The average weight of passenger cars in Europe has increased significantly since 2020
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The average weight of passenger cars produced in Europe experienced three very distinct periods between 2000 and 2023 (2/2)
- Period 3 (since 2020).
§ The average weight of vehicles produced in Europe increased from 1411 kg in 2020 to 1462 kg in 2022, an increase of more than 50 kg (+3.5%) in just 2 years.
§ However, during the same period, the mass of non-electrified vehicles increased much less. It went from 1380 kg to 1397 kg, an increase of 17 kg (+1.2%). There is therefore indeed an effect due to electrification.
§ But it's not the only one. The volumes of vehicles produced in Europe have fallen drastically. This drop did not occur uniformly across all vehicle mass segments.
• The 800 to 899 kg vehicle segment has disappeared. As the segment of vehicles weighing 700 to 799 kg had already disappeared in previous years, in 2023 there will no longer be an offer of vehicles weighing less than 900 kg. The lightest vehicle produced in Europe is the Renault Twingo.
• Average mass vehicles (from 900kg to 1600kg) have decreased significantly.
• Heavy vehicles produced in Europe of more than 1600 kg to 1900 kg remained more or less stable, although with a drop for the 1800-1899 kg segment, not due to lower demand but due to competition of the import of Tesla 3 models.
• Vehicles weighing more than 1900 kg were produced and sold in greater quantities.