European parc : the IAM playground

Caroline Ridet
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Parc sur route stylisé

Sales of new vehicles have been weak since 2020 and the relative rise in volumes of electric vehicles has not had a significant effect. Here is an inventory of the vehicle fleet in the European Union dated 2020, the only consolidated ACEA figures currently available.

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With an average age of 11.8 years for cars and approximately 75% of them over 5 years old, the vehicle fleet in the EU stands at 246.3 million cars, to which 100 million can be added for Greater Europe (see table). The fleet is completed by 29 million light commercial vehicles, half of which are in France (5.9 million), Italy (4.3 million) and Spain (3.9 million).

These data show that roads full of electric vehicles will not be seen for a few years, except in Norway, an electric trailblazer. This in-built market inertia means the ground remains favourable, for another fifteen years at least, for multi-brand aftersales service outlets, the champions in the maintenance of aging vehicles, to continue repairing and maintaining ICE vehicles. 

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Âge moyen du parc européen 2022
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Taux de motorisations dans l’UE 2

European passenger Car parc by fuel type

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Inertia to change means that these 2020 figures remain relevant. Note that diesel versions have lost ground to petrol but not yet to alternative fuel types, their ascension is not on the agenda yet. They still represent only 5.3% of the total car fleet in the EU and full-electric only 0.5%. Even the electric hybrid technology launched more than twenty years ago by Toyota with their Prius has not achieved the expected market share. 

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Caroline Ridet
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