Abstract:

The annual European Vehicle Market Statistics Pocketbook offers a statistical portrait of passenger car and light-commercial vehicle fleets in the European Union from 2001—and, beginning with the 2014 edition, of the heavy-duty fleet as well. The emphasis is on vehicle technologies, fuel consumption, and emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants.Some of he key highlights of the 2016/2017edition of the report are: After declining for several years, new passenger car registrations in the EU increased to about 13.7 million in 2054, though they remain about 12% below the level before the economic crisis.Average CO2 emissions from new passenger cars continued to decrease, falling to 120 g/km in 2015, which is significantly lower than the 130 g/km target set by the EU CO2 regulation for 2015. Diesel cars account for 52% of all new registrations in 2015 despite the recent “Dieselgate” scandal and differs notably from other major car markets. Overall, hybrid-electric vehicles were 1.5% of all new car sales in 2015, but in some Member States their market share was significantly higher—3.3% in the Netherlands, for example, and 2.2% in France. Plug-in hybrids and battery-electric vehicles accounted for more than 22 % of all new car sales in Norway in 2015, and in the first half of 2016 their market share further increased to 26%. This makes Norway the world’s leading market for electric vehicles in terms of market share. Since September 2015 the Euro 6 emission standard has applied to all new vehicles in the EU. In 2015, about 59% of all new car sales were Euro 6 vehicles.