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Sales of New Electric Cars in Europe rose 4.02% in 3Q2022

Jiří Staník
November 10, 2022

Sales of electrically-chargeable vehicles amounted to 555 thousand in 3Q2022, 21.5 thousand more than the last year.

Electric cars represented 23.2% of all new cars sold in 3Q2022, up from 22.4% a year ago.

Most electric vehicles have been sold in Germany (182 thousand), while Cyprus registered the biggest increase in sales when compared to last year.

Electric Chargeable Cars

Sales of new electrically-chargeable passenger cars (battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles) reached 555 thousand in the third quarter of 2022 in the enlarged Europe (EU plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland), according to ACEA. This is 4.02% more, or 533 thousand more than in the previous year.

Share of electric chargeable vehicles increased to 23.2% of all new passenger cars sold in 3Q2022, up from 22.4% seen in the third quarter of 2021. Most electric vehicles (182 thousand) were sold in Germany (up 10.1% yoy), followed by the United Kingdom (83.1 thousand, up 3.72%), France with 73.4 thousand thousand cars (up 13.8%), 30.6 thousand new vehicles were registered in Sweden (up 9.74%) and 29.7 thousand in Norway (down 25.3%). The five largest countries accounted for 71.9% of total new vehicles registered in the third quarter of 2022:

As partly seen above, the sale of battery-electric (BEV) increased by 14.9% when compared to last year, while registration of plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) fell by 9.92%.

In relative terms, Norway liked the electric chargeable vehicles the most in the third quarter of 2022 with 86.7% of all new passenger cars sold followed by Iceland (51.0%) and Sweden (50.6%).

On the other end of the scale was Czechia with only 3.86%, Bulgaria with 3.81% and Slovakia with just 3.63% of electric cars sold, as % of total:

Hybrid Electric and Other Alternatively-Powered Cars

When hybrid electric vehicles (cars that combine a conventional internal combustion engine system with an electric propulsion system) and other alternatively-powered cars (such as natural gas vehicles (NGV), LPG-fueled vehicles and ethanol (E85) vehicles) are included, total sales of alternatively-powered cars (other than using diesel or petrol) amounted to 1,172 thousand vehicles in the third quarter of 2022. This is 5.02% more, or 56 thousand more than in the previous year.

Together with electric chargeable vehicles, the share of total alternatively-powered vehicles increased to 48.9% of all new passenger cars sold in 3Q2022, up from 46.8% seen in the third quarter of 2021:

In relative terms, Norway liked the alternatively-powered vehicles the most in the third quarter of 2022 with 93.8% of all new passenger cars sold followed by Finland (71.4%) and Iceland (68.2%). On the other hand, alternatively-fuelled cars represented only 22.7% of all cars sold in Slovenia, 20.7% in Czechia and 6.28% in Bulgaria, according to ACEA.

Petrol and Diesel-Powered Cars

Sales of traditionally-powered vehicles using petrol and diesel reached 1,223 thousand in the third quarter of 2022 in the enlarged Europe, according to ACEA. This is 3.63%, or 46.0 thousand fewer than in the previous year.

Some 873 thousand petrol-powered vehicles were sold, down 3.03% when compared to a year ago. The share decreased to 36.5% of all new passenger cars sold in 3Q2022, down from 37.8% seen in the third quarter of 2021. Share of diesel-powered cars fell to 14.6% (from 15.4% in 3Q2021) with 350 thousand cars sold in the third quarter of 2022.

As a result, share of traditionally-powered cars amounted to 51.1% of all new passenger cars sold in 3Q2022, down from 53.2% seen in the third quarter of 2021.

In relative terms, Bulgaria liked the petrol-fuelled vehicles the most in the third quarter of 2022 with 88.1% of all new passenger cars sold followed by Lithuania (60.5%) and Czechia (58.4%). On the other hand, diesel-powered cars were preferred most in Ireland (27.2% of all cars sold), followed by Austria (with 23.7%) and Luxembourg (21.7%).

Relative and Absolute Sales of Cars by Power

The following charts show where the most cars are sold absolutely and relatively in Europe and elsewhere in the world:

1. Electric Passenger Cars

2. Alternative Fuelled Passenger Cars (LPG, CNG)

3. Diesel Fuelled Passenger Cars

4. Petrol Fuelled Passenger Cars

Sales of Electric Chargeable Passenger Cars in Europe (thousands of vehicles)

