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New car registrations rose by 17% in H1 2023, with June seeing an increase of 18%. Since January, Tesla was the best-selling BEV brand. Chinese OEMs struggled to keep pace with Western manufacturers

According to JATO Dynamics data for 28 European markets, new vehicle registrations totalled 1,116,472 in May – an 18% increase on the 943,435 in the same month last year. This takes the year-to-date total to 5.3 million units, up by 17%. Felipe Munoz, Global Analyst at JATO Dynamics, commented:  “While BEVs and SUVs continue to drive the recovery of the industry, growth across all segments has not been enough to bring total volume back to pre-pandemic levels.”

Last month, European new passenger cars registrations totalled 960,191 units – an increase of 16% marking a ninth consecutive month of growth. On top of this, demand has continued to rise in response to the push from OEMs to widen their EV offering.”

The global new vehicle market fell by 2% year-on-year Emerging markets accounted for 24% of sales BEV volumes surged by 66% Toyota led the rankings by OEM, while China’s OEMs gained market share Tesla continued to climb the model ranking   According to JATO Dynamics data, 79.4 million new vehicles were registered globally in 2022 […]

The Tesla Model Y led the overall model rankings in both March and Q1 2023 overall 5% of new registrations in March were full electric cars The overall market increased by 26% in March as supply shortages eased   A new vehicle has taken top spot in the European new car market. According to JATO […]

The European new car market grew by 12% in February, with the BEV market growing by 33% The Tesla Model Y led the overall model ranking BEVs gained share in 25 of the 28 European markets   In February, the number of new passenger car registrations totalled just over 900,000 units – up by 12% […]

All SUV types (small, compact, midsize, luxury) totalled 464,900 units, up by 14% compared to January 2022.

This is owed to strong demand for Volkswagen’s electric SUV offering and the Cupra Born. Still, it lost almost 3 market share points to Tesla

2022 marked the end of the Volkwagen Golf’s reign as Europe best-selling car. The hatchback has been the most popular vehicle in Europe since 2007.