Diesel has fallen to 45% of the European market in 2017
- The diesel proportion of the European passenger car market dropped significantly in 2017. It fell from 50% in 2016 to 45% last year and manufacturers' forecasts are 40% in 2018.
- We are back to the level of the early 2000s, since the rate was 40% in 2002 and 44% in 2003, against 32% in 2000 and 22% in 1995. The peak for diesel engines was reached in 2011, with 56% of the European market.
- This radical change in demand (encouraged by the different European governments) is causing a shift in the distribution of engine manufacturing for models sold in Europe.
- The transfer of diesel engines to hybrid or electric engines is still marginal since the production volume of hybrid engines has increased in Europe from 330,000 in 2016 to 465,000 in 2017, and that of electric motors has increased in Europe from 120,000 to 160,000, ie an overall increase of 175,000 engines.
- The transfer was essentially made to gasoline engines (+1 million units between 2016 and 2017), while diesel engines lost 0.8 million units between 2016 and 2017. The challenge of manufacturers is therefore to quickly replace part of their diesel engine assembly lines with gasoline engine assembly lines. The most impacted are those with a high rate of diesel engines in their overall output.
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