Europe Sets New Plug-In Electric Car Sales Record In March 2019

Tesla Model 3 accounts for more than a quarter of sales.

Europe is enjoying high growth of plug-in electric car sales, which reached a new all-time record of almost 60,000.

EV Sales Blog reports 59,741 sales (up 38% year-over-year) at 3.5% market share (including 2.4% for BEVs). It’s even better when we add that the overall market shrunk by 4% in March.

Most of the growth comes from the all-electric segment – 40,920 (up 67%), which represents 69% of total plug-in car sales.

After three months of 2019, sales of plug-in electric cars in Europe stands at 125,848 and an average market share of 3.1%.

Plug-In Electric Car Sales In Europe – March 2019

Most popular models

March 2019 was the month of the Tesla Model 3, which with 15,771 sales was the best-selling electric car (best selling plug-in car in general too), more than three times above 2nd on the list and with 26.4% share! With 19,592 sales in Q1, the Model 3 is also #1 YTD.

Great sales results for the month were possible also thanks to strong sales of other models. Here are the top 5:

  • Tesla Model 3 – 15,771
  • Renault ZOE – 4,361
  • Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV – 4,314
  • Nissan LEAF – 3,917
  • BMW i3 – 3,632

There are also many new models with sales between 1,000-2,000:

Source: EV Sales Blog

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