The electric market is growing in Spain. But it happens at a very slow rate. If we receive the registration information for September, according to ANFAC A number of 43,895 electric coins have been registered in Spain this year alone, which represents an increase of barely 2.98% with the same month last year.
The news is worrying that, despite the record month (in September 2024, 50% more electric cars were registered than in September 2023), the share of this technology continues to remain at 4.90% of Sales.
The reasons can be different. There are those who still break the myth that there are no electric cars for traveling, who think that there is still a lack of plugs, whose car does not fit because they do not have a disc at home. Or those who simply believe that electric cars are expensive.
This is still a significant barrier to entry for this type of technology. Because even though our calculator they say the savings could be thousands of dollars if we opt for an electric car within a decade, but the truth is that the prices are scary in a market where small and cheap cars remain prioritized.
To give us an idea, the best selling car in Spain is the Dacia Sandero. And among the 10 best-selling cars, we also find the Seat Ibiza (third position), Seat Arona (fifth), MG ZS (sixth), Renault Clio (seventh) or Peugeot 2008 (ninth).
This is to say, the Spanish customer is clearly betting on a a small or low-priced carTypical of an entry range that He rose in years. Receiving information from Km77Of the previous cases, only Seats Arona and Peugeot 2008 do not have versions below 20,000 coins. Of the rest of the vehicles that sell the most in the top ten vehicles in Spain (Toyota Corolla, Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage and Nissan Qashqai), only the Hyundai and Nissan models exceed (and barely) 30,000 euros in the most basic version.
At this point, again using the comparator Km77between 15,000 and 30,000 are reported (before aid a MOVE III Plan) The following vehicles were sold in our country;
- Dacia Ver
- Leapmotor T03
- Citroën ë-C3
- Opel Frontera
- Let it be 500e
- Corsa
- MG 4 Electric
- MG ZS EV
- KGM Korando
Of those who offer the most mileage CorsaMG 4 Electric, MG ZS EV, KGM Korando, which are moving ranges between 350 and 320 kilometers WLTP Given the road, it will be much closer to 200 useful kilometers than 250 kilometers.
If we lift the bar, the first car is more than 500 kilometers of autonomy WLTP (assuming more than 300 kilometers on the road). Toyota bZ4Xthat’s right get a big discount in its price, and that requires at least 34500 cash. Hey Renault Megane (38,400 reported) is close to this figure with 470 kilometers of autonomy. But it is necessary to go to the MG4 Range Extended (39,230 euros) to find again a car that overcomes the 500 kilometer barrier.
Useful, but the price is scary
In my opinion, I think that it is not necessary to be used to fight, which guarantees those 500 kilometers of autonomy WLTP. If you have a spare in the garage, a 60 kWh battery is enough for a driver who travels twelve kilometers a day and only makes one or two really long trips a year.
It is true on that journey 60 kWh battery and slow you down Compared to a combustion car (it will give you about 280-300 real kilometers on the road before the battery line) but the savings will be so great for the rest of the year in fuel that it will probably be worth it. The more you use the car in the city, the greater the savings will be, because the combustion of the vehicle in these cases uses more fuel and there will be greater wear and tear.
But you must put yourself in a shoe average customernot from a motoring journalist who uses electric cars almost every day. A good portion of customers who do not have these calculations in their heads will continue to consider that an electric car is not for them. a question every day or you don’t want to worry when you go on a trip. And above all he observes this one thing: the artists ask that 25 thousand coins hardly be in the cars And they will take you on a journey of 200 or 250 kilometers along the way
That disbelief is very difficult to overcome. That’s why brands have long been starting to play with another strategy: flexible financing. The client makes a payment of a few thousand coins and has three or four years ahead of him with a really attractive payment that in many cases does not exceed a hundred coins.
At the end of the contract, there are two options: either you return the car or you pay the exit fee, which is usually very high. The device does not lose power to the car and can give it a second life. In addition, the car on the market has put it difficult to exit, because the potential client does not want to spend more than ten thousand dollars as an entry into the financing, which will be affordable later. The client, on his part, has the first access to the client and after three or four years they check again.
In the previous months; propagation examples. The last and most famous is Renault, which does the trick MOVE III Plan. Advance assistance that the client expects (4,500 cash or 7,000 cash if the vehicle is scrapped) for 18 months without interest. With that money you will pay for the car payment (or a large part of it) and a Renault 5 40 kWh and 120 HP engine that is launched on the market for 27,900 euros becomes a rent with the right to purchase at a rate of 25 index / month three years
Without leaving the Renault Vel company, Dacia has put a lot of emphasis on the acquisition of this type of vehicle with the spring launch. The same operation follows the logic. The campaign is now active to deliver an entrance fee of 6,637 coins, less than the maximum amount of MOTION 3 Plan (per advanced brand), and a three-year payment of 55 coins/month. The customer decides after 36 months whether to pay off the remaining cash or return the car.
Generally, the step is to report the car and look for financing that will open the door for us again. in terms of access to this vehicle. Another option is to buy the car and buy it at a price higher than the last 100 Euros in the second market or to recover the maximum possible. Although it is complicated in electric cars, since it is the type of vehicle that matters; quickly diminishes.
In this way, Dacia manages to put a car on the market that has a less than acceptable outgoing price of 17,890 coins. If the client ends up getting the vehicle, he will pay about twenty dollars in cash for the same car (including help from the MOVE III Plan) and if he returns it, the manufacturer keeps the thing so it can give it another life.
We have noted recent cases, but there are many examples. Let it be the same for his 500e: entry 5,758 cash and 22 MONTHS 119 euros. Of course we have to consider another payment in month 19 of 7,021 index and the last payment that Any kind of purchase is discouraged more than 20,000 European coins. Anyone who gets a car will pay about 35,000 coins.
The Empire that Citroën repeats and this we can see on the offerer’s page. Since the Citroën ë-C3 is allowed, in this case, in rental mode, so there is no exit fee to keep the vehicle. The opening fee is 2,872 coins and the rental extends for two years at 99 percent of coins/month. For a little more, but with the possibility of saving the car, the Citroën ë-C4 is announced with an entry fee of 7,325 coins (a little more moving the III Plan) and 36 installments of 120 coins. Of course, with the average salary of another 7000 coins. If you choose this option, you will end up paying 37,284.17.
That is, to opt for the cheapest? Not at all. But brands need to sell electric cars with a box new emissions limits on land for 2025 and the buyer needs an affordable authorization that allows, at least temporarily, to completely decapitalize the vehicle without having to face much more expensive payments. A seam, but the amount that can be enough for both sides.
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