Country 4Q2020 1Q2021 2Q2021 3Q2021 4Q2021 1Q2022 2Q2022 3Q2022
Austria 10.2 10.3 12.9 12.2 12.5 10.4 10.7 12.5
Belgium 19.9 16.8 18.4 17.4 17.9 24.9 22.4 21.7
Bulgaria ... 0.086 0.142 0.151 0.150 0.184 0.342 0.283
Croatia 0.330 0.201 0.352 0.460 0.861 0.457 0.366 0.719
Cyprus 0.020 0.055 0.049 0.048 0.028 0.101 0.169 0.179
Czechia 2.33 1.53 1.96 1.36 1.70 1.54 2.05 1.73
Denmark 14.1 10.5 15.3 17.2 22.4 11.5 13.3 13.8
Estonia 0.172 0.139 0.238 0.167 0.148 0.254 0.344 0.256
Finland 5.20 7.24 8.87 6.29 7.89 7.47 7.18 7.60
France 74.8 61.7 82.6 64.5 94.4 72.8 83.3 73.4
Germany 190 143 170 166 204 152 155 182
Greece 1.25 1.30 1.91 1.60 2.16 1.78 2.31 1.82
Hungary 2.53 1.48 1.79 2.26 3.02 2.54 2.16 2.31
Iceland 1.23 1.08 1.60 2.01 2.30 2.12 2.74 1.94
Ireland 0.553 5.55 2.95 6.78 1.27 10.2 3.20 8.54
Italy 29.9 29.8 38.6 31.9 37.2 30.9 33.8 22.7
Latvia 0.104 0.097 0.170 0.128 0.174 0.212 0.333 0.381
Lithuania 0.125 0.122 0.343 0.386 0.572 0.490 0.471 0.535
Luxembourg 2.17 2.27 2.21 2.10 2.52 2.68 2.53 2.30
Netherlands 49.9 12.2 19.9 21.2 41.8 22.4 25.9 24.4
Norway 38.2 29.8 39.6 39.8 42.8 29.1 31.4 29.7
Poland 3.54 2.93 4.01 3.90 5.61 4.73 5.08 5.57
Portugal 7.55 4.98 7.57 6.86 9.51 7.62 7.60 8.26
Romania 1.44 0.415 0.459 1.04 5.34 2.11 2.35 3.26
Slovakia 0.376 0.397 0.595 0.553 0.726 0.666 0.718 0.659
Slovenia 0.664 0.364 0.406 0.509 0.640 0.729 0.618 0.752
Spain 20.1 10.6 17.8 16.5 22.1 17.7 20.4 17.3
Sweden 37.5 32.4 36.8 27.9 38.3 37.4 37.4 30.6
Switzerland 14.7 9.07 13.6 13.6 13.8 13.8 13.6 12.8
UK 66.2 58.4 73.7 80.1 93.1 93.9 72.6 83.1
EU 584 447 564 533 666 548 545 555
Source: ACEA, Helgi Library

Sales of Hybrid Passenger Cars in Europe (thousands of vehicles)

Country 4Q2020 1Q2021 2Q2021 3Q2021 4Q2021 1Q2022 2Q2022 3Q2022
Austria 9.29 10.2 12.4 10.3 9.14 9.74 11.0 9.83
Belgium 2.88 66.7 5.29 4.96 4.01 54.5 7.04 6.94
Bulgaria 0.114 0.151 0.173 0.169 0.150 0.201 0.182 0.184
Croatia 0.721 1.37 2.02 1.67 1.38 2.09 2.48 1.91
Cyprus 0.364 0.500 0.735 0.678 0.562 0.824 0.976 0.906
Czechia 4.95 5.40 7.62 6.25 6.18 6.65 7.93 6.35
Denmark 3.05 7.45 9.53 8.03 1.88 7.74 7.70 6.98
Estonia 0.759 1.44 1.72 1.68 1.23 1.92 1.63 1.54
Finland 5.32 8.17 8.11 6.69 5.15 7.12 7.05 6.06
France 59.1 70.8 82.4 63.9 72.8 75.8 88.3 73.9
Germany 121 101 120 113 95.1 122 112 111
Greece 3.79 5.06 7.32 5.90 5.11 6.19 9.33 7.27
Hungary 11.8 12.9 12.6 11.6 11.0 11.6 10.4 9.22
Iceland 0.223 0.331 0.926 0.713 0.302 0.459 1.39 0.654
Ireland 0.308 9.21 2.70 6.60 0.739 12.7 2.49 5.66
Italy 96.7 120 123 85.8 93.8 113 111 104
Latvia 0.518 0.792 1.10 1.08 0.678 0.978 0.985 1.24
Lithuania 2.18 0.775 1.52 1.24 1.59 1.38 1.26 1.06
Luxembourg 1.15 1.77 2.16 1.84 1.46 2.01 1.76 2.18
Netherlands 15.5 19.2 18.9 19.9 16.1 21.5 18.1 20.3
Norway 3.55 2.57 3.42 2.06 1.73 1.18 2.07 2.42
Poland 25.9 30.8 34.9 33.3 28.4 33.1 37.5 31.6
Portugal 4.64 4.13 6.39 4.15 4.42 5.90 5.93 6.64
Romania 5.67 5.52 6.96 10.4 7.88 7.90 8.54 9.24
Slovakia 2.64 2.61 4.64 4.23 3.68 4.44 4.27 3.89
Slovenia 0.416 1.31 1.72 1.55 1.46 1.72 1.71 1.53
Spain 51.0 41.0 66.8 50.6 61.0 46.7 68.6 56.4
Sweden 7.15 6.14 7.02 4.72 4.32 6.12 6.81 6.19
Switzerland 12.5 11.6 14.1 13.1 13.4 13.4 14.1 12.5
UK 84.4 109 133 123 78.8 122 116 128
EU 482 595 622 526 469 627 591 566
Source: ACEA, Helgi Library

