From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
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Subject: Electric Car Sales Tumble Across Europe As Demand Plummets In Germany
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 22:02:36 -0500
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
Electric Car Sales Tumble Across Europe As Demand Plummets In Germany
Decline Comes As Brussels Prepares For New Trade Tariffs on Vehicle Imports
From China
Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) plunged across Europe last month, fueled by a
sharp drop-off in demand in Germany.
Official figures show that sales for new EVs fell by 30pc in Germany last
month, which led to a broader fall of 12.5pc across the Continent.
It comes a week after Brussels launched a crackdown on an influx of cheap EV
imports from China, which they claim have benefited from unfair state
subsidies.
The European Commission unveiled a raft of new trade tariffs of up to 48pc on
EVs, including those made by MG, Volvo and BYD - all of which are China-owned.
However, the measures are at risk of increasing EV prices for drivers across
the bloc and sparking a diplomatic row with Beijing, which has threatened to
retaliate with its own tariffs.
The new duties will come into force from July 5 unless the EU strikes a deal
with China.
Against this backdrop, data from the European Automobile Manufacturers
Association on Thursday revealed that the year-on-year market share of fully
electric cars fell from 13.8pc to 12.5pc in May.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/06/20/electric-car-sales-tumble-
across-europe-demand-germany/
As well as a drop in demand across Germany, the Netherlands also reported a
12.5pc decline in new EV sales last month.
Belgium and France were the only key markets to increase EV sales in May,
growing 44.8pc and 5.4pc respectively.
Meanwhile, the market share of hybrid EVs increased from 25pc to 29.9pc.
According to environmental campaign group Transport and Environment, the sales
slump is partly driven by carmakers prioritising combustion-engine cars and
luxury EVs.
The Brussels-based clean transport and energy group said that carmakers are
holding back more affordable EVs ahead of tougher EU carbon emission
restrictions coming into force next year.
Lucien Mathieu, cars director at Transport and Environment, said: "Europe's
clean car rules are the Continent's strongest driver of EV sales and more
affordable vehicles."
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June:
Feet Of June Snow Hit Fonna, Norway As Europe Turns Blue
Eastern Australia Shivers
Record June Snow In The Alps
Summer In Japan Arrives a Little Late
Europe Chills
It Was A Cold May For Many
Heavy Snow Hits Northeast Iceland
UK Enduring A Historically Cold June
Frosts on June 11
Summer Snow In Northern India
50 Billion Tons Of Snow Has Fallen On Greenland So Far In June
Snowstorm In Himalayas Kills At Least 9
Snow Hits Parts of South Africa For First Time In 40 Years
Scotland Sees Snow
Global Temperature Drop (of COURSE... Hunga Tonga's Water Vapour!)
Warnings Issued In South Africa For "Disruptive Cold And Snow"
Coldest May Lows In 70-Years Hit Wagnerite, Australia
Argentina Abnormally Cold
Almost 7-Feet of June Snow Traps Hikers In German Alps
Snow Set For Scotland
Rare Frost Advisories In Ontario
It's Snowing In Northern India
Spring Freeze "Sharply Reduces" Russia's Wheat Harvest
Summer Skiing In Europe After Record-Breaking Spring Snow
Record Cold Strikes Japan
Frigid Streak At The South Pole
Low Olive Harvest In Greece Due To 'Weather Shifts'
Greenland's Record Ice Gains
Colder-Than-Average May In Europe
South America Freezes
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May:
U.S. Ski Industry Reports 5th-Best Season On Record
"Deep, Drifting Snow" Keeps Beartooth Closed
The Suess de Vries Cycle
Spring Anomalies From BC To SoCal
Winter Prolonged In Alaska
Australia's Cold And Snow
Chile's Weather Agency Got It Dead Wrong As South America Freezes
Spring Anomalies From BC To SoCal
Record May Cold Hits South Australia
Latest Snowfall In Decades At Snoqualmie
Frozen Turkey