Seeking Alpha headline: EU passenger car registrations down 15.4%, lowest month of June on record in terms of volume since 1996
Jul. 18, 2022 10:44 AM ET $VWAGY, $STLA, $RNSDF, $TM, $F, $VLVLY, $DDAIF, $VLY, $HYMTF, $HMC $TSLA By: Niloofer Shaikh, SA News Editor
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As per the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), European Union passenger car registrations fell 15.4% to 886,510 units, a lowest month of June on record (in terms of volume) since 1996. In May, car registrations dropped 11.2%.
As supply chain issues continue to limit vehicle output, new car registrations in the EU shrank by 14% to 4.6M units in 1H22.
For the month, Germany posted the strongest decline of -18.1%, followed by Italy -15%, France -14.2% and Spain -7.8%.
Past twelve-month sales trend of the EU market:
If I am reading this correctly, these are “passenger cars” and I’m not sure if they include SUVs which outsell sedans, even in Europe. For instance, Model Y by Tesla is called an SUV eventhough there’s no way you could fit Elon Musk sideways into that 3rd row of seats which only toddlers would find comfortable.
Speaking of which, it’s beyond middle of July so let’s see what the final tout on BEV registrations for Q2 2022 in 14 EU countries looks like and why VW is recognized by Musk as a real player in EVs:
Top brands
MAKE # SHARE
VW 24963 10%
TESLA 21164 8.5%
BMW 15897 6.4%
AUDI 15459 6.2%
KIA 15320 6.2%
HYUNDAI 15309 6.1%
MERCEDE 13467 5.4%
FIAT 12645 5.1%
PEUGEOT 11987 4.8%
RENAULT 11282 4.5%
SKODA 11245 4.5%
OPEL 9040 3.6%
MG 7735 3.1%
CITROEN 6724 2.7%
POLESTA 6345 2.5%
SMART 5616 2.3%
MINI 5491 2.2%
FORD 4710 1.9%
NISSAN 4537 1.8%
VOLVO 4536 1.8%
DACIA 4519 1.8%
CUPRA 3263 1.3%
PORSCHE 2980 1.2%
VAUXHAL 2867 1.2%
SEAT 2407 1%
JAGUAR 1671 0.7%
TOYOTA 1653 0.7%
MAZDA 1131 0.5%
MAXUS 810 0.3%
OTHER 743 0.3%
BYD 693 0.3%
HONDA 659 0.3%
FAW 373 0.1%
NIO 265 0.1%
LEXUS 249 0.1%
DS 229 0.1%
XPENG 202 0.1%
AIWAYS 135 0.1%
GENESIS 74 0%
SUBARU 62 0%
SSANGYO 58 0%
DFSK 57 0%
MELEX 56 0%
MOBILIz 40 0%
YUTONG 35 0%
DR 34 0%
VDL 32 0%
FIA 24 0%
SCANIA 23 0%
SERES 22 0%
MAN 16 0%
JAC 11 0%
GOUPIL 9 0%
LINDEB 8 0%
GOLDEN 7 0%
XINGYUN 6 0%
DIVERSE 5 0%
ZHIDOU 5 0%
MEBAUTO 4 0%
MERCUS 4 0%
ALKE 4 0%
JIAYUAN 2 0%
POLARIS 2 0%
FUSO 2 0%
REGAL 2 0%
ATLAS 2 0%
IVECO 2 0%
GAIA 1 0%
CARROC 1 0%
BACH 1 0%
TILGRE 1 0%
REX 1 0%
FENIKS 1 0%
INZILE 1 0%
GARIA 1 0%
SOLARIS 1 0%
IGLUVAN 1 0%
LINHAI 1 0%
TOTAL 248940 100%
Top models
MAKE MODEL #
FIAT 500E 10585
TESLA MODEL Y 10463
SKODA ENYAQ 10088
VW ID.4 6535
HYUNDAI KONA 5856
AUDI E-TRON 5752
VW ID.3 5679
PEUGEOT E-208 5656
