Economic and Market Report: key takeaways about the EU auto industry – Quarter 2 2017

This 28-page Economic and Market Report contains a wealth of information and can be downloaded by clicking here. Some of the report’s key takeaways include:

Passenger car registrations

• Over the first half of 2017, EU demand for cars increased by 4.7% (8 million units).
• Globally, 39 million passenger cars were sold in the first half of 2017 (+3.5%).

Drop in diesel sales offset by increase in petrol vehicles

• Petrol cars are now the most sold vehicle type in the EU‐15, with a 48.5% market share.

Alternative fuel vehicle registrations

• 417,894 cars with alternative powertrains were registered in the EU in the first half of 2017.
• Still, electrically‐chargeable cars only accounted for 1.2% of total EU sales.

Passenger car production

• So far in 2017, EU car production slowed down by 0.6% to reach 8.8 million units built.
• Representing 22.5% of global car production, the EU is still the largest producer after China.

Exports of passenger cars

• From January to June, the EU exported about 3 million cars worth around €63 billion.

Commercial vehicle registrations

• Commercial vehicle sales grew by 4.1% across the EU, with 1.2 million units registered.

Exports of commercial vehicles

• With a total export value of €5.4 billion, EU results were 5.5% higher than last year.

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This report’s information was presumed correct at the time of publication. ACEA is not responsible for any inconsistencies or errors in the data.