Electrified car sales rose to 11% in Europe last year

Electrified car sales rose to 11% in Europe last year

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has revealed that about 11% of the 11.6 million cars sold in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom last year was an electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle. That’s one in nine new cars sold, and it represented an increase from 3.5% in 2019.

Provisional data from the agency also showed a 12% drop in average CO2 emissions of new cars compared to 2019, which is the first decrease observed since 2016 and the biggest annual drop since the EU introduced its car CO2 standards in 2010, according to a report by Reuters. The average emissions for new cars registered in Europe last year were 107.8 grams of CO2 per kilometre, representing a decrease of 14.5 grams compared with 2019.

Within the region, electrified car sales increased to more than one million in 2020, occupying a bigger share despite overall new car sales declining due to the pandemic. The EEA also stated that the share of electric vans increased from 1.4% in 2019 to about 2.3% in 2020.

With the tougher Euro 6d emission standard coming into effect last year, automakers were forced to reduce their fleet-wide emissions by either selling more low-emission vehicles or purchasing credits from other automakers that overachieved their targets. Those that are unable to comply will face fines, although the EEA did not reveal which automakers met the standard.

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Gerard Lye

Originating from the corporate world with a background in finance and economics, Gerard’s strong love for cars led him to take the plunge into the automotive media industry. It was only then did he realise that there are more things to a car than just horsepower count.

 

Comments

  • George on Jun 30, 2021 at 8:30 pm

    Best selling EV at Europe is VW iD4 SUV

    Honda E kEi cannot be compare

    Congratulations Europe for 11% EV sales achievement, still a minority.
    That’s why wawasan 2035 is there- to ban Gasoline after another 13-14 years.

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    • Malaysia still had steam locomotives when the US had diesel locomotives for decades already. History reöeats…

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      • History Bender on Jul 01, 2021 at 5:20 pm

        The curse of whiteman colonists they enjoy the latest tech while relegating old tech to countries like ours. History repeats….

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        • a n k on Jul 02, 2021 at 10:37 am

          There are bolehlanders who would like to convert old cars to electric drive but the problem is that gahmen regulations regard such conversions as illegal on bolehland public roads, which itself contradicts the boleh concept.

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