Sustatainability report 2020 -1 1
TRANSPORTS - SALES OF NEW VEHICLES / ELECTRIC VEH
ICLES (EV) From a vehicle's life cycle perspective, we as dealers are dependent on the car brands we sell developing and producing more models in, for example, the electric vehicle (EV) segment. What we as retailers can influence is how we choose to present the model range to our customers. Through our knowledge of thenew technology and the car manufacturer's model range, we can to some extent influence our cu tomers to choose, for example, an electric vehicle (EV) alternative in connection with their car purchase. GOAL Passenger cars - Higher share of new Electric Vehicles (EV), such as Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV), Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV), and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV), sold in relation to each country's total share of Electric Vehicles (EV) sold. RESULTS • National average of new EV sold in Sweden: 32.2%. Our total sales of new EV amounted to 43.2%. • National average of new EV sold in Norway: 83.4%. Our total sales of new EV amounted to 92.2%. • National average of new EV sold in Belgium: 19.7%. Our total sales of new EV amounted to 26.7%. • National average of new EV sold in Switzerland: 14.3%. Our total sales of new EV amounted to 15.7%. • Our total share of sales of EV for the car brands that offered EV in their range increased to 52.8%, which is an increase of as much as 49.2%. • Our total share of sales of EV incl. passenger cars, commercial vehicles and trucks for all brands, including brands that do not have an EV alternative, amounted to 40.6%, which is an increase of as much as 63.5%. ANALYSIS The development in the automotive industry regarding rechargeable cars took off at the end of 2013 and has since steadily increased to break a new record in 2020 in the proportion of EV of the total new car registration. During the year, we were therefore able to offer our customers a large range of EV. With 15 BEV from 10 different manufacturers and more than 50 EV models from 15 car brands, we were one of the largest dealers of EV of 2020. There is still a noticeable difference in the proportion of EV sold in Norway compared to Sweden and not least Belgium and Switzerland. A major reason why our sales of EV increased significantly in 2020 is that the model range was significantly larger. At the same time, we see that customers today are much more aware of their choice of products, and not least its climate impact. In combination with expanded infrastructure for charging and the new tax and emission regulations, this contributes to a greater interest from our customers to replace their existing petrol / diesel vehicles with a rechargeable alternative. 20 I.A. HEDIN BIL AB / SUSTAINABILITY REPORT / 2020