Total sales of plug-in electric vehicles for 3 quarters of 2018 (EU + EFTA)

According to the latest data of the Association of European Automobile Manufacturers , the number of sold plug-in electric vehicles in the European Union and EFTA countries (Norway and Switzerland) is growing. This number includes electric vehicles with rechargeable batteries, plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles with fuel cells. So, for the first 3 quarters of this year, the number of registered plug-in electric vehicles was 273,702 units (an increase of 34.5% in annual terms / as compared to the same period last year).

The top 10 registration countries account for a little more than 90% of the market, the first 5 are 72.4%, and Norway is a pair with Germany - 37%.

A country	Q.S.	Dynamics (%)
Norway	52 038	20.7
Germany	50,245	36.1
Great Britain	44,883	21.8
France	31 113	17.0
Sweden	19,949	56,8
Netherlands	17 349	130.5
Belgium	10,508	-1.9
Spain	7,456	62.5
Italy	7,208	105.0
Switzerland	6,491	16.3
Austria	6,125	15.8

The graphs below show the ratio of electric vehicles with ACU in relation to plug-in hybrids.

Registration of electric vehicles with batteries

Period	amount	Dynamics (%)
3rd quarter 2018	44,687	34.9
1st quarter of 2018	132,944	37.4

Registration of plug-in hybrids

Period	amount	Dynamics (%)
3rd quarter 2018	45 555	13.2
1st quarter of 2018	140 758	33.6

Manufacturers of connected hybrids suspend sales against the background of the introduction of a new system for testing emissions and fuel consumption .

At the same time, the sale of ordinary hybrids increased.

Period	amount	Dynamics (%)
3rd quarter 2018	154,624	34.6
1st quarter of 2018	459 825	34.3

Growth was in all countries except Norway, whose market, for the most part, is already occupied by plug-in electric cars.

If we talk about the ratio of hybrids sold to plug-in electric vehicles, then the picture has hardly changed in a year, but you can still see a slight shift towards plug-in electric vehicles. For the first 3 quarters of this year, the total number of connected electric vehicles amounted to 2.24% of the market. This is more than 0.55% over the same period last year.