Abstract:

The report includes information from 2001 to 2021 on vehicle sales, fuel economy, greenhouse gases, and other air pollutants. Visit our eupockebook.org website for an easy-to-read navigation of its facts and figures. The 2023 analysis shows a continued decrease in vehicle sales in the EU market and a stagnation of the electric car market in early 2022 after a steep increase in previous years. The EU’s electric passenger car market share of 19% in 2022 was less than China’s share (24%), although it was significantly ahead of the United States (7%). The average CO2 emissions from new passenger cars in the European Economic Area, according to the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP), decreased to 115 g/km in 2021, which is approximately 16 g/km lower than in 2020.