One in every 11 cars sold in the EU last year was fully electric as EV sales were boosted by EU CO2 targets for the second year running.
for 2021. That’s up from 1.9% in 2019 — before the current EU CO2 standards, which pushed carmakers to sell them, kicked in. Green group Transport & Environment said that without ambitious EU standards in 2025 and an interim target in 2027, EV sales would lose momentum in Europe for the rest of the decade as carmakers prioritise the recovery of combustion engine market share.
Julia Poliscanova, senior director for vehicles at T&E, said: “The unprecedented growth is undeniably the result of EU car CO2 targets. For years slow EV sales were wrongly blamed on consumers, but now we know that when carmakers bring the