Fuel types of new passenger cars in the EU
36.4% of all new cars registered in the European Union run on petrol, while diesel accounts for 16.4% of registrations. 21.6% of new passenger cars in the EU are electrically-chargeable vehicles (12.1% battery electric + 9.4% plug-in hybrids), while hybrids account for 22.6% of total car sales. This interactive chart shows the trend in the fuel types of new cars for the 2018-2022 period.
21.6% of all new cars sold in the EU in 2022 had a plug.
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