ACEA’s ‘Vehicles on European Roads’ report is the go-to publication for the latest data on vehicles on European roads.
In addition to revealing the number of vehicles on European roads, this report also includes other important data such as average age of vehicles, vehicle power type, and vehicle ownership. Complementing ACEA’s regular car, van, truck and bus sales updates, this unique report provides a snapshot of what the ‘fleet’ of vehicles on European roads looks like. To do.
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- There will be 252 million cars on EU roads in 2022, an increase of 1% compared to the previous year.
- Despite battery electric sales reaching record high in 2022, only 1.2% of battery electric vehicles will be on EU roads
- More than 30 million vans are on EU roads, an increase of 1.5% year-on-year.France ranks first with the highest number of vans in circulation
- More than 6.5 million trucks are currently on EU roads, an increase of around 2% year-on-year.On average, trucks remain the oldest of all vehicle types at 14 years
- There are currently more than 720,000 buses on the EU’s roads. More than 10% of buses in three EU countries (Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) are battery electric models.
- Poland has the highest number of cars per 1,000 people, while Latvia has the lowest.
The report shows that while legal targets can help guide change, they are only part of the puzzle to decarbonise road transport. Europe needs a wide range of framework conditions, including charging infrastructure and purchasing and tax incentives, to stimulate demand for new models and replenish Europe’s roads with the cleanest and most environmentally friendly models.
Complementing ACEA’s regular car, van, truck and bus sales updates, this unique report ‘Vehicles on Europe’s Roads’ provides an overview of how the ‘fleet’ of vehicles on Europe’s roads is changing. Provides a snapshot of what is happening.
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This information is presumed to be correct at the time of publication. However, ACEA is not responsible for data discrepancies or errors.