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詳細: 上で公開 2021年07月15日

The distribution of LUVs assembled in Vigo and Mangualde

- The Stellantis group has made Citroën Berlingo and Peugeot Partner / Rifterlight utility vehicles into genuine multi-brand vehicles. Indeed, after PSA purchased Opel in 2017, the Opel Combo swapped its Fiat Doblo plateform and body for the Berlingo and Partner one. Then an agreement between PSA and Toyota allowed the Japanese to market the ProAce City which uses the same body as for the Berlingo/Partner/Combo. And after the merger of PSA and FCA, the next generation of the Fiat Doblo (the current generation dates from 2010) should also use the same body used by the Berlingo/Partner/Combo/ProAce City.

- Already and even without the next Doblo, the production plants in Vigo (Spain) and Mangualde (Portugal) are running at full capacity with the production of Citroën Berlingo, Peugeot Partner, Opel Combo and Toyota ProAce City.

- In 2020, this family of models was produced at 371,113 units, spread over two plants: 303,367 in Vigo and 67,746 in Mangualde. All models except the Toyota are produced in both Vigo and Mangualde. The breakdown by model in 2020 across the two Vigo and Mangualdeplants is as follows: 157,286 Citroën Berlingo, 129,826 Peugeot Partner / Rifter, 65,289 Opel Combo and 18,712 Toyota ProAce City.

- In the first 4 months of 2021, Stellantis produced 49,592 Citroën Berlingo, 41,471 Peugeot Partner / Rifter, 26,445 Opel Combo and 11,473 Toyota ProAce City, or 128,981 units in total, representing an annual rate of 375,000 units. This family of models therefore represents 20% of all LUVs of all brands sold in Europe in 2020 and 2021, which is considerable.

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詳細: 上で公開 2021年07月15日

The distribution of LUVs assembled in Maubeuge and Tangier

- At Renault, the Renault Kangoo is the competitor of the Citroën Berlingo, Peugeot Partner, Opel Combo and Toyota ProAce City family. The new generation of Kangoo arrived in the first half of 2021 after being unveiled last year.

- The end of life of the previous Renault Kangoo was difficult because the launch of its replacement had been postponed several times. But this time, the new Renault Kangoo is here and it will be quickly declined in a Mercedes branded version named T-Class which will replace the Citan. It should then be declined in a Nissan version which should replace the current NV250. Moreover, the new Kangoo is marketed alongside the Renault Express (a former Renault model name) which in fact replaces the old Dacia Dokker. This model should represent as many sales as the Kangoo.

- Last year, these four models represented a volume of 213,364 units produced in Maubeuge (Kangoo, Citan, NV250) and Tangier (Dokker), or 12% of all LUVs of all brands sold in Europe in 2020, against 13% in 2019 and 13.5% in 2018. The breakdown by model is as follows: 102,599 Dokker, 89,592 Kangoo, 17,263 Citan and 3,910 NV250.

- Of this total, the Maubeuge plant produced 110,765 vehicles and the Tangier plant 102,599.

- In the first four months of 2021, the breakdown by model is as follows: 32,852 Kangoo, 23,433 Express, 3,976 Citan, 1,529 NV250. This volume represents an annual rate of 185,000 units in total, but taking into account the launch of the future T-Class and NV250, it could represent more than 200,000 units per year.

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詳細: 上で公開 2021年07月15日

Production

BEV production in Europe in 2020 and 3 months 2021 by country and by carmaker

- Inovev calculated the production of battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and full hybrids (HEVs) in Europe in 2020 and 2021. In 2020, European production of xEVs (BEV + PHEV + HEV) reached 1,113 099 units, including 479,171 BEVs, 441,305 PHEVs and 192,623 HEVs, out of a total of 12,971,724 light vehicles (passenger cars + utility vehicles) all engines combined, i.e. a share of 8.6%. Germany is the top producer of xEVs in 2020 (363,307 vehicles), ahead of France (238,280) and Great Britain (154,018).