OPEL CORSA-E 5650
KIA NIRO 5417
AUDI Q4 4886
POLESTA 2 4802
HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 4530
SMART FORTWO 4496
RENAULT ZOE 4495
KIA EV6 4474
DACIA SPRING 4155
VW ID.5 4073
CITROEN E-C4 4050
TESLA MODEL 3 3971
VW UP! 3855
FORD MACH-E 3535
RENAULT TWINGO 3227
BMW IX 3131
BMW I3 3097
VOLVO XC40 2942
BMW I4 2937
MINI MINI 2855
NISSAN LEAF 2853
PEUGEOT E-2008 2808
MERCEDE EQB 2602
MERCEDE EQA 2596
MG ZS 2576
SEAT BORN 2387
BMW IX3 2279
OPEL MOKKA-E 2187
PORSCHE TAYCAN 2056
CUPRA BORN 1965
MG MARVEL 1479
RENAULT MEGANE 1338
MERCEDE EQS 1176
MERCEDE E-CLASS 1086
VW ID.5 1024
VOLVO C40 964
AUDI E-T GT 901
MERCED EQE 872
MERCEDE EQC 852
KIA SOUL 834
TOYOTA PROACE 819
MAZDA MX-30 792
OTHER 743
HYUNDAI IONIQ 705
SMART FORFOUR 696
MINI COOPER 636
MERCEDE EQV 620
BYD TANG 604
HONDA E 458
CITROEN E-BERL 450
MERCED EVITO 433
MINI HATCH 433
MG MG5 425
CITROEN JUMPY 388
RENAULT KANGOO 374
FAW EHS9 373
MG 5 358
AUDI SPORTBACK 310
PEUGEOT E-EXPER 307
OPEL VIVARO 299
JAGUAR I-PACE 278
OPEL COMBO-E 269
NIO ES8 265
TOYOTA BZ4X 263
MAXUS E-DELIV 235
PEUGEOT E-RIFTE 226
MAXUS EUNIQ 225
AUDI SPORTBACK 201
MAXUS EUNIQ 190
PEUGEOT E-PARTN 179
TOYOTA BZ4 178
OPEL ZAFIRA 174
LEXUS UX 300E 164
TOYOTA PROACE 141
XPENG G3 140
AUDI OTHER 129
DS 3 CROSS 127
AIWAYS U5 124
OPEL COMBO-E 97
BYD ETP3 89
NISSAN E-NV200 72
FORD TRANSIT 65
VW OTHER 63
PORSCHE OTHER 61
MERCEDE SPRINT 59
SUBARU SOLTERR 54
FIAT ULYSSE 52
MINI 3-DøRS 52
PEUGEOT E-TRAVE 52
MAXUS EUNIQ6 51
XPENG P7 48
DFSK SERES 3 47
MAXUS D60 44
SSANGY KORANDO 44
VW TRANSPO 41
MOBILIZ LIMO 40
DR EVO 33
YUTONG ZK6121 33
VDL SLFA-180 31
BMW X4 31
GENESIS GV60 29
MELEX 378 28
MELEX N.CAR 28
TOYOTA PROACE 27
FIAT DUCATO 27
TOYOTA PROACE 27
VW ID. BUZ 26
HYUNDAI OTHER 26
FIAT E-SCUDO 24
DS 3 23
CITROEN E-SPACE 23
NISSAN ARIYA 22
MAXUS V80 21
SERES 3 21
RENAULT MASTER 20
VW CRAFTER 19
VOLVO S90 18
BMW IX M60 16
FIAT SCUDO 15
SEAT CUPRA 14
MAXUS G50 14
MAN ETGE 13
PEUGEOT E-RIFT 12
SCANIA P 230 12
CITROEN BERLING 12
OPEL COMBO-E 11
XPENG P5 10
MAXUS EUNIQ5 10
TESLA MODEL X 10
DFSK EC35 10
TESLA MODEL S 10
GOUPIL G4 9
LINDEBJ S1 8
OPEL E LIFE 8
SUBARU SOLTERA 8
GOLDEN GD12E 7
SCANIA P230 7
FIAT E-DUCAT 7
GENESIS G80 7
VOLVO FE 6
TOYOTA BZ4X 6
TOYOTA VERSO E 6
XINGYUN UTV 6
SEAT MII 6
ZHIDOU ZHIDOU 5
DIVERSE DIVERSE 5
KIA OTHER 5
XPENG G3I 4
MEBAUTO PROACE 4
ALKE ATX 4
MERCUS MAN E-T 4
SKODA CITIGO 3
MAN TGE 3
PEUGEOT E-PART 3
JAC XEV 3
SSANGY E-MOTIO 2
REGAL K3 2
POLARIS RANGER 2
JIAYUAN EIDOLA 2
ATLAS LIGHTYR 0
PEUGEOT XXL 2
VW GOLF 2
SCANIA L 230 2
VOLVO FL 2
MAXUS EV80 2
YUTONG T12E 2
TOYOTA PROACE 2
(and a bunch more selling 2 or less)
TOTAL 191696