The decline of diesel offset by a rise in gasoline in Europe
- The market share of diesel in the European Union fell from 50.2% of new car registrations in the first half of 2016 to 46.3% in the first half of 2017, resulting in more than 150,000 diesel cars less.
- This decline was largely offset by an increase in sales of gasoline cars, the market share of hybrid and electric cars remaining very low, around 4% of the market (2.4% of hybrids non-rechargeable, 0.8% rechargeable hybrids and 0.8% 100% electric). Propane and natural gas vehicles account for less than 1.5% of the market share.
- Gasoline cars now account for 48.5% of passenger car registrations in the EU compared to 45.8% last year, which translates into over 300,000 additional gasoline cars.
- Manufacturers warn that the transfer to gasoline engines, with higher CO2 emissions, will pose an additional challenge to achieve future CO2 reduction targets.
- According to them, a sudden change from diesel to gasoline will lead to an increase in CO2 emissions, since the market share of electric engines remains low. They therefore recommend to keep a significant share of diesel cars in new vehicle registrations while waiting for the massive increase of alternative energy cars.
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