By John Ensor • Published: 04 Jan 2024 • 21:05
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Is the electric vehicle industry at a crossroads? The new year brings a stark reality check for Spain’s electric car sector, as sales fall short of initial projections.
In Spain, the close of last year saw electric vehicle sales, including passenger cars, vans, commercial vehicles, buses, and trucks, reach 125,681.
This figure represents a 48.7 per cent increase from the previous year but falls significantly short of the 190,000 sales target set by the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC).
These sales account for just 12 per cent of the total market share, a stark contrast to the European average of 20 per cent.
The main Spanish automotive associations, including Anfac, Faconauto, Ganvam, and Aedive, are united in their concern. They emphasize the necessity for new fiscal measures, a revamp of the current Moves III Plan, and a rejuvenation of the vehicle fleet.
The goal is to motivate citizens and businesses to embrace electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles. ‘The user has solid aid to alleviate the price gap with gasoline or diesel, but the delay in receiving the aid weighs down the incentives,’ a representative from Anfac said.
Despite the 2024 market’s sluggish growth, Faconauto remains hopeful, proposing autonomous community-led fleet renewal plans to advance decarbonization.
Both Ganvam and Aedive echo the sentiment, urging the Administration to implement measures that boost demand through tax incentives and a reimagined Moves Plan.
The target of having 5.5 million electric models on the roads by the PNIEC deadline currently seems distant, with approximately 465,000 electric vehicles currently in circulation.
As the electric vehicle sector navigates through these challenges, the emphasis on government intervention and industry adaptation becomes increasingly vital.
The collective voice of Spain’s automobile industry rings clear: without significant changes and incentives, the road to electrification and decarbonization may face considerable obstacles.
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Originally from Doncaster, Yorkshire, John now lives in Galicia, Northern Spain with his wife Nina. He is passionate about news, music, cycling and animals.
They might be practible in large cities but much of Spain is rural and there is a lack of charging points plus we can’t park outside our own homes to charge from there and without a garage … I would love to go electric but …
err Overpriced, fire risks, range anxiety, fights at charge stations,unreliability, and lose money like a stone, only a fool buys a EV a NOT Needed product..
These EV vehicles are a complete waste of money, no infrastructure in place for the chargers and as said previously it is rare that a person can actually park outside his own home so how does he charge this usless vehicle. By the time the goverments of the EU get round to fixing the charging problem we will have discovered a cheaper power source and better cars, they have an incredibly short life span, incredibly heavy and here in Spain with our poorly maintained roads they vehicles will wreak havoc, not worth the money.
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