(ANSA) - TURIN, 17 FEB - The European self-start market in 2021 with a negative sign.
In January in the European Union, EFTA countries and the United Kingdom - according to data from ACEA, the association of European car manufacturers - 842,835 cars were registered, 25.7% less than the same month in 2020.
In the same month, the Stellantis group registered 178,565 cars in the European Union, EFTA countries and the United Kingdom, 27.4% less than in the same month of 2020 when the merger between FCA and PSA had not yet taken place. The share is 21.2% compared to 21.7% in January last year. "The situation of the car market remains critical all over the world and also in Western Europe - comments Gian PrimoQuagliano, president of the Promotor Study Center -. In this area, however, the collapse in registrations and the strong incentives to purchase emission-free cars zero or very content gives the sensation of an advance of green cars, bad market shares conquered in this phase are destined to shrink when registrations return to normal levels. For Italy the Recovery Fund can be an opportunity to relaunch the ecological transition also in mobility , but the political will is needed to also focus on the car ". (HANDLE).
