Abstract:

In June 2021, there were about one million passenger cars newly registered in Europe. This is approximately the same amount as in May, and about 8% higher than in June 2020. During the first half of 2021, about 5.4 million new passenger cars were registered, roughly one quarter more than during the first half of the year 2020. In June, the share of battery electric vehicles increased slightly, to a level of 9%, and the share of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles increased to 10%. Due to a change in the pools that manufacturers can form for compliance with the EU CO2 regulation, Tesla-Honda is now leading with a battery electric vehicle share of 84%. Former pool partner FCA falls back to a share of 6% battery electric and6% plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. During the first half of 2021, the average share of new battery electric vehicles was 7% versus 6% in all of 2021. In the case of plug-in hybrid electricvehicles, the share was 9% versus 5% in 2021.Estimates regarding the CO2 performance by manufacturer were updated to take into account the latest available 2020 monitoring data from the European Environmental Agencyand are now based on WLTP rather than NEDC values. On average, vehicle manufacturersare expected to already be aligned with their 2021 CO2 targets.