Fuel types of new passenger cars in the EU
40% of all new cars registered in the European Union run on petrol, while diesel accounts for 19.6% of registrations. 18% of new passenger cars in the EU are electrically-chargeable vehicles (9.1% battery electric + 8.9% plug-in hybrids), while hybrids account for 19.6% of total car sales. This interactive chart shows the trend in the fuel types of new cars for the 2018-2021 period.
18% of all new cars sold in the EU in 2021 had a plug.
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