- In the first quarter of 2021, the European production of xEVs (BEV + PHEV + HEV) reached 330,212 units (up 63% over 2020), including 129,148 BEV, 152,720 PHEV and 48,344 HEV. In Q1-2021, no change in the country ranking, Germany produced 102,555 xEVs, France 56,017 and Great Britain 43,287.

- In the first quarter of 2021, the BEV production increased by 67% compared to the same period in 2020 but it was PHEVs that experienced the strongest growth (+ 104%), this category of vehicles gradually replacing diesel vehicles. Only the production of HEV has decreased (-3%). It is to be noted that in the same period, the European production of light vehicles, all engines combined increased by 4%. The share of xEVs in this total represents 9.2% against 5,9% in Q1-2020. However, the comparison with the first quarter of 2020 is not relevant due to the numerous plant closures from March 15, 2020.

- The VW group is the leader in the production of xEVs in Europe, with 232,231 units produced in 2020 and 79,674 in the first four months of 2021, ahead of Toyota (184,032 in 2020), Renault-Nissan (151,041), Daimler (138,513) , Stellantis (112 204) and BMW (111 072).

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詳細: 上で公開 2021年07月15日

New VW Caddy sales struggles to take off

- The new generation of the Volkswagen Caddy (light utility vehicle from the segment N1-1) presented last year and marketed since January 2021 seems to experience some difficulties in starting its commercial career in Europe, its main market. It is to remind that this model is assembled in Poznan in Poland and that it competes head-on with the leaders of the small LUV market, which are on one hand the Citroën Berlingo, Pegeot Partner, Opel Combo, Toyota ProAce City, and on the other hand the Renault Kangoo, Renault Express, Nissan NV250, Mercedes Citan, which in total represent nearly a third of the total LUV market, all segments included in Europe (N1-1, N1-2 and N1-3). The Volkswagen Caddy also faces the Fiat Doblo and Ford Transit Courier / Transit Connect.

- The objective is therefore difficult for the Volkswagen Caddy which represented 140,185 sales in 2019 and 103,381 sales in 2020, i.e. 6.4% of the LUV market in 2019 and 5.8% in 2020.

- In the first four months of 2021, the situation is even more delicate, as the Volkswagen Caddy did not exceed 20,790 sales, which represents only 2.9% of total LUV sales in Europe over this period. And the annual sales rhythm is around 60,000 units, the lowest figure ever recorded for this model.

- In reality, the new Caddy is ramping up but the progress seems laborious, especially compared to the production rates of the old version. The production volume for April 2021 is thus two times lower than that of April 2019, and the cumulative 4 months 2021 four times lower than the same period in 2019.

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詳細: 上で公開 2021年07月15日

Production

BEV and PHEV production in Europe in 2020 and 3 months 2021 by model

- Of the 1,113,099 xEVs (BEV + PHEV + HEV) produced in Europe in 2020, 479,171 are BEVs, 441,305 PHEVs and 192,623 HEVs. In the first quarter of 2021, there were 330,212 xEVs (up 63% over the same period in 2020), including 129,148 BEVs, 152,720 PHEVs and 48,344 HEVs.

- What are the most produced models in each of these categories?

• In the BEV category:

In 2020, the Renault Zoé far outstripped all its competitors, but in the first quarter of 2021, it was followed by the Volkswagen ID3, due to the rapid ramp-up of the German model, as well as competition from the Twingo ZE, Hyundai Kona BEV and Peugeot e-208 which take customers to the Zoe. It is to be noted that the Hyundai Kona BEV is now more produced than the Nissan Leaf in Europe.

• In the PHEV category:

The BMW 3 Series remains the leader of PHEV models produced in Europe, but SUVs hold strong positions in this market, such as the Volvo XC40, Ford Kuga, Peugeot 3008, Volvo XC60, Mercedes GLC, BMW X1. Consequently, the VW Passat loses much of its influence, but the VW Golf on the other hand resists (while the electric Golf naturally collapses in favour of the ID3).

• In the HEV category:

Toyota crushes all its competitors in this category, with 90% of HEV production in Europe, represented by the Corolla and Yaris. However, it is to noted that the HEV category is the only xEV to decline in 2021 compared to 2020.