Sales of Traditionally-Powered Vehicles in the EU

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.

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.

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.

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.