Sales of Alternatively-Powered Passenger Cars Other Than Electric in Europe (thousands of vehicles)

Country 4Q2020 1Q2021 2Q2021 3Q2021 4Q2021 1Q2022 2Q2022 3Q2022
Austria 0.012 0.025 0.036 0.018 0.007 0.034 0.010 0.008
Belgium 0.193 0.388 0.894 0.721 0.629 0.144 0.720 0.640
Bulgaria 0.001 0.012 0 0 0.023 0.004 0 0
Croatia 0.324 0.327 0.581 0.579 0.510 0.378 0.764 0.412
Cyprus 0 0 0.001 0.001 0 0 0 0.001
Czechia 0.592 0.497 0.913 0.847 0.856 1.28 1.18 1.20
Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estonia 0 0.188 0.095 0.121 0.062 0.102 0.061 0.091
Finland 0 0.307 0.275 0.193 0.146 0.135 0.072 0.210
France 5.89 9.42 12.8 13.6 13.2 16.5 15.6 11.6
Germany 3.27 2.52 3.72 3.27 4.56 5.72 2.92 4.28
Greece 0.295 0.533 0.884 0.986 0.991 0.869 0.846 1.05
Hungary 0.140 0.206 0.072 0.210 0.239 0.231 0.304 0.172
Iceland 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.004 0 0 0
Ireland 0 0.024 0.091 0.179 0.017 0.573 0.066 0.081
Italy 29.7 36.5 40.8 31.3 29.7 34.5 32.6 26.3
Latvia 0.058 0.043 0.075 0.086 0.077 0.092 0.068 0.094
Lithuania 0.051 0.050 0.076 0.102 0.090 0.122 0.064 0.083
Luxembourg 0 0 0.001 0.002 0 0.002 0 0
Netherlands 0.732 0.399 0.584 0.566 0.718 0.568 0.595 0.400
Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poland 4.82 3.06 3.11 3.31 4.05 3.84 2.60 2.83
Portugal 0.907 0.435 0.734 0.965 1.42 0.914 1.43 0.885
Romania 5.25 1.67 2.91 6.85 4.52 3.32 3.12 3.40
Slovakia 0.193 0.217 0.303 0.357 0.311 0.473 0.407 0.333
Slovenia 0.076 0.123 0.160 0.144 0.145 0.171 0.236 0.191
Spain 4.24 2.56 3.10 4.28 4.10 3.02 4.70 3.39
Sweden 0 0.404 0.679 0.840 0.725 0.933 0.746 1.69
Switzerland 0 0.066 0.085 0.041 0.097 0.032 0.026 0.032
UK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
EU 45.2 53.5 64.7 57.0 56.3 64.0 60.4 50.6
Source: ACEA, Helgi Library

Sales of Diesel-fuelled Passenger Cars in Europe (thousands of vehicles)

