Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

From the article you cite:

> Surprisingly, disappointing results are seen from the two best-selling BEVs in Europe - Renault ZOE (119) and Tesla Model 3 (74).

I found this article [1] with sales figures for Europe. For H1 2020, it was 37k Renault Zoe, 32k Tesla Model 3, 18k VW e-Golf, then 4 in the 11-13k range, and 3 in the 7-8k range.

[1] https://europe.autonews.com/sales-segment/europes-no-1-selli...




If you look at the greater european statistics it's not a real electric car market any more, as most vehicles sold have ICE components (either hybrid or solely ICE). Norway is special because of their large market share of BEV cars. They make up 56% of new car sales in Norway while only 7.2% in all of the EU.

So all the EU stat is saying is that Teslas are sold well in the niche of the market that's interested in buying EVs over more established brands. The Norway stat is more representative of what happens when 56% of all newly sold EU cars are purely electric.

https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/03/norway-in-november-ev-m...

https://www.greencarcongress.com/2020/09/20200904-acea.html




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: