Diesel motorisation rates - passenger cars registrations - in Europe, France and Germany
- In 2016, 50% of new Passenger Cars (PC) sold in Europe were equipped with diesel engines, compared with nearly 56% in 2011.
Gasoline engines were installed on 47% of the new cars sold. It is to note that into gasoline engines, nearly 40% are equipped with direct injection technology.
Finally, electrified vehicles (BEV/ HPEV/ HEV i.e. respectively Battery Electric Vehicles, Hybrid Plug-in Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Electric Vehicles) account for 3% of new vehicle sales.
Gasoline engines were installed on 47% of the new cars sold. It is to note that into gasoline engines, nearly 40% are equipped with direct injection technology.
Finally, electrified vehicles (BEV/ HPEV/ HEV i.e. respectively Battery Electric Vehicles, Hybrid Plug-in Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Electric Vehicles) account for 3% of new vehicle sales.
- The rate of dieselization of new cars in Europe has been slowly decreasing since 2016.
The evolution was however quite different in France and Germany.
France has suffered from a non-justified bashing of diesel (2016 diesel engines sold in 2016 had quasi the same standards of emissions as gasoline engines sold in 2016), while decline in Germany was much smaller due to the higher proportion of high range cars and a more thought environmental policy.
The evolution was however quite different in France and Germany.
France has suffered from a non-justified bashing of diesel (2016 diesel engines sold in 2016 had quasi the same standards of emissions as gasoline engines sold in 2016), while decline in Germany was much smaller due to the higher proportion of high range cars and a more thought environmental policy.
- Due to the current situation, Inovev forecasts a further decline in sales of diesel cars by 2020 (the rate should fall from 50% to 44%).
This expected decrease would be the consequence of:
This expected decrease would be the consequence of:
• Increasingly stringent regulations on diesel, resulting in higher development cost and selling price of diesel engine (compared to the petrol engine)
• The reduction in the diesel supply on segment A and B vehicles, which are significant segments in Europe
• The technological progress of gasoline engines, particularly in terms of consumption thanks to the development of direct injection price (but which will increase the price of gasoline engines and increase their particulates emission)
• The increase in sales of electrified vehicles over the next few years (with however still a limited impact within the 5 years to come)
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