Diesel fell to 32% of the European market in 2019
- The dieselisation rate in the European passenger car market fell sharply again in 2019. It fell to 32%, against 36% in 2018, 45% in 2017 and 50% in 2016. The forecasts which announced a rate of 30% In 2019, however, were not reached, because the diesel resists on large models and on SUVs of medium and higher category. In addition, companies continue to purchase large numbers of diesel vehicles. Let’s not forget that diesel remains effective in the fight against CO2.
- The diesel rate had reached its peak in 2011, just after the financial crisis of 2008-2009, with a rate of 56% of the European market, after having recorded a rate of 44% in 2003, 40% in 2002, 36% in 2001 and 32% in 2000.
- This radical change in demand (encouraged by the various European governments which both advocate the fight against CO2 and denigrate diesel engines) continues to cause a change in the distribution of engine manufacturing for models sold in Europe , the continent which still remains the most diesel engine in the world today. Manufacturers will gradually replace the majority of their diesel engine assembly lines with gasoline or electric assembly lines. The transfer from diesel engines to hybrid or electric engines remains marginal (even if it progresses every year), since these represent only 9% of the European market in 2019, against 7.2% in 2018 (including 4% electrically charged = BEV + PHEV). The transfer was therefore mainly made to petrol engines, which represented 59% of the European market in 2019 (compared to 56.7% in 2018).
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