Stellantis has surpassed Tesla and now puts the Volkswagen Group in its sights in its particular reign for the leadership of the electric car in Europe. Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, highlights the excellent sales of electric cars recorded in the first half of the year. Registration figures that allow the car group to focus on the fight for first place.
The fight for the leadership of sustainable mobility in Europe intensifies. Stellantisthe fourth largest vehicle manufacturer in the world, aspires to take over the leadership of the electric car in the European territory. After closing a magnificent first half of 2022, this automobile conglomerate is now targeting none other than the Volkswagen Group.
Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, has revealed that, after overtaking Tesla, the new rival to beat is the Volkswagen Group: “We are fighting head-on for first place in terms of sales of electric vehicles in the European market.”
Stellantis already sells more electric cars than Tesla in Europe
Between the months of January and June 2022 Stellantis electric car sales in Europe reached 105,413 units. She stayed one step away from reaching the Volkswagen Group that accounted for 116,307 units registered. In the third step of the podium was Tesla with 78,277 units sold, according to figures provided by Dataforce.
The main architect of the boost in sales of electrical products from Stellantis has been the small FIAT 500. A model that can boast of having been the best-selling electric car in Europe during the second quarter of the year. It is the first since the last quarter of 2020 that a Tesla model does not close a quarter as a category leader.
Tavares highlighted to investors that the FIAT 500 was the best-selling electric car in Italy and Germany during the second quarter. Another of the key models in Stellantis’ electric offensive is the Peugeot e-208, which ranked first in his native France during the same time period.
Video test of the Peugeot e-2008, one of the most popular electric cars from Stellantis
Stellantis best-selling electric cars in Europe
The Tesla’s performance during the second quarter of 2022 has been especially burdened for various issues. First of all, there are the closures that its factory in Shanghai (China) has suffered and, on the other hand, there is the fact that the activity in its new German facilities has not yet reached acceptable levels. Despite this issue, its main models, the Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y, remain among the most popular.
During the first half of the year, the aforementioned Tesla models occupied the first two places in Europe. Between January and June, Tesla sold 39,969 Model Y units and 38,280 Model 3 units. Third place went to the FIAT 500 with 32,315 units. At the gates of the podium, the Peugeot e-208 has remained with 21,918 units and, closing this Top 5, in fifth position, we have the Skoda Enyaq iV with 19,951 copies sold.
The prominence that Stellantis is giving to its line of electric vans is another of the determining issues of these sales figures. Only Citroën ë-Berlingo registered 956 units, when in the first half of 2021 only 24 units were reached respectively. The Peugeot e-Rifter and the Opel Combo-e are also doing well in terms of sales.
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