Report - Vehicles in use, Europe 2023

VEHICLES INUSEEUROPE 2023 JANUARY2023 TABLEOFCONTENTS EXECUTIVESUMMARY 3 EUROPEANUNION,EFTA,EUROPE Passengercars4 Lightcommercialvehicles5 Mediumandheavycommercialvehicles6 Buses7 Totalcommercialvehiclesandbuses8 Totalmotorvehicles9 BYAGE Passengercars10 Lightcommercialvehicles11 Mediumandheavycommercialvehicles12 Buses13 BYFUELTYPE Passengercars14 Lightcommercialvehicles15 Mediumandheavycommercialvehicles16 Buses17 MOTORISATIONRATES Passengercars18 Commercialvehicles19 VEHICLEOWNERSHIP 20 Datasource:theEuropeanAutomobileManufacturers’Association(ACEA),basedonaggregateddataprovidedbythenationalautomobileassociationsandS&PGlobalMobility. ©ReproductionofthecontentofthisdocumentisnotpermittedwithoutthepriorwrittenconsentofACEA.Wheneverreproductionispermitted,ACEAshallbereferredtoassourceoftheinformation. EXECUTIVESUMMARY 4 •In2021,theEUpassengercarfleetgrewby1.2%comparedto2020,withnearly250millioncarsontheroadintotal.WiththeexceptionofSlovenia(-4.1%),allEUcountriesexpandedtheircarfleet,withthehighestgrowthseeninSlovakia(+8.2%). 5 •29.5millionvansareincirculationthroughouttheEuropeanUnion,halfofwhichcanbefoundinthreecountries:France(6.3millionvans),Italy(4.3million)andSpain(3.9million). 6 •Therearemorethan6.4millionmediumandheavycommercialvehiclesonEUroads,up3.2%comparedto2020.Withmorethan1.2milliontrucks,Polandhasthelargesttruckfleetbyfar. 7 •714,008busesareinoperationacrosstheEuropeanUnion,almosthalfofwhichcanbefoundinthreecountriesalone:Poland(126,547),Italy(100,199)andFrance(94,523). 10 •EUcarsarenowonaverage12yearsold.GreeceandEstoniahavetheoldestcarfleets,withvehicles17yearsold.ThenewestcarscanbefoundinLuxembourg(7.6years). 11 •TheaverageageoflightcommercialvehiclesintheEUis12years.OftheEU’sfourmajor markets,Italyhastheoldestvanfleet(14years),followedcloselybySpain(13.6years). 12 •Trucksareonaverage14.2yearsoldintheEuropeanUnion.Withanaverageageof22.7years,Greecehastheoldesttruckfleet,whilethenewestonescanbefoundinAustria(6.6years)andDenmark(7.5years). 13 •BusesonEUroadsareonaverage12.7yearsold.Agedmorethan20years,Romanianbusesaretheoldestintheregion.OnlyeightcountriesintheEuropeanUnionhaveabusfleetthatislessthan10yearsold. 14 •Despitethestrongincreaseinsalesseeninrecentyears,electrically-chargeablecars(batteryelectricandplug-inhybrid)stillmakeuponly1.5%ofthetotalEUcarfleet.IntheEU,onlythreecountrieshaveashareofbatteryelectriccarshigherthan2%. 15 •Diesel-poweredlightcommercialvehiclesarestilldominantintheEUwith91%ofthefleetrunningondieselandjust0.6%ofvansbeingbatteryelectric. 16 •96.4%ofalltrucksintheEuropeanUnionrunondiesel,whilepetrolfuels0.5%ofthefleet.Only0.1%oftrucksonEUroadshaveazero-emissionpowertrain. 17 •Dieselbusesaccountfor92.5%oftheEUfleet,withonly1.3%beingbatteryelectricand1.8%hybridelectric.However,significantsharesofelectricbusescanbefoundintheNetherlands(14.5%)andLuxembourg(7.8%). inhabitants. 18 18 •TheEuropeanUnioncounts567passengercarsand83commercialvehiclesper1,000 •LuxembourghasthehighestcardensityintheEU(698per1,000people),whileCyprushasthehighestdensityofcommercialvehicles(135per1,000inhabitants).Bycontrast,thelowestdensityofcarscanbefoundinRomania(396).Lithuaniahasthelowestdensityofcommercialvehicles(49). havetwopassengercars. 20 •InLatvia,nearly43%ofallhouseholdsdonotownacar,whilealmost32%ofFrenchfamilies 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 %change21/20 Austria 4,898,578 4,978,852 5,039,548 5,091,827 5,133,836 0.8 Belgium 5,735,280 5,782,684 5,813,771 5,827,195 5,851,682 0.4 Croatia 1,567,883 1,665,391 1,728,911 1,733,727 1,794,352 3.5 Cyprus 526,617 550,695 572,501 578,158 592,156 2.4 CzechRepublic 5,592,738 5,802,520 5,989,538 6,129,874 6,293,125 2.7 Denmark 2,529,983 2,593,591 2,650,227 2,720,271 2,781,860 2.3 Estonia 725,944 746,464 794,926 808,689 825,936 2.1 Finland 2,668,930 2,696,334 2,720,307 2,748,448 2,755,349 0.3 France 38,136,818 38,246,432 38,435,918 38,480,505 38,738,590 0.7 Germany 46,474,594 47,095,784 47,715,977 48,248,584 48,540,878 0.6 Greece 5,169,026 5,164,183 5,247,295 5,315,875 5,408,149 1.7 Hungary 3,467,861 3,638,374 3,809,670 3,918,923 4,017,574 2.5 Ireland 2,064,020 2,104,060 2,172,098 2,215,127 2,266,479 2.3 Italy 38,520,321 39,018,170 39,545,232 39,717,874 39,822,723 0.3 Latvia 688,617 707,559 726,501 736,953 757,821 2.8 Lithuania 1,212,154 1,238,119 1,264,084 1,285,743 1,326,246 3.2 Luxembourg 403,258 415,128 426,324 435,989 443,301 1.7 Netherlands 8,594,600 8,787,283 8,938,572 9,049,959 9,142,277 1.0 Poland 22,503,579 23,429,016 24,360,166 25,113,862 25,869,804 3.0 Portugal 4,800,000 5,015,000 5,205,000 5,300,000 5,410,000 2.1 Romania 5,996,377 6,450,750 6,901,236 7,274,728 7,611,039 4.6 Slovakia 2,228,118 2,326,787 2,391,355 2,444,478 2,645,785 8.2 Slovenia 1,192,358 1,220,814 1,249,364 1,253,984 1,202,547 -4.1 Spain 23,942,022 24,520,287 25,008,216 25,129,152 25,344,776 0.9 Sweden 4,845,609 4,870,783 4,887,904 4,944,067 4,986,750 0.9 EUROPEANUNION 234,485,285 239,065,060 243,594,641 246,503,992 249,563,035 1.2