Cars, the market is recovering in Italy but electric is still advancing too slowly

The sale of electric cars is increasing but we are still far from the European average.Charging stations are growing and the rise of e-bikes is stalling.

Last year in Italy the market of car marked a recovery after a difficult period.There electric mobility it is growing but not yet at the level of the European average, despite the boom in charging stations;and if compared to the numbers of e-bikes we are witnessing a phase of physiological adjustment, sales of electric motorcycles and scooters are decreasing.This is the photograph taken from the eighth edition of the White Paper “Sustainable mobility and electric vehicles” by Repower, a group active in the energy and sustainable mobility sector.

A snapshot of the state of the art of sustainable mobility

By aggregating indicators, numbers and forecasts, the work offers a broad overview of the state of the art of sustainable mobility within a rapidly and continuously evolving energy and legislative scenario.If 2022 had marked a decline in new car registrations of 9.7 percent compared to the previous year, in 2023 there was a decisive recovery with a leap forward of 18.87 percent:in absolute numbers, the number went from 1,322,096 registrations to 1,572,144.

In this context, the spread of vehicles full electric rises but still too slowly:last year there were 66,276 new registrations, with an increase of 35 percent.Positive numbers which, however, fail to fill the gap gap with Europe, where the market share of all battery-powered vehicles registered in 2023 reached 14.6 percent:Italy stops at 4.2 percent, equal to less than a third of the rest of the continent.

Electric cars are recharged mainly in private garages

Even on the front of the charging infrastructure Italy is lagging behind its European partners, but in this case the numbers are more encouraging.Last year the threshold of 50 thousand charging points public installations, with an increase of 38 percent compared to 2022.Nonetheless, to date the majority of electric car owners in Italy recharge their vehicle in own garage:domestic charging points have exceeded quota 400 thousand, ten times as much as those for public use.

As he explains Fabio Bocchiola, CEO of Repower Italia, “we have left behind a year characterized by lights and shadows, with some sectors moving forward at a rapid pace, such as charging infrastructure, and others less so, such as sales of zero-emission cars:the general panorama of sustainable mobility is therefore confirmed to be constantly evolving given the speed with which technologies and solutions for users change".

Electric motorcycles and scooters are still not making it big

Chapter e-bikes:after the real thing boom of recent years which saw sales go from 56 thousand in 2015 to 337 thousand in 2022, last year there were slight signs of a slowdown which, the report highlights, represent a physiological adjustment.The numbers involved are decidedly less encouraging electric motorbikes and scooters, which in 2023 recorded a decline of 26.3 percent with only 12 thousand new vehicles registered.All in the face of a new one growth of sales of internal combustion motorcycles, scooters and mopeds:with over 337 thousand new registrations (+15.7 percent) this is the best result since 2010.In essence, electric two-wheeled vehicles are not making it big, but in this case it is a trend that unites all of Europe as highlighted by the statistics ofAcem, the European producers association.