Volkswagen's vision for electric vehicles. The ID. Buzz (right) is not only designed to be emission-free, but also to reach its destination autonomously. (Photo: © Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles)
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Electromobility: 2020 was not only the year of the pandemic, but also the year of electromobility. While sales of combustion engines plummeted, electric mobility boomed – thanks to subsidies and many new models.
The euphoria was almost palpable. Emission-free mobility has become established precisely in the year in which the coronavirus pandemic paralyzed many things. Even the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) in Flensburg headlined its press release on the 2020 registration statistics: "Electromobility in Germany in the fast lane". Accordingly, the stately comment was KBA President Richard Damm"E-mobility has become mainstream. Positive user experiences, reliable technologies, and a growing range of options are facilitating the transition to e-mobility."
In fact, registration numbers for electrified or partially electrified vehicles have exploded. Alternative drive systems, i.e. Vehicles, the battery-electric, With Hybrid, Plug-in hybrid, Fuel cell, Natural gas or Hydrogen accounted for around a quarter of all new registrations last year. 13,6 percent of all new cars rely on a electric drive. Looking only at the number of purely electric vehicles, this figure has increased by 206 percent compared to 2019. In numbers: In 2020, there were exactly 394.940 new cars with an electric drive. Particularly popular were small car with batteries. They account for 29,9 percent of new registrations, according to the KBA. Battery-powered SUVs took part 19,9 percent just under a fifth, the Compact class achieves 19,6 percent also accounts for almost one fifth of new registrations.
Winner is there Volkswagen, which are located at the 400.000 new electric vehicles reached a share of 17,4 percent. In percentage terms, VW increased its electric vehicle registrations by 608,6 percent, putting it well ahead Mercedes Benz, which had a share of 14,9 percent and an increase of 499,8 percent. Incidentally, if you only count pure battery vehicles, i.e., excluding hybrid models, VW is still in the lead. They have a share of 23,8 percent, followed by Renault with 16,2 percent and Tesla at 8,6 percent (see table below). The fact is: Germany is now the second largest market for electric cars after China, notices the Management consultancy Roland Berger in their "E-Mobility Index 2021" at.
A This KBA statistic has a disadvantage: It does not yet list commercial vehicles, but is limited to passenger cars. Range of electric vansn is developing just as explosively as with passenger cars. Manufacturers will continue to add more vehicles to their model ranges in 2021, both for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. The announced electrification of vehicle fleets is reaching the market at an ever-increasing pace. The Flensburg authorities are now recording these statistics, but the 2020 figures for vans and trucks will not be available until after this editorial deadline.
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The expansion of statistics is also urgently needed. Currently, there are 357 million cars on the road in Europe alone, But not only in Germany, more and more buyers are buying electric cars. Europe-wide is the share of hybrids and pure electric cars 2020 already at 12,4 percent of new registrations And countries are doing something to increase this share even further. Almost all European countries are promoting the purchase of low-emission vehicles with financial and legal incentives, reports the Market research institute Ceresana in its market study "Hybrid and electric cars": "Even comparatively poor countries, such as Romania, Greece or Slovakia, grant generous subsidies and loans for the purchase of environmentally friendly electric cars. At the same time, CO2 emissions from combustion engines for vehicle taxes, toll and parking fees or insurance, increasingly subject to taxes."
This deliberately intensifies the trend towards electric vehicles. Continental Mobility Study 2020 rightly points out that the euphoria is not equally strong everywhere and speaks rather of a sense of division. In fact, 59 percent of Germans can, according to the study, cannot imagine buying an electric car. Skeptics criticize the lack of infrastructure, the long loading times, Price, but also the lack of range of electric vehicles.
But it is also true that most paths are already can be easily mastered by electric cars – and this is especially true for commercial traffic. Craftsmen cover an average daily distance of 150 kilometers, with averages ranging from 44 kilometers for food trades to 205 kilometers for commercial operations. All distances that are within the Range of electric vans lie.
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