With the increased amount of packages and groceries being delivered to European homes, the need for clean commercial vehicles is increasing. Also, the fact that a lot of cities must improve inner city emissions to comply with emission regulations is adding to the pressure.
Dealership closures have painfully impacted new car registrations in April 2020, but with the pandemic now lasting for a full year, new options such as click & collect have been established. This reduced the losses in the 2nd and 3rd lockdowns. However, adoption strongly depends on the sales channels. Many private customers are still not comfortable buying their cars online.
United Kingdom fleet registrations in the commercial vehicle market increased by 20.9% to 17,220 units in February 2020.
The best sold commercial vehicles in France are the Renault Trafic, the Renault Kangoo, and the Renault Master.
The top ranked commercial vehicle brands in Poland are Ford, Fiat and Renault.
The commercial vehicle market for the Czech Republic contracted by 7% with 1,168 units sold in January.
The top ranked commercial vehicle brands in Norway are Toyota, Volkswagen, and Ford.
Fleet vehicles with alternative powertrains continued to be the focus of Swiss fleet managers in December. In the last month of the year, 45.9% more electric vehicles were registered. The growth of plug-in hybrid models was even stronger.
In 2020, 158,500 true fleet vehicles were sold in the Netherlands, which is 48,100 fewer than 2019.
Commercial fleet sales in the Czech Republic were down 16.1% through all of 2020, despite the market seeing a 11.2% increase in December.
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