Battery-powered cars accounted for 12.1% of new car sales during the year, compared with 9.1% in 2021 or 1.9% in 2019, the Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said in a statement. on Wednesday.
In an automobile market that is struggling to recover from Covid-19 and continues to be plagued by logistical problems, sales of electric vehicles stand out: they increased by 28%, compared to 2021, to more than 1.1 million vehicles. These sales were notably driven by the German market, where they accelerated at the end of the year due to a drop in purchase premiums.
Electric cars have also been very successful in Sweden and Belgium, while the Italian market was the only one that put a stop to this engine in 2022 (-26.9%).
Non-rechargeable hybrids (diesel or gasoline) also continue to conquer the market (+8.6%) and already represent 22.6% of sales, with 2,089,653 cars sold.
diesel drop
Sales of plug-in hybrids, these vehicles equipped with a combustion engine and a small rechargeable electric motor at the outlet or terminal, marked times for the first time, with 874,182 vehicles sold (+1.2%).
In total, electric cars (hybrid and 100% electric) have surpassed the sales of gasoline cars since the end of 2021: they represented 36.4% of sales during the year 2022 (-12.8%, with almost 3, 3 million vehicles sold).
Although the European Commission aims to ban sales of cars with internal combustion engines by 2035, most manufacturers have strengthened their supply and sales of electric and hybrid cars, even if their prices remain high.
Diesel, affected by the dieselgate scandal, strong sanctions and an increasingly reduced offer in the manufacturers’ ranges, continues its decline (-19.7%), with 1.5 million vehicles sold. The fall in diesel is especially pronounced in France and Belgium.
Source: BFM TV
