The statistics implies a upturn in the world now second largest auto market – China ran about 2009 – by almost 6 percent compared with 2013. Growth after the financial crisis has been stable for five years, writes Reuters.
And according to industry representatives expected sales growth to continue in 2015 but at a slower pace. Forecasts for total sales this year varies between 16.7 and 17 million vehicles.
Super Eco cars, then electric cars and plug-in hybrids, is growing even stronger as a percentage, about 22 percent more sold in 2014 than in 2013, reports the branch site Insideevs. But in absolute terms, they are still few, just over 118 000 sold during the year. The market remains therefore a measly 0.7 percent, about half of the corresponding figure in Sweden.
Our success is very unevenly distributed, both for traditional fossil fuel vehicles and green cars. The oil price collapse has led to gasoline in many places in the US now costs over $ 2 per gallon, equivalent to down 4 crowns per liter. The largest sales comets at the end of 2014 has been the thirsty pickup models, the Chevrolet Silverado and Chrysler Group’s Ram. Ford’s similar car, F, leads still leaderboard, with a total of almost 754,000 copies sold.
– I think it will be very difficult for small cars, particularly because the hybrids and electric cars, said Mike Jackson, CEO at the dominant dealership chain AutoNation, according to The Wall Street Journal.
So far, is celebrating However, electric cars new triumphs. Nissan Leaf sold 30 200 copies in 2014, which according Insideevs is the first time a pollution free car reaches the 30,000 mark in a calendar year in any country in the world.
And 3500 Tesla S is calculated to have been delivered in the US In December, although it according to the site world record for an electric vehicle during a single month.
For the full year ports Tesla S second among electric cars, with over 17,000 copies sold, while the BMW I3 is third with just over 6 000 sold.
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