In fact of sales from the auto electric l’Italia still has the Brake a thousand pulled and not a little. While the whole world is hearing about the explosion of the electric registration, we are increasingly skeptical and reticent about the idea of putting an electric car away.
Electric cars, Italy remains with the handbrake on in terms of sales, source Depositphotos
Electric cars, the sales flop in Italy
Let’s start here: the month of April 2023 for registrations of cars with internal combustion engines is positive. But at stake are electric cars.
Now, the data of ministry of transportin ItaliaReport 125,805 cars registered in front of 97.365 enrollments registered in the same month of the previous year Therefore a growth of 29,2%. Certainly contributing to this result compared to April 2022 at -33%, there is the progressive unblocking of orders that had remained unfulfilled in the previous months due to slowdowns in the supply chain, due to the microchip and raw materials crisis .
Electric cars, the truth is that the Italians don’t give up on the internal combustion engine
Who goes down and who goes up in the ranking of giants? They grow up Stellar (+24,6%), Volkswagen (+34.6%) and above all Renault. But in a climate of general growth, only 3.1% of cars registered in Italy are pure electric.
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Good, but not great: the Italians don’t give up on the old heat engine. Above all, it is the only case of decline recorded in European market.
While, in Germaniain France and even in Spain electric vehicle registrations are on the rise. Not only worldwide is the boom in sales of electric cars expected in 2023.
In particular, the Global Electric Vehicle Outlook 2023 published by the International Energy Agency points out the end of a century: that of oil. Also according to the report there will be 14 million electric cars sold by the end of 2023.
What are the main market places: Dinner, Europe e Usa.
Electric cars, Italy remains with the handbrake on in terms of sales, source Depositphotos
Electric cars, China is the frontrunner of a phenomenon
China is the frontrunner of a phenomenon. Continue the ascent inaugurated in 2022, with electric cars having a 60% share of new sales. Behind is Europe with approx 1 out of 5 electric cars sold. Bronze Medal for Usa they have increased the sales Of electric cars of the 55% last year. India, Thailand and Indonesia send interesting data. Above all, with these numbers, Iea expects savings of 5 million barrels/day of oil in 2030.
On the one hand there are those who are not worried about it, emphasizing that it is also good to replace the oldest car fleet in Europe with new, safer and less polluting vehicles, on the other hand those who instead point the finger at the slowness and problems authorizations in the installation and activation of charging stations. The problem, however, is always the costs.
An electric car costs significantly more than its petrol counterpart. The will to change is there, but at the same time it is necessary to reduce prices, increase the presence of top-up points and change some rules for accessing incentives.
Now, the gap with Europe from this point of view is growing rapidly. The share of electric cars in the main European countries has already been in double digits for some time, while in Italy we are still far from these numbers.