Abstract:

In January 2021, new passenger car registrations were 29% lower than compared to one year earlier. The decrease was strongest for Hyundai (-37%) and lowest for BMW (-18%). The total share of electric vehicles was 14%, split between 6% battery-electric and 8% plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Kia (12%) and Hyundai (11%) led with respect to battery-electric vehicles,and BMW (23%) and Daimler (20%) with respect to plug-in hybrid vehicles. Compared toDecember 2020 (23%), the share of electric vehicles decreased in January but was stillhigher than the monthly average in 2020 (11%). According to the current estimate, passenger car manufacturers, on average, are still 7 g/km away from their 2021 CO2 target.