Battery electric vehicle (BEV) registrations continue to decline on the European continent as sales growth slows in the US and UK production of the wheeled machines falls sharply.
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The EV revolution is showing early signs of faltering in Europe, while reports also paint a less rosy picture in the US after consultancy JD Power cut its EV sales forecast for growth from 12 percent this year to just 9 percent.
According to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA), BEVs accounted for 12 percent of the EU car market in July, down from 13.5 percent the previous year. New vehicle registrations fell 10.8 percent, with contraction in countries such as Germany (down 36.8 percent) offsetting gains elsewhere.
In the UK, there was a healthy 10.5 per cent year-on-year increase in BEV registrations; this was eclipsed by plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), which saw a 28.2 percent increase in registrations, and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), whose registrations increased by 17.1 percent.
