ACEA: Fuel types of new cars: diesel -17%; petrol +14.6%; electric +47% in first quarter of 2018

Brussels, 3 May 2018

In the first quarter of 2018, 37.9% of all new passenger cars in the EU ran on diesel. Petrol cars accounted for 55.5% of the market, making it the most sold fuel type. Alternatively-powered vehicles accounted for 6.5% of EU car sales in Q1 2018, with electrically‐chargeable vehicles making up 1.7% of all cars sold.

http://www.acea.be/press-releases/article/fuel-types-of-new-cars-diesel-17-petrol-14.6-electric-47-in-first-quarter-o