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LONDON (Reuters) – European new car registrations jumped 15.2% in July, the 12th consecutive month of growth as the auto industry recovers from pandemic-related supply chain issues, data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) showed on Wednesday.
Electric vehicle sales jumped 60.6%, continuing a rise buoyed by subsidies in a number of European Union countries. Full EVs accounted for 13.6% of all new car sales, up from under 10% in July 2022.
Plug-in hybrids, which have both a combustion engine and a large battery, accounted for 7.9% of sales, while one in four vehicles sold in the EU was a full hybrid.
Between them, petrol and diesel engine models made up just under 50% of sales. Diesel vehicles, which alone comprised more than 50% of new car sales as recently as 2015, accounted for just over 14% of sales in July.
Europe’s top car seller Volkswagen (ETR:) posted a 17.9% increase in sales in July, the ACEA said, while BMW (ETR:) and Renault (EPA:) saw sales rise 22.5% and 16.9% respectively.
But Stellantis (NYSE:), which has struggled with logistics problems and car deliveries in Europe, posted a 6.1% drop in sales in July.
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