At the expense of petrol and diesel
Of all new passenger cars registered in the European Union in 2022, more than 12 percent had a fully electric powertrain. This is evident from figures released by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA).
Of the nearly 9.3 million new passenger cars registered in the European Union last year, 12.1 percent had an electric powertrain. That percentage is 3 percentage points higher than in 2021. The fact that the popularity of cars with a diesel engine is falling was also confirmed in 2022, but significantly fewer new passenger cars with a conventional petrol engine were registered.
Hybrid profit
The share of new passenger cars with a diesel engine fell in 2022 compared to 2021 by 3.2 percentage points to 16.4 percent. Last year, 1,522,686 diesels were registered in the EU, just under 20 percent less than in 2021. Where cars with a conventional petrol engine still accounted for a share of 40 percent in registrations in 2021, that percentage will be 36 in 2022. 4 percent, good for 3,371,153 registrations. That is 12.8 percent less than a year earlier.
Passenger cars with a regular hybrid powertrain (2,089,653 units) took a bite of 22.6 percent from the total in 2022 (2021: 19.6 percent), while plug-ins accounted for 9.4 percent in 2022 (2021: 8 .9 percent). Nearly 875,000 plug-in hybrid passenger cars were registered in the European Union last year, 1.2 percent more than a year earlier.
Electric
A total of 1,123,778 new electric cars will be registered in the European Union in 2022. That was no less than 28 percent more than in 2021 (877,985 units). Most EVs were registered in Germany (471,394 units). In the Netherlands, this involved more than 73,000 EVs. In France, with 203,122 units, about 25 percent more EVs were registered in 2022 than a year earlier. In Italy, EV registrations decreased by 27 percent in 2022 to 49,179 units.
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