Report – Vehicles on European roads 

VEHICLES ONEUROPEAN ROADS FEBRUARY2024 TABLEOFCONTENTS FOREWORD 3 KEYFIGURES 4 EUROPE(EU,EFTA,UK) Cars5 Vans6 Trucks7 Buses8 Vans,trucks,andbuses9 Allvehiclesegments10 BYAGE Cars11 Vans12 Trucks13 Buses14 BYPOWERSOURCE Cars15 Vans16 Trucks17 Buses18 PER1,000INHABITANTS Cars19 Vans,trucks,andbuses20 VEHICLEOWNERSHIP 21 Datasource:theEuropeanAutomobileManufacturers’Association(ACEA),basedonaggregateddataprovidedbythenationalautomobileassociationsandS&PGlobalMobility. ©ReproductionofthecontentofthisdocumentisnotpermittedwithoutthepriorwrittenconsentofACEA.Wheneverreproductionispermitted,ACEAshallbereferredtoassourceoftheinformation. FOREWORD ACEA’s‘VehiclesonEuropeanRoads’reportisthego-topublicationforthelatestdataonthenumberofvehiclescurrentlyincirculationonEurope’sroads.Thisreportalsoincludesotherkeydata,suchastheaveragevehicleage,vehiclepowertypes,vehicleownership,andmore. ComplementingACEA’sregularcar,van,truck,andbussalesupdates,thisuniquereportprovidesasnapshotofwhatthe‘fleet’ofvehiclesonEurope’sroadslookslike.Thedataisrevealingasitdemonstrateshowthesalesdataofdifferentvehicletypes,suchasbatteryelectric,telladifferentstorytotheactualmakeupofvehiclesonEurope’sroads.Despitebattery-electriccarsnowbeingthethirdmost-popularchoicefornewcarbuyers,withamarketshareofalmost15%ofsales,theyonlyrepresent1.2%ofvehiclesonEUroads. Thedataunderlinesthefactthatitcantakeseveralyears,evendecades,foroldervehiclestobereplacedbyneweronesequippedwithcleanerandgreenertechnologies.Oldervehiclestypicallypossesslessefficienttechnologies,whichmayresultinmoreemissionsandpollutionifnotreplaced.Thisemphasisestheimportanceofensuringthattheseoldervehiclesareswiftlyreplacedbythegreenest,cleanest,andsafestmodelsthatourindustryhasbeeninvestingheavilyin. Thisyear’seditionfoundthattheaverageageofallvehicletypesisgraduallyrising,whilethenumberofvehiclesonroadsisupagain.Therearenow252millioncarsonEUroadsin2022,a1%increasefromthepreviousyear.Thenumberofvans,trucks,andbusesonroadsisalsorising,reinforcing theimportanceofalsoacceleratingtheuptakeofbattery-electricandotherzero-emissionmodelsinEuropeforthesevehiclesegments.Ofallvehicletypes,busesleadtheway,withalmosta2%sharebeingbatteryelectric.Thecarcontinuestobuildonitspopularityasanimportantmeansoftransport,asthenumberofcarsper1,000inhabitantsgrewyetagain.Infact,thedataisconsistentinshowingthatamajorityofEuropeanhouseholdsstillownacarinthecountriesstudied. Thereportdemonstratesthatwhilelegislativetargetscanhelpsteerchange,thisisonlypartofthepuzzlefordecarbonisingroadtransport.Europeneedsabroadersetofframeworkconditions,suchascharginginfrastructureandpurchaseandtaxincentives,tostimulatedemandfornewmodelsandreplenishvehiclesonEurope’sroadswiththecleanestandgreenestmodels. SigriddeVries ACEADirectorGeneral KEYFIGURES 5 •In2022,theEUpassengercarfleetgrewby1%comparedto2021,withmorethan252millioncarsontheroad.NearlyallEUcountriesexpandedtheircarfleet,withthehighestgrowthseeninRomania(+3.3%). 6 •30.2millionvansareincirculationthroughouttheEU,nearlyhalfofwhichcanbefoundinthreecountries:France(6.3millionvans),Italy(4.4million),andSpain(4million). 7 •Therearenearly6.5millionmediumandheavycommercialvehiclesonEUroads,up1.9%comparedto2021.Withalmost1.3milliontrucks,Polandhasthelargesttruckfleetbyfar. 8 •720,783busesareinoperationacrosstheEU,almosthalfofwhichcanbefoundinthreecountries:Poland(128,677),Italy(100,014),andFrance(94,074). 11 •EUcarsarenowonaverage12.3yearsold.GreeceandEstoniahavetheoldestcarfleets,withvehiclesaround17yearsold.ThenewestcarscanbefoundinLuxembourg(7.9years). 12 •TheaverageageoflightcommercialvehiclesintheEUis12.5years.OftheEU’sfourmajormarkets,Italyhastheoldestvanfleet(14.7years),followedcloselybySpain(14years). 13 •Trucksareonaverage13.9yearsoldintheEU.Withanaverageageof23years,Greecehastheoldesttruckfleet,whilethenewestonescanbefoundinAustria(6.7years)andDenmark(7.9years). 14 •BusesonEUroadsareonaverage12.5yearsold.Agedmorethan18years,Greekbusesaretheoldestintheregion.OnlysevencountriesintheEUhaveabusfleetthatislessthan10yearsold. 15 •Despitethestrongincreaseinsalesseeninrecentyears,electricallychargeablecars(batteryelectricandplug-inhybrid)stillmakeuponly1.2%ofthetotalEUcarfleet.IntheEU,onlysixcountrieshaveashareofbatteryelectriccarshigherthan2%. 16 •Diesel-poweredlightcommercialvehiclesarestilldominantintheEUwith90.7%ofthefleetrunningondieselandjust0.8%ofvansbeingbatteryelectric. 17 •96%ofalltrucksintheEUrunondiesel,whilepetrolfuels0.7%ofthefleet.Only0.1%oftrucksonEUroadshaveazero-emissionpowertrain. 18 •Dieselbusesaccountfor90.5%oftheEUfleet,withonly1.9%beingbatteryelectricand2%hybridelectric.However,significantsharesofelectricbusescanbefoundintheNetherlands(15.9%),Luxembourg(12.7%),andIreland(13.1%). inhabitants. 19 19 •TheEUcounts574passengercarsand85commercialvehiclesandbusesper1,000 •PolandhasthehighestcardensityintheEU(703per1,000people),whileCyprushasthehighestdensityofcommercialvehiclesandbuses(137per1,000inhabitants).Bycontr