Sales of electric vehicles (EVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and hybrids continue to rise across all new vehicle sectors while their petrol and diesel equivalents fall.
That’s according to new vehicle sales figures for November 2019 released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI).
Hybrids are hitting the high notes, recording generous sales increases in most categories.
For instance, hybrids in the non-private passenger segment show 2026 sales for November – up 95% on November 2018’s 1039 and a 70.4% increase year-to-date (YTD), going from 7540 in 2018 to 12,849 this year.
They’ve rocketed in the popular SUV categories too.
In the private SUV segment, hybrids have leaped from just 46 in November 2018 to 638 in November 2019 – up more than 999%, while YTD figures are nearly as good, up 675.1% from 610 in 2018 to 4728 this year.
Hybrid SUVs in the non-private sector have gone up 708.6% in November comparisons (58 to 469) and 292% in YTD comparisons (865 to 3391).
Electric vehicles and PHEVs are making giant strides too, but not quite in the same numbers.
In the private passenger sector, electric/PHEVs go from 20 in November 2018 to 73 in November 2019 – up 265%, while they rise from 228 in 2018 to 454 in 2019 (99.1%) in YTD comparisons.
Hybrids in that same segment go from 502 in November 2018 to 764 in November 2019 (52.2%) and from 3613 in 2018 to 6103 in 2019 (68.9%) in YTD sales figures.
In the non-private passenger category, electrics/PHEVs rise from 26 in November 2018 to 105 in November 2019, up 303.8%, and from 372 to 533 YTD (43.3%).
Rises are also recorded for sales of SUV electric/PHEVs in both the private and non-private segments.
They go from 27 in November 2018 to 61 in November 2019 (125.9%) and 172 in 2018 to 739 in 2019 YTD (329.7%) in the private category.
And in non-private sales they climb from 29 to 81 in November comparisons (179.3%) and 465 in 2018 to 960 in 2019 YTD (106.5%).
The only other segment to record electric/PHEV vehicle sales is the non-private light commercial category which sees one sold in November 2019 compared with none for the same month in 2018, YTD totals showing a near doubling from 14 in 2018 to 26 in 2019 – up 85.7%.
