Markets Roundup May 2016

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May 2016 Top 11 EV Markets

Country	% BEV	% PHEV
China	65	35
USA	52	48
Norway	56	44
UK	31	69
France	82	18
Japan	69	31
Germany	48	52
Sweden	31	69
Belgium Holland	29 40	71 60
Canada	50	50
World	58	42

As one can see, a lot has happened since this last overview, BEV's are losing share (-4%) on a global level, but it could have been worse, as it had the help of China, the largest EV market, where BEV's recovered ground (+4% share), but there were another two markets where all electric vehicles recovered significantly, with  BEV's recovering 6% share in Japan and 23%(!) in the Netherlands, although, in this last case, fiscal incentives had a lot to do with it.

But the overall trend is PHEV's conquering share, and the more blatant cases are Belgium, the new halo market for PHEV's, where plug-in hybrids won 18% share, and Sweden, Norway & Canada, where PHEV's did even better, conquering 23% share in just 11 months...

Even France, a BEV stronghold, plug-in hybrids won share, going from 16% to 18% share.

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