(ANSA) - ROME, 02 SEPT - Italy slows down on electric cars.
In August, sales of recharging cars (sum of BEVs, pure electric, and PHEVs, plug-in hybrids) stood at 4,961 units compared to 6,476 sold in the same month last year, recording a decrease of 23, 39%.
He writes it in the monthly editorial dedicated to registrations, Motus-E, an association that brings together all the stakeholders of electric mobility.
In particular, pure electric cars recorded a sales rate of 29.69%, for a total of 2,278 units registered;
sales of plug-in hybrids mark a decrease of 17.09%, for a total of 2,683 units registered in the month.
The market share of all-plug cars stops at 6.93%.
"Italy continues to do worse than the rest of Europe - let Motus-E report -. Looking at the data for July 2022, for example, Germany registered 28,868 BEV vehicles, + 13.16% compared to the same month last year. . France recorded an increase of 70.28%, Holland of 19.6%.
The car market with plug is also growing in Belgium, the United Kingdom and Spain.
"In Italy - continues Mots-E -, the incentives they left late, only in mid-May of this year, while the goodness of electrification is still being discussed.
Meanwhile, the other European countries have very clear which direction to follow.
Their support policies support the electric car market, despite the geopolitical contingencies common to all European states ".
Looking at the best-selling models, until August 2022, the Fiat 500E is confirmed as the best-selling electric car, with a registration of 4,717 units.
This is followed by the Smart Fortw with 2,850 registered cars.
The Dacia Spring, with 2,118 vehicles sold, is confirmed in third place in the ranking.
The Tesla Model Y remains stable in fourth place with 1,780 cars, while the Renault Twingo closes the Top Five with 1,422 units.
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