The overall European car market is still in the red, and the European passenger plugin vehicle market has also started to get affected. It was down 5% last month, with approximately 157,000 plugin vehicles registered
has also started to get affected. It was down 5% last month, with approximately 157,000 plugin vehicles registered in July. Looking closer, plugin hybrids were the ones to blame for sinking plugins into the red. Plugin hybrids registered their fifth consecutive month of falling sales in July, with last month’s 25% drop being the biggest since August 2019. We may have witnessed peak PHEV in Europe.
Looking at the rest of the July table, the big highlight was the #8 position of the Cupra Born, which scored a record performance — 2,999 registrations. That’s an impressive feat when we realise that the sporty Spaniard did it in a usually slow month . Interestingly, it was the 4th MEB platform model among the 8 best selling models of July, highlighting that the German conglomerate’s EV deployment is back on track and ready to regain its leadership role.
The Tesla Model Y saw 1,725 deliveries in this first month of the quarter, a new personal best for a first month of quarter, which could signal a new record performance for the crossover in September. Will we see it cross 20,000 deliveries/month by that time? In fact, the German OEM had big reasons to celebrate across the board, as the compact VW ID.3 jumped three spots, to #12, while the Audi e-tron was up two positions, to #18.