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Hybrid Vehicle Components
The popularity of hybrid vehicles (those that combine two sources of energy) and electric vehicles is on the increase. In 2017, interannual growth rates for both were around 80%. A greater offer from manufacturers, aided, in the case of electric vehicles, by the possibility of subscribing to (few) plans with subsidies for purchasing vehicles, pushed new vehicle registrations up. The number of electric vehicles currently on the roads is in line with this market’s annual volume of new vehicle registrations with strong growth over the last 3 years.
It has been reported that there is a total of 27,689 units of electric vehicles in use. Sales of hybrid-electric cars went up in particular in Spain, where the market share increased from 1.8 % in 2015 to 4.5 % in 2017. Spain is one of the leading EU member states in the “Eco-Electrobility” market. 74 Spanish automotive companies and technology centers have contributed to over 60% of European Eco-Electromobility projects. Renault, Mercedes, Nissan, and Peugeot-Citroen are already producing full electric powered and hybrid vehicles in the country, and Comarth, a Spanish manufacturer, produces 100% full electric vehicles
Accompanying the rise in electric vehicles are the auto-parts manufacturers with plants in Spain, who are already providing specific components and systems for electric/hybrid vehicles. Necobaut, Somabat, and Greenlion are three Spanish companies and research technology centers who are leading projects for new, alternative batteries.
In collaboration with France and Germany, Spain is participating in the European Smart Grids projects and currently has 1,000+ private and public charging points for electric vehicles.
Current production of electric vehicles in Spain for the world include the following models (1 hybrid & 5 electric):
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