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Recently in europe on vacation I noticed the the majority of electric cars were VW ID models then Tesla. I did manage to see two BYD vehicles.

by t1234s 2y ago

eckesicle 2y ago
EV popularity varies a lot from country to country. Stockholm is jokingly referred to as Teslatown these days. In the UK it’s pretty mixed between Tesla, VW, Kia, BYD, and BMW. France like their Peugeots … In Italy last year I saw one EV in the whole time I was there … (although it’s supposedly 5% of new car sales)
Symbiote 2y ago
According to this site, which claims to be tracking European EV registrations, you'd expect to see VW, but BYD isn't in the top 8. Tesla is so low for this quarter I suspect the data isn't yet there. https://eu-evs.com/marketShare/ALL/Brands/Bar/All-time-by-Quarters https://eu-evs.com/marketShare/ALL/Brands/Bar/All-time-by-Qu... Edit: Yes, I think this site isn't ready for Q1 2025. Look back in a few days maybe.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 2y ago
  There a few European countries that publish daily details cars registration numbers. Here's Tesla in Norway: https://eu-evs.com/brands/TESLA/NO/Models-Daily https://eu-evs.com/brands/TESLA/NO/Models-Daily Looks like delivery of their most popular model took off once they've finished retooling the production lines (March 11). They seem to prioritize specific countries, NO being the first maybe? The big question now is: how long would it take to compensate for the weeks with near zero deliveries at the start of Q1?
rsynnott 2y ago
Yeah, they’re kind of conflating two things. BYD is way up globally, Tesla is way down in Europe. But that doesn’t mean that BYD is taking over Europe; the European market is increasingly dominated by VW AG and BMW. It’s also kind of regional; if you’d visited Ireland, say, you’d probably assume Hyundai was either the largest or second-largest, but Europe-wide it’s not that big. There are European markets (notably the UK, which still ends up in many European stats for this) where BYD is a big deal.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 2y ago
  >BYD is way up globally Way more up on plugins than BEV, though.

Recently in europe on vacation I noticed the the majority of electric cars were VW ID models then Tesla. I did manage to see two BYD vehicles.

by t1234s 2y ago

Recently in europe on vacation I noticed the the majority of electric cars were VW ID models then Tesla. I did manage to see two BYD vehicles.

eckesicle 2y ago

EV popularity varies a lot from country to country. Stockholm is jokingly referred to as Teslatown these days. In the UK it’s pretty mixed between Tesla, VW, Kia, BYD, and BMW. France like their Peugeots … In Italy last year I saw one EV in the whole time I was there … (although it’s supposedly 5% of new car sales)

Symbiote 2y ago

According to this site, which claims to be tracking European EV registrations, you'd expect to see VW, but BYD isn't in the top 8. Tesla is so low for this quarter I suspect the data isn't yet there. https://eu-evs.com/marketShare/ALL/Brands/Bar/All-time-by-Quarters https://eu-evs.com/marketShare/ALL/Brands/Bar/All-time-by-Qu... Edit: Yes, I think this site isn't ready for Q1 2025. Look back in a few days maybe.

rcMgD2BwE72F 2y ago
There a few European countries that publish daily details cars registration numbers. Here's Tesla in Norway: https://eu-evs.com/brands/TESLA/NO/Models-Daily https://eu-evs.com/brands/TESLA/NO/Models-Daily Looks like delivery of their most popular model took off once they've finished retooling the production lines (March 11). They seem to prioritize specific countries, NO being the first maybe? The big question now is: how long would it take to compensate for the weeks with near zero deliveries at the start of Q1?

rsynnott 2y ago

Yeah, they’re kind of conflating two things. BYD is way up globally, Tesla is way down in Europe. But that doesn’t mean that BYD is taking over Europe; the European market is increasingly dominated by VW AG and BMW. It’s also kind of regional; if you’d visited Ireland, say, you’d probably assume Hyundai was either the largest or second-largest, but Europe-wide it’s not that big. There are European markets (notably the UK, which still ends up in many European stats for this) where BYD is a big deal.

rcMgD2BwE72F 2y ago
>BYD is way up globally Way more up on plugins than BEV, though.