Country 4Q2020 1Q2021 2Q2021 3Q2021 4Q2021 1Q2022 2Q2022 3Q2022
Austria 22.5 16.3 17.8 12.3 11.9 11.9 12.2 13.0
Belgium 33.2 6.12 27.4 16.9 14.5 3.55 15.8 13.4
Bulgaria 0.677 0.573 0.550 0.447 0.774 0.507 0.464 0.420
Croatia 2.77 3.09 3.99 2.83 1.67 2.17 2.57 2.52
Cyprus 0.624 0.511 0.386 0.354 0.279 0.198 0.145 0.138
Czechia 16.3 13.6 14.1 9.14 10.5 10.9 11.6 9.42
Denmark 12.6 5.59 5.82 3.19 4.72 2.29 2.76 2.40
Estonia 1.23 1.42 1.50 0.737 0.580 0.825 0.948 0.889
Finland 2.68 2.61 2.62 1.88 1.28 1.44 1.61 1.22
France 142 108 105 64.0 73.0 60.2 69.8 52.3
Germany 210 158 156 112 97.8 126 120 116
Greece 6.37 5.05 5.85 3.69 2.97 3.44 4.28 5.57
Hungary 8.17 6.00 5.57 4.25 3.20 3.27 4.05 3.79
Iceland 0.300 0.332 0.600 0.366 0.275 0.350 0.971 0.704
Ireland 1.86 17.6 5.43 11.0 1.08 12.9 4.63 9.85
Italy 117 112 99.1 58.4 53.5 68.1 69.6 56.4
Latvia 1.07 1.07 0.863 0.758 0.586 0.658 0.632 0.797
Lithuania 2.75 1.16 1.65 1.14 0.724 1.07 0.975 0.934
Luxembourg 3.89 3.77 3.26 2.09 2.08 2.67 2.38 2.22
Netherlands 1.69 2.16 2.39 1.47 0.898 1.43 1.53 0.875
Norway 2.37 2.09 2.20 1.36 1.44 1.01 1.29 1.26
Poland 24.4 17.0 16.3 10.9 11.4 9.70 13.3 11.7
Portugal 12.2 8.16 10.9 6.05 6.91 6.75 7.13 7.04
Romania 11.0 4.93 5.35 6.19 3.93 3.99 3.98 4.38
Slovakia 5.06 4.04 4.38 3.53 2.96 3.11 3.34 3.08
Slovenia 3.54 4.81 3.84 2.53 2.14 2.25 2.69 2.11
Spain 70.0 42.8 53.0 34.9 40.5 29.6 42.4 33.4
Sweden 16.0 19.5 12.9 7.73 8.19 8.89 10.6 6.83
Switzerland 14.2 9.36 10.0 6.49 6.55 6.39 7.05 6.42
UK 52.7 48.6 44.5 24.5 18.2 23.7 22.3 21.0
EU 722 568 565 368 346 371 396 350
Source: ACEA, Helgi Library

Sales of Petrol-fuelled Passenger Cars in Europe (thousands of vehicles)

Country 4Q2020 1Q2021 2Q2021 3Q2021 4Q2021 1Q2022 2Q2022 3Q2022
Austria 26.0 26.6 27.7 20.8 16.4 20.4 22.4 19.3
Belgium 41.0 29.2 61.1 41.2 32.5 20.1 46.3 43.4
Bulgaria 4.44 4.75 6.47 5.35 4.84 5.78 6.89 6.55
Croatia 3.79 5.50 8.86 5.93 3.75 4.90 7.37 6.49
Cyprus 1.43 1.68 1.88 1.71 1.17 1.94 1.78 1.71
Czechia 30.2 28.5 38.7 31.4 25.8 27.0 28.7 26.2
Denmark 26.3 20.3 21.9 15.0 16.4 12.7 15.6 12.4
Estonia 2.21 2.54 3.72 2.89 1.78 2.09 2.93 2.33
Finland 9.60 9.65 8.89 6.87 5.35 5.57 5.85 4.33
France 201 192 198 132 145 140 150 129
Germany 350 252 285 232 203 221 223 216
Greece 8.93 11.5 19.0 11.2 7.93 10.2 15.6 12.4
Hungary 15.3 11.6 12.5 11.4 9.95 11.0 11.8 12.9
Iceland 0.348 0.347 0.824 0.676 0.112 0.288 0.950 0.502
Ireland 1.09 15.6 4.66 12.4 1.09 13.5 4.90 12.1
Italy 133 149 137 73.3 78.1 92.2 98.8 82.8
Latvia 1.36 1.54 2.06 1.94 1.24 1.75 2.46 2.03
Lithuania 6.87 5.55 7.46 4.79 2.12 3.44 4.73 3.99
Luxembourg 3.94 4.66 5.21 3.69 3.30 3.99 3.79 3.56
Netherlands 40.3 46.6 40.4 32.4 27.5 32.6 29.2 28.1
Norway 1.96 1.85 2.41 1.75 1.47 1.01 1.41 0.861
Poland 74.5 64.1 65.9 53.8 49.9 50.6 51.8 52.5
Portugal 14.5 13.3 24.8 13.1 11.9 13.6 18.6 15.5
Romania 18.4 8.23 11.3 16.1 12.2 11.7 11.7 16.1
Slovakia 12.0 8.14 13.1 11.6 9.31 10.5 12.0 10.2
Slovenia 5.77 9.68 8.72 7.45 6.51 7.89 7.85 6.33
Spain 110 89.1 130 84.8 83.9 67.4 107 82.0
Sweden 27.8 32.4 24.9 18.1 17.1 16.4 18.9 15.2
Switzerland 31.8 26.4 30.2 22.3 21.0 20.6 20.5 21.3
UK 184 209 233 179 141 178 173 175
EU 1,212 1,130 1,256 901 813 869 956 873
Source: ACEA, Helgi Library

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