国外一家研究机构近日发布的数据显示，更多消费者愿意购买新能源车型。在短短四年时间里，混动/插电混动和纯电动车销量从大约5万辆增至56.5万辆，增加了11倍。中国贡献了新能源汽车的绝大部分销量，从2011年的仅为5200辆增至去年的214283辆，增加了41倍。这表明中国市场销量目前已经占据了全球新能源车型总销量的38%，而在2011年这一比例仅为10%。混动车和纯电动车第二大市场是西欧，去年销量为184500辆，这意味着从2011到2015年，新能源车型销量增长了13倍。而美国去年插电混动和纯电动车销量则下降了3%至115262辆，而2014年为118882辆。随着油价的进一步下跌，新能源车型在美国市场前景不容乐观。而在加拿大，2015年新能源车销量增加了247%，从2014年的1521辆增至去年的5284辆。

 

Study finds global EV and PHEV sales up 80 percent in 2015

Conducted by Avere-France, the national association for the development of electric mobility, the study reveals alternatively-powered cars are gaining more and more traction among buyers. In only four years, the number of rechargeable cars (hybrids/plug-in hybrids and EVs) has increased 11 times, from about 50,000 to more than 565,000.

 

China is a contributing factor for the sales hike, showing an increase from only 5,200 rechargeable vehicles in 2011 to 214,283 units in 2015, up 41 times. The tremendous boost in popularity means China now holds about 38 percent of the global market compared to 2011 when it had only a 10-percent share.

 

The second biggest market for hybrids and electric vehicles is Western Europe where 184,500 "green" cars were sold last year, meaning deliveries of electrified cars increased 13 times compared to 2011.

 

As far as United States is concerned, sales of PHEVs and EVs suffered a decline of three percent last year to 115,262 units compared to 2014 when Americans bought 118,882 cars. That shouldn’t come as a big surprise taking into account a study conducted by the American Automobile Association revealed drivers in United States paid an average price of $2.40 per gallon last year, down by about 94 cents compared to 2014. And with gas prices dipping below the $1 mark at the beginning of this year, the prognosis for sales of alternatively-powered vehicles doesn’t look so great in U.S.

 

Lastly, the study also analyzed the Canadian market where sales of electrified cars jumped by 247 percent in 2015, from the 1,521 units sold in 2014 to 5,284 cars last year.