Electric cars in Poland are struggling: 4.8% in August compared to 5.1% since January. Europe is moving away from us [ACEA]

The European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) released the latest statistics on electric vehicle sales in Poland and Europe following its August break. Poland, as usual, ranks at the bottom of the list, with a downward trend: electric vehicles accounted for 5.1 percent at the start of the year, while that figure dropped to just 4.8 percent in August. If this continues, we will swap places with Croatia, which is currently last in the rankings, by December.

Electric Vehicles in Europe: An Overview

First, the chart from the beginning of the year (illustration below). Poland is the ONLY country in all of Europe that experienced a year-on-year decline during this period. In Romania, it increased by 50 percent, and in Bulgaria by over 100 percent. It’s generally difficult to find countries that did not have at least double-digit year-on-year growth. In Poland, however, fuel seems to have been too cheap, as we did not feel the heavy burden of rising fuel costs imposed on us by Russia and, increasingly, the United States (source):

The figures for Germany (515,545 units) and France (322,099 units) are absolutely unprecedented, though it should be noted that both countries have reinstated subsidies for electric vehicles. Against this backdrop, the United Kingdom performs very well, surpassing France (355,748 units) even without subsidies and with relatively expensive charging costs. Denmark is closely following Norway in terms of the share of electric vehicles in total sales (80.6% from January to the end of August), and even exceeds Norway in terms of volume. Several countries are already around 50%, while the European Union has managed to reach 21.7% as of January.

In August, the Union’s performance was significantly better, at 27.7 percent. Poland, as mentioned earlier, dropped to 4.8 percent, but fortunately we still have Cyprus (4.6 percent) and Croatia (4.0 percent). At the other end of the scale is Norway, where electric cars accounted for 98.7 percent, and Denmark, where BEVs made up 85.9 percent of the market. Even France approached 40 percent, which is an excellent result for a country with such diverse social and economic conditions. In Germany, similarly, nearly one in three new cars were BEVs, a fact that reportedly surprised even Volkswagen, prompting it to change its production targets:

Editor’s note from Elektrowozu: the above two charts plus the ongoing “largest conference in this part of Europe dedicated to e-mobility” are like a collision between two worlds. Something here is completely off, but it seems to be a topic for a separate article.

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