BEVs do not exceed 4% of the European car parc (vehicles in-use) in 2024
- Inovev has estimated the share of BEVs in the car parc (vehicles in use) of the eight European countries which buy the most BEVs (in volume), i.e. Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. These eight countries alone represent 80% of BEV sales in Europe in the first half of 2024.
- To make these estimates, Inovev calculated, from the sales of the last 15 years, the parc of BEVs and put it in perspective with the parc of cars whatever their motorization. Calculation was made for each of the eight countries here above.
- The results are surprising:
• While the average BEV sales in Europe have been around 14-16% since 2022 and Norway purchased 54% of BEVs in 2020, 65% in 2021, 79% in 2022, 82% in 2023 and 85% in 2024, the European fleet (30 countries = EU + United Kingdom + Switzerland + Norway) in July 2024 only includes 4% BEVs and 30% in Norway, the country which has the highest proportion of BEVs in circulation.
• Behind Norway, the three countries with the highest proportion of BEVs in their vehicle parc are Sweden (8%), the Netherlands (7%) and Denmark (6%). Germany and France are behind with a proportion of 4% of BEVs in their vehicle fleet (which is the European average), ahead of the United Kingdom (3%) and Belgium (3%). All other European countries have less than 3% BEV in their fleet.