Abstract:

In 2020 new BEV registrations in the urban regions studied grew to around 372,000 vehicles, which account for double the new registrations in 2019. In intermediate regions, BEV registrations grew to over 260,000 vehicles. In rural regions where the population is smaller total new BEV registrations grew to almost 84,000. The analysis found that new BEV registrations are not equally distributed across European regions. In intermediate regions, the average BEV market share of 6.7% was 0.5 percentage points higher than in urban and rural regions. Looking at the regions which experienced BEV registrations equal to or above the European average, their share was the highest in intermediate regions (45%), followed by rural regions (42%), and urban regions (38%). However, variations existed within each regional typology. The study also analyzed nine rural regions with high BEV uptake in more detail. Six rural regions with the highest BEV share in new passenger car registrations in their respective countries experienced a higher uptake than their national averages.