(ELECTRIC) SURGE! Carmakers electric car plans across Europe 2019-2025 July 2019 2 Transport rather it aims to give some insights on what can be expected from the EU vehicle market in the medium-term future based on the carmakers production plans known to date. The purpose of this report is to analyse the impact of current industrial plans and CO2 regulations on the European market - it should not be considered as a market forecast. 2. Carmakers EV plans across Europe: 2019 to 2025 2.1. Forecast data on EV production This report is based on the T a single common standard is applied. Light vehicles have a Gross Vehicle Weight below 6 tons and combine the passenger car and small truck vehicle types. Micro cars and three wheelers are excluded. 6Vehicles can be produced in Europe with part of the vehicle being imported from outside the EU (e.g. the powertrain or the battery). 7In terms of industrial plans the 2030 timeframe is too distant to assess production plans as it is not within the timeframe of current product developments and would thus be highly speculative. 8In practice the following countries marked as European in the database were excluded: Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Serbia, Belarus and Turkey. Unless specified otherwise, Europe or EU is used to designate the EU region.