Abstract:

The report presents a statistical portrait of passenger car, light commercial and heavy-duty vehicle fleets in the European Union (EU) from 2001 to 2014. The focus is on vehicle technologies, fuel consumption, and emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants. The report presents an overview of data and summarizes the latest regulatory developments in the EU. New passenger car registrations in the EU increased slightly to about 12.5 million in 2014, though they remain about 20% below the level before the economic crisis. Average carbon dioxide emissions from new passenger cars continued to decrease, falling in 2014 to 123.3 g/km.