Electric vehicles on the rise in Europe: Latest data shows BEVs soaring, while PHEVs struggle to keep up

Reducing the use of fossil fuels in transport is key if the EU is to reach climate neutrality by 2050. In order to achieve this goal, there needs to be enough recharging points and alternative fuel refuelling points in the EU for the cars, planes and ships that use them.

The Council today adopted a regulation setting stricter CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans. The new rules aim to reduce emissions from road transport that has the highest share of emissions from transport - and provide the right push for the automotive industry to shift towards

The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council to boost the number of publicly accessible electric recharging and hydrogen refuelling stations in particular across the European Union's main transport corridors and hubs.

See the latest figures for electric cars and vans registered in January 2023 in Denmark and what share they represent of the total number of cars and vans registered.
 

Europe’s passenger plugin electric car market had a historic month in December, with 413,500 registrations. That is a massive 46% improvement over the previous month of November, which had already beaten the December 2020 record of 282,000 units.

The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) has reported that the mark of one million pure electric cars in Germany has been crossed. According to the report, the mark was passed in the new record month of December 2022.

Haulage companies and retailers can now compare the costs of climate-friendly trucks and conventional models within minutes.

The European automotive market is back in the black, with a 14% growth rate in October, its third growth month in a row.

BEVs grew 12% YoY, represented 22% of all new vehicle sales in the Netherlands.

The European Commission is renewing the membership of the Sustainable Transport Forum and invites interested expert-organisations to reply to this open call for applications. Up to 30 expert organisations (Type C members) will be selected.

A new paper analyses the trends and policies supporting alternative fuels for road freight transport in Europe. The authors conclude that stronger action is needed to timely decarbonize road freight transport in Europe.