70 percent, while in France they had climbed by almost 30 per cent compared to the 2013 figures.

Total Electrically Charged Vehicles = Pure Electric Vehicles + Extended-Range Electric Vehicles + Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
	Q4	Q4	% Chg	Q1-Q4	Q1-Q4	% Chg
	’14	’13	14/13	’14	’13	14/13
AUSTRIA	939	831	13.0%	3,641	3,227	12.8%
BELGIUM	595	311	91.3%	2,032	819	148.1%
BULGARIA	2	0	n.a.	2	1	100.0%
CZECH REPUBLIC	241	109	121.1%	583	475	22.7%
DENMARK	676	225	200.4%	1,612	650	148.0%
ESTONIA	100	46	117.4%	402	150	168.0%
FINLAND	130	92	41.3%	440	218	101.8%
FRANCE	4,248	2,773	53.2%	12,488	9,622	29.8%
GERMANY	3,969	2,715	46.2%	13,118	7,706	70.2%
GREECE	22	3	633.3%	64	4	1500.0%
HUNGARY	14	6	133.3%	43	16	168.8%
IRELAND	19	7	171.4%	256	50	412.0%
ITALY	492	497	-1.0%	1,473	1,174	25.5%
LATVIA	220	4	5400.0%	391	13	2907.7%
NETHERLANDS	3,241	16,926	-80.9%	12,920	22,495	-42.6%
POLAND	1,578	571	176.4%	3,968	1,900	108.8%
PORTUGAL	84	60	40.0%	289	221	30.8%
ROMANIA	4	2	100.0%	7	4	75.0%
SLOVAKIA	45	38	18.4%	169	136	24.3%
SPAIN	644	261	146.7%	1,405	883	59.1%
SWEDEN	1,203	457	163.2%	4,667	1,547	201.7%
UNITED KINGDOM	6,086	676	800.3%	15,361	3,833	300.8%
EUROPEAN UNION	24,552	26,610	-7.7%	75,331	55,144	36.6%
EU15	22,348	25,834	-13.5%	69,766	52,449	33.0%
EU (New Members)	2,204	776	184.0%	5,565	2,695	106.5%
NORWAY	4,695	3,709	26.6%	19,767	8,210	140.8%
SWITZERLAND	818	749	9.2%	2,693	1,717	56.8%
EFTA	5,513	4,458	23.7%	22,460	9,927	126.3%
TOTAL EUROPE (EU+EFTA)	30,065	31,068	-3.2%	97,791	65,071	50.3%
WEST. EUROPE (EU15+EFTA)	27,861	30,292	-8.0%	92,226	62,376	47.9%

Pure Electric Vehicle
	Q4	Q4	% Chg	Q1-Q4	Q1-Q4	% Chg
	’14	’13	14/13	’14	’13	14/13
AUSTRIA	345	240	43.8%	1,281	654	95.9%
BELGIUM	327	209	56.5%	1,164	500	132.8%
BULGARIA	2	0	n.a.	2	1	100.0%
CZECH REPUBLIC	102	17	500.0%	197	37	432.4%
DENMARK	676	225	200.4%	1,612	650	148.0%
ESTONIA	100	46	117.4%	398	149	167.1%
FINLAND	61	14	335.7%	183	50	266.0%
FRANCE	3,632	2,461	47.6%	10,561	8,779	20.3%
GERMANY	2,475	2,180	13.5%	8,522	6,051	40.8%
GREECE	0	0	n.a.	0	0	n.a.
HUNGARY	8	5	60.0%	32	10	220.0%
IRELAND2	15	6	150.0%	221	49	351.0%
ITALY	327	275	18.9%	1,098	864	27.1%
LATVIA	137	1	13600.0%	176	4	4300.0%
NETHERLANDS	1,246	1,863	-33.1%	2,982	2,619	13.9%
POLAND	23	19	21.1%	81	31	161.3%
PORTUGAL	54	40	35.0%	189	166	13.9%
ROMANIA	4	2	100.0%	7	4	75.0%
SLOVAKIA	19	5	280.0%	58	6	866.7%
SPAIN	473	234	102.1%	1,076	811	32.7%
SWEDEN	281	188	49.5%	1,239	432	186.8%
UNITED KINGDOM	2,448	388	530.9%	7,416	2,719	172.7%
EUROPEAN UNION	12,755	8,418	51.5%	38,495	24,586	56.6%
EU15	12,360	8,323	48.5%	37,544	24,344	54.2%
EU (New Members)	395	95	315.8%	951	242	293.0%
NORWAY	4,343	3,632	19.6%	18,090	7,882	129.5%
SWITZERLAND	501	505	-0.8%	1,659	1,156	43.5%
EFTA	4,844	4,137	17.1%	19,749	9,038	118.5%
TOTAL EUROPE (EU+EFTA)	17,599	12,555	40.2%	58,244	33,624	73.2%
WEST. EUROPE (EU15+EFTA)	17,204	12,460	38.1%	57,293	33,382	71.6%

Electrically Charged Vehicles other than Pure Electric Vehicles = Extended-Range Electric Vehicles + Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
	Q4	Q4	% Chg	Q1-Q4	Q1-Q4	% Chg
	’14	’13	14/13	’14	’13	14/13
AUSTRIA	594	591	0.5%	2,360	2,573	-8.3%
BELGIUM	268	102	162.7%	868	319	172.1%
BULGARIA	0	0	n.a.	0	0	n.a.
CZECH REPUBLIC	139	92	51.1%	386	438	-11.9%
DENMARK	0	0	n.a.	0	0	n.a.
ESTONIA	0	0	n.a.	4	1	300.0%
FINLAND	69	78	-11.5%	257	168	53.0%
FRANCE	616	312	97.4%	1,927	843	128.6%
GERMANY	1,494	535	179.3%	4,596	1,655	177.7%
GREECE	22	3	633.3%	64	4	1500.0%
HUNGARY	6	1	500.0%	11	6	83.3%
IRELAND	4	1	300.0%	35	1	3400.0%
ITALY	165	222	-25.7%	375	310	21.0%
LATVIA	83	3	2666.7%	215	9	2288.9%
NETHERLANDS	1,995	15,063	-86.8%	9,938	19,876	-50.0%
POLAND	1,555	552	181.7%	3,887	1,869	108.0%
PORTUGAL	30	20	50.0%	100	55	81.8%
ROMANIA	0	0	n.a.	0	0	n.a.
SLOVAKIA	26	33	-21.2%	111	130	-14.6%
SPAIN	171	27	533.3%	329	72	356.9%
SWEDEN	922	269	242.8%	3,428	1,115	207.4%
UNITED KINGDOM	3,638	288	1163.2%	7,945	1,114	613.2%
EUROPEAN UNION	11,797	18,192	-35.2%	36,836	30,558	20.5%
EU15	9,988	17,511	-43.0%	32,222	28,105	14.6%
EU (New Members)	1,809	681	165.6%	4,614	2,453	88.1%
NORWAY	352	77	357.1%	1,677	328	411.3%
SWITZERLAND	317	244	29.9%	1,034	561	84.3%
EFTA	669	321	108.4%	2,711	889	204.9%
TOTAL EUROPE (EU+EFTA)	12,466	18,513	-32.7%	39,547	31,447	25.8%
WEST. EUROPE (EU15+EFTA)	10,657	17,832	-40.2%	34,933	28,994	20.5%

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