After a severe decline in August, the EU car market picked up significantly in September.
According to data released by the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA), new car sales in the European Union in September were 809163, up 25.
7% from the previous month, down 6.
1% from a year earlier, and have declined for two consecutive months compared with the same period last year.
Among the EU’s four largest car markets, sales in France, Italy and Germany fell 11.
1 per cent, 10.
7 per cent and 7 per cent respectively, while Spain grew by 6.
3 per cent .
, in September, sales of pure electric vehicles reached 139702, up 51% from the previous month, up 9.
8% from a year earlier, accounting for 17.
3% of the entire EU car market, up from 14.
8% last year.
September sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles were 54889, down 22.
3% from a year earlier, accounting for 6.
8% of the entire EU car market, down from 8.
2% last year.
From January to September, EU new car sales reached almost 8 million, an increase of 0.
6 per cent over the same period last year.
Of these, Spain (+ 4.
7%) and Italy (+ 2.
1%) were positive, while the French and German car markets fell by 1.
8% and 1%, respectively.
Sales of pure electric vehicles fell 5.
8 per cent from January to September this year, with a total market share falling to 13.
1 per cent from 14 per cent last year, due to a sharp drop in German sales (- 28.
6 per cent).
According to market research firm EU-EVS, we have compiled the TOP20 brand and model lists of the pure electric vehicle market in 15 EU countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, UK, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Portugal, Italy, Belgium), as well as the sales of Chinese brands in these 15 countries.
▍ brand sales list: seven major brands such as Mingjue and Jixing have doubled and skyrocketed.
, Tesla, Volkswagen and BMW are still the three most popular car brands among European consumers.
Among them, Tesla’s sales doubled in September after falling 56 per cent month-on-month in August.
In addition to Tesla, sales of brands such as Mingjue, Polar Star, Nissan, CUPRA and Porsche all doubled month-on-month.
Among them, due to the surge in MG4 sales, Mingjue sales rose 118% month-on-month, rising 2 places to 11th.
Star sales rose 171% month-on-month, rising 7 places to return to the top 15, mainly due to the sharp increase in Polar 2 sales.
Nissan, CUPRA, Porsche and Vauxhall all made the list again, while Opel, Toyota, Fiat and Seattle all failed.
Chinese brands account for four places in the TOP20 brand list, of which Volvo’s sales rose only 11% month-on-month in September, surpassed by Mercedes-Benz and Skoda, which surpassed Mercedes-Benz and Skoda, which fell to sixth.
▍ model sales list: German cars accounted for 11 seats, Volkswagen ID.
7 became the super dark horse, 
, TOP20 model list, 8 car sales doubled month-on-month soaring, of which Tesla Model Y and 3 sales soared month-on-month, the former still ranked first, while the latter surpassed Skoda and EX30 to win the runner-up again.
Sales of Chinese brands MG4 and Star 2 surged more than double month-on-month, with the former rising 5 places to 13th, while the latter re-entered the list and ranked 15th.
After being on the list for the first time in August, Volkswagen’s ID.
7 sales continued to soar month-on-month, jumping to the top 10 and becoming a “super dark horse” in the European auto market.
Throughout the TOP20 list, German cars occupy 11 seats (Volkswagen has 6 seats, Mercedes-Benz and BMW each have 2 seats, Audi has 1 seat), American cars have 3 seats (Tesla has 2 seats, Ford has 1 seat), Korean Series has 3 seats (Kia has 2 seats, Hyundai has 1 seat), and Chinese Series has 3 seats (Volvo, Mingjue and Polaris each have 1 seat).
The sales of the four major Chinese brands of ▍ exceeded 1,000, Lulai and the red flag dropped sharply, and 
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In addition to the pure electric vehicles produced by the four major foreign brands Tesla, BMW, SMART and Dacia, which were exported to Europe in September, more than 12 Chinese brands’ pure electric vehicles were exported to the European market in September.
Of the 12 brands, Volvo, Mingjue, Polar and BYD sold more than 1,000 vehicles in September.
Among them, the sales of Mingjue and Polar Star surged more than twice as much as the previous month, while BYD’s sales soared by more than 30%.
Volvo’s sales rose 10.
8% month-on-month, making it the largest Chinese brand of pure electric cars exported to Europe.
While sales of Lulai and Red Flag fell by more than 30% month-on-month.
Recently, the official opening of the Weilai Center in the Norwegian capital Oslo, and the simultaneous sale of the flagship model ES8.
The price of ES8 starts at 609000 Norwegian kroner, or about 460000 yuan, which is basically the same as that in China.
The decline in sales of brands such as Lulai and Red Flag may be related to factors such as the European Union’s imposition of countervailing duties on pure electric vehicles in China.
▍ EU decided to impose five-year countervailing duty on Chinese electric vehicles.
Today, the European Commission announced the end of its countervailing investigation on electric vehicles imported from China and decided to impose a final countervailing duty on related products for a period of five years, which will be formally implemented on October 31st.
In terms of specific tax rates, BYD will be levied 17.
0%, Geely 18.
8%, and SAIC will have to pay a tax rate of up to 35.3%. Other unlisted partner companies will be subject to a tariff of 20.7%. Tesla will be subject to a tariff of 7.
8 per cent after submitting an application for individual review.
All other non-cooperative companies will be subject to a tariff of 35.3%. With regard to this practice of the European Union, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce of China pointed out that the countervailing investigation of Chinese electric vehicles by the European Union is unreasonable and irregular, and the Chinese side does not agree with and does not accept the ruling, and has filed a lawsuit under the WTO dispute settlement mechanism.
No matter what the final outcome, starting from tomorrow, China’s pure electric vehicles exported to Europe will be subject to high tariffs, and SAIC, Geely and BYD will suffer a heavy blow.
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