The Renault Zoé is down 24% in a BEV market up 112% (9 months 2021)
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The Renault Zoé is down 24% in a BEV market up 112% (9 months 2021)
- Over the first 9 months of 2021, sales of BEVs in Europe represented nearly 761,000 units (+112% compared to the same period of 2020), or 8% of the European market all engines combined (compared to 4 % in 2020). The Tesla Model 3 became the best-selling BEV model in this region over the period, with 96,524 units (up 93% in 2020), ahead of the Volkswagen ID3 (51,841 units), Renault Zoé (46,672 units; -24%) and Volkswagen ID4 (37,400 units). Next are the Hyundai Kona EV (31,140 units), Kia e-Niro (31,123 units), Fiat e500 (28,368 units) and Peugeot e-208 (27,526 units).
- Over the same period of 2021, sales of PHEVs in Europe represented 649,219 units (+101%), or 7% of the European market, all engines combined. The Ford Kuga became the best-selling PHEV model in this region over the period, with 30,265 units (up 91% over 2020), ahead of the BMW 3 Series (28,947 units; +42%), Volvo XC40 ( 28,675 units; +112%), and Peugeot 3008 (21,944 units; +120%). Next came the Volvo XC60 (19,793 units), Audi A3 (18,744 units) and Mercedes A Class (17,779 units).
- Sales of HEVs in Europe represented 503,795 units (+44% compared to the same period of 2021), or 5% of the European market, all engines combined. The Toyota Yaris became the best-selling HEV model in this region over the period, with 100,618 units (up 109% in 2020), ahead of the Toyota Corolla (81,277 units; +11%), Toyota CHR (70 794 units; +11%) and Toyota RAV4 (56,365 units; +23%). The Kia Niro (23,910 units), Honda Jazz (22,678 units) and the Renault Captur (20,686 units), Arkana (20,622 units), Clio (18,309 units) and the Hyundai Kona (17,797 units) follow.
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In the first half of 2021, the European production remains down 20% compared to 2019
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In the first half of 2021, the European production remains down 20% compared to 2019
- European automotive production (including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Turkey) reached a volume of 9,134,515 units (passenger cars – PCs & light utility vehicles - LUVs) in the first half of 2021. This volume represents an increase of 30.7% compared to the first half of 2020, but a decrease of 20.4% compared to the first half of 2019 and a decrease of 23% compared to the first half of 2018.
- Of this total, the European Union + Great Britain produced 7,568,643 units, with 5,672,104 units in the western part of Europe and 1,896,539 in the eastern part of the Europe. It increased by 29.6% in the first half of 2021 compared to the first half of 2020, but remains down 20% compared to the first half of 2019.
- Eastern Europe currently produces quarter of the total of vehicles produced in the European Union + Great Britain. Without Great Britain, these countries account for 27% of car production in the European Union.
- By country, Germany remains the largest producer of PC and LUV in Europe (1,975,826 units in the first half of 2021), ahead of Spain (1,326,676), France (782,870) and the Czech Republic (624 237). It is to be noted that Russia produced 828,897 light vehicles, a little more than France, and Turkey 572,550 units, a little more than Great Britain (542,593).
- If we compare PCs versus LUVs, the European Union produced 6,538,717 PCs in the first half of 2021 (up 30.4% over 2020) and 1,029,926 LUV (up 17.5% over 2020), LUVs representing 13.6% of the total. LUVs progressed less than PCs in 2021 but they had fallen less than PCs in 2020.
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In the first half of 2021, the Asian production decreased only by down 3,6% compared to 2019
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In the first half of 2021, the Asian production decreased only by down 3,6% compared to 2019
- Asian automobile production reached a volume of 23,212,292 units (passenger car – PCs & light utility vehicles - LUVs) in the first half of 2021. This figure represents an increase of 27.6% compared to the first half of 2020, but a slight decrease 3.6% compared to the first half of 2019 and a decrease of 12.2% compared to the first half of 2018.
