EU car market: almost one in three new cars sold in September was electric
EU new car registrations rose 9.3% in September, with battery-electric cars up almost 73%. Year to date they are ahead of petrol cars. Chinese brands are growing fast.
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The EU car market continues to grow, driven by electric vehicles. A total of 971,048 new cars were registered in September, up 9.3% from a year earlier. Battery-electric registrations jumped 72.9% to 290,117, according to data from carmakers' association ACEA analysed by trade outlet electrive, giving them a 29.9% market share. In Germany, electric car registrations nearly doubled to 88,599, a 34.5% share.
From January to September, the EU market grew 5.7%, ACEA said. Battery-electric cars took a 22.7% share, up from 16.1% a year earlier, putting them ahead of petrol cars, whose share fell from 27.7% to 21.2%. Hybrids remain the most popular powertrain at 36.3%. Diesel cars account for only 7.1%.
Chinese manufacturers posted strong gains. BYD sold 28,309 cars in the EU in September, more than twice as many as a year earlier. The Chery group increased registrations by 224% to 20,707, and Leapmotor by 256% to 10,229 vehicles.