Stellantis is the leading seller of light vehicles in Europe in the first quarter of 2021
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Stellantis is the leading seller of light vehicles in Europe in the first quarter of 2021
- The Stellantis group announced that it was the leading carmaker group in Europe in terms of sales in the first quarter of 2021, ahead of the Volkswagen group. In a European market up 3.8% over this period compared to the first quarter of 2020, the results obtained by the Stellantis group are above average, as it recorded a sales increase of 10.8%, with 854 151 vehicles registered on a total European market of 3,619,749 units (PC + LUV). The group's market share is now 23.6% compared to nearly 23% for the German group.
- The Stellantis group is the market leader in France (37.7%), Italy (41.2%), Belgium (25.2%), Greece (28.8%), Hungary (16.9%), Lithuania (40.7%), Portugal (34.3%) and Spain (28.9%). Stellantis also takes the lead in the European light utility vehicle market with a market share of 34.3%, which represents more than 184,000 models registered in the first quarter of 2021.
- In addition, the Peugeot 208 became the best-selling car in Europe in the first quarter of 2021, overtaking the Volkswagen Golf which lost its leadership position acquired in 2007 and which it had retained until then.
- However, it is necessary to relativise the announcement of the first carmaker in Europe, because when we add the sales of PSA and FCA in Europe between 2015 and 2020, meaning before the merger, we see that the sales of the two groups were already higher than those of the Volkswagen group, except in 2020, where the German producer resisted better to the crisis. So Stellantis didn’t become the first seller by increasing its overall sales but rather by the addition of the French and Italian groups sales.
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In 2020, Germany is the country that bought the most vehicles produced locally
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In 2020, Germany is the country that bought the most vehicles produced locally
- In 2020, in a European light vehicle market (PC + LUV) which fell to 13.74 million units, against 17.98 million in 2019 (due to the health crisis), nearly 71% of vehicles sold were produced within the same region. It means that 9.74 million light vehicles have been produced in European countries and sold in European countries.
- Imports therefore represent less than 4 million units, if we consider that stocks of vehicles at the end of the year were lower than at the beginning of the year, because sales in 2020 were spread over 12 months while the plants were closed because of the Covid-19 for a month and a half, in addition to the summer holidays. Inovev estimates the volume of these imports at around 3.5 million units, compared to 4.2 million in 2019 according to ACEA (representing a decrease of 17%). The countries from which Europe imports vehicles are mainly Turkey, Japan, South Korea and USA, again according to ACEA.
- Among the top 10 European markets in 2020, Germany is the country that buys the most locally produced vehicles (35% of its registrations). Its imports from other European countries account for 49% of its registrations and those from other regions of the world 16% of its registrations.
- The other countries stand out with a very low proportion of vehicles purchases locally produced: 22% in Spain, 21% in France, 16% in Italy, 10% in England, 3% in Belgium and even 1% in Poland. Only the Czech Republic stands out with 39% registrations from local production.
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The Hyundai-Kia group gets 9% of the European market for electrified vehicles
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The Hyundai-Kia group gets 9% of the European market for electrified vehicles
- The Hyundai-Kia group registered 841,520 vehicles, all engines combined, in Europe in 2020, representing 6% of the European passenger car and light utility vehicle market. This total breaks down into 424,805 Hyundai and 416,715 Kia, as the Genesis brand is not yet released in Europe in 2020.
- Among this total, sales of xEVs (hybrid-HEV, plug-in hybrid-PHEV and 100% electric-BEV) reached 168,674 units, including 80,348 BEVs + 27,132 PHEVs + 35,055 HEVs. Are remaining 26,139 other hybrid vehicles that have not been defined (HEV or PHEV). xEVs represent indeed 20% of the total group sales in 2020.
- This volume places the Korean group in third place in the European market for electrified vehicles, behind Toyota (385,050 units) and Volkswagen (268,265 units), but ahead of the Renault-Nissan groups (151,041 units), Daimler (146,667 units), BMW (131,776 units), PSA (104,245 units), Tesla (98,103 units), Geely (86,720 units) and Tata (20,634 units). The Hyundai-Kia group gets 9% of the European market for xEVs.
- In the BEVs category, Hyundai-Kia is however in fourth position, behind Volkswagen (154,112 units), Renault-Nissan (132,356 units) and Tesla (98,103 units). Among the electrified models, the best-selling models on the European market in 2020 by the Korean group were the 100% electric Hyundai Kona (39,367 units), the 100% electric Kia Niro (26,849 units), the Kia Niro hybrid (16,394 units) and the Kia Niro plug-in hybrid (12,902 units).
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The global automotive market is down 4.5% compared to the first four months of 2019
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The global automotive market is down 4.5% compared to the first four months of 2019
- The global automotive market (PC + LUV) increased by 34.2% in the first four months of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, which was characterized by the closure of automobile plants for several weeks, both in Europe and in China or in the United States, following the consequences of the first wave of COVID-19.
- This is the reason why it makes more sense to compare the vehicle registration figures against the first four months of 2019. And in this case, the global automotive market is down 4.5% compared, with 25,906,629 vehicles, against 19,304,125 in the first four months of 2020 and 27,134,112 in the same period in 2019. We are therefore at 6.6 million more units compared to 2020 but 1.2 million units less compared to 2019. However, the gap seems to be thinning month after month (April 2021 is thus at the same level as April 2019).
- The total breaks down into 20,271,271 passenger cars (down 7.7% from 2019) and 5,635,358 light utility vehicles (up 9% from 2019). Regarding passenger cars, Europe is at + 23.2% compared to 2020 but at -25% compared to 2019, China is at + 53.7% compared to 2020 but -0.8% compared to in 2019, the United States is at + 27.5% compared to 2020 and + 0.1% compared to 2019, Japan is at + 8.6% compared to 2020 and -6.7% compared to to 2019.
- Regarding light utility vehicles, Europe is at + 49.7% compared to 2020 but -4.4% compared to 2019, China is at + 47.3% compared to 2020 and + 29.2% compared to compared to 2019, the United States is + 31.7% compared to 2020 and + 14.2% compared to 2019.
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Ford will produce an electric light utility vehicle in Craiova (Romania) from 2024
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Ford will produce an electric light utility vehicle in Craiova (Romania) from 2024
- The American carmaker Ford has announced that it will produce a 100% electric light commercial vehicle at its Romanian plant in Craiova from 2024. It will be preceded in 2023 by its combustion engine version (probably diesel) which will succeed to the Transit Connect van whose origins date back to 2003 for the first generation and 2013 for the second generation. Actually, every ten years, the Transit Connect is renewed, and the future generation will be available for the first time in thermal and electric engines.
- Today, the Craiova plant assembles B-segment SUVs - Ecosport (end of life) and Puma - while Transit Connect is produced today at Ford's Spanish plant, in Valencia. It was initially planned to transfer the production of Transit Connect from Spain to the United States which is one of its biggest markets, but ultimately the transfer of production to Romania was chosen. This Romanian plant has a production capacity of 200,000 vehicles per year.
- The Romanian Craiova plant will be Ford's third European site to produce a 100% electric vehicle, following the carmaker’s announcement to produce electric vehicles in Cologne (Germany) and Kocaeli (Turkey) plants.
- Ford, however, is still far from the production capacities of Volkswagen, which intends to turn Zwickau, Dresden and Martorell into plants capable of producing several hundred thousand electric vehicles each year. In addition, Volkswagen has just announced the construction of a third electric vehicle plant in China, after those in Anting and Foshan, this time located in Anhui province.
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