- Of this total, China produced 12,569,866 units, or 54% of the Asian production. It increased by 24.3% in the first half of 2021 compared to the first half of 2020, and by 3.6% compared to the first half of 2019. It is one of the rare countries to have seen its production increase in 2021 compared to 2019. The share of the Chinese production has therefore increased again this year, to 31% of the worldwide production. According to the current Chinese production growth, this share will increase further in the coming months and probably the next few years.
- In Asia, China is ahead of Japan (4,213,590 units), India (2,230,074), South Korea (1,814,146) and Thailand (844,601), especially with the production of pick-ups.
- If we compare PCs versus LUVs, Asia produced 18,582,736 PCs in the first half of 2021 (up 28.4% over 2020) and 4,629,556 LUVs (up 24.7% over 2020), LUVs representing 19.9% of the total Asian production, an intermediate level between that of Europe (13.6%) and the two Americas (28.9%). Thailand and its high production of pick-ups explains this rather high rate.
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In the first half of 2021, the NAFTA production remains down 20% compared to 2019
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In the first half of 2021, the NAFTA production remains down 20% compared to 2019
- American automobile production (North America and South America) reached a volume of 8,237,621 units (passenger car – PCs & light utility vehicles - LUVs) in the first half of 2021. This figure represents an increase of 30.9% compared to in the first half of 2020, but a decrease of 20.3% compared to the first half of 2019 and a decrease of 22% compared to the first half of 2018.
- Of this total, the NAFTA region (USA-Mexico-Canada) produced 7,000,257 units, including 4,786,570 for the USA, 1,624,537 for Mexico and 589,150 for Canada. The NAFTA region therefore produced almost as many vehicles as the European Union (7,568,643 units). It increased by 26.5% in the first half of 2021 compared to the first half of 2020, but remains down 20% compared to the first half of 2019.
- South America, which represents only 1,237,364 units out of the total of the two Americas, or 15% of this total, has progressed much more than the NAFTA region as Brazil increased by 50.7% in 2021 and the Argentina by 125.4% but these two countries had fallen more in 2020, due to greater difficulties linked to the coronavirus crisis.
- If we compare passenger cars to LUVs, the two Americas produced 5,857,767 passenger cars in the first half of 2021 against 4,636,163 in the first half of 2020 (up 26.3%) and 2,379,854 LUVs against 1,658,048 in first half of 2020 (up 43.5%), LUVs representing 28.9% of the total. The share of LUVs produced in the two Americas is higher than in Europe, because in addition to vans, there are also a large number of pick-ups, which are rather rare on the European market.
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In the first half of 2021, the global production remains down 12% compared to 2019
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In the first half of 2021, the global production remains down 12% compared to 2019
- Global automotive production reached a volume of 41,071,057 units (passenger car – PCs & light utility vehicles - LUVs) in the first half of 2021, compared to 31,860,525 in the first half of 2020. This volume represents an increase of 28.9% compared to the first half of 2020, but a decrease of 11.8% compared to the first half of 2019 and an even greater drop of 17.4% compared to the first half of 2018.
- Of this total, China produced 12,569,866 units (31% of the global production), ahead of the European Union with 7,568,643 units (18.5%) and the NAFTA region with 7,000,257 units. (17%). These three regions alone account for two-thirds of global automobile production.
- If we compare PCVs to LUVs, the world produced 32,418,294 PCs in the first half of 2021 (up 28.4% over 2020) and 8,652,763 LUVs (up 30.9% over 2020), LUVs representing 21% of the total production.
- The Toyota group remains the world's leading carmaker in 2021, with 5,190,953 light vehicles produced, far ahead of the Volkswagen group (4,301,542 units), the Renault-Nissan group (3,580,305), the group Stellantis (3,523,785), the Hyundai-Kia group (3,318,500) and the GM group (2,682,059).
- Compared to 2020, the GM group falls from fourth place to sixth, while the Stellantis group did not yet exist in 2020, but the addition of PSA and FCA gave a volume corresponding at the time to the fifth largest carmaker in the world. Behind the GM group are the Honda group (2,093,395) and the Ford group (1,802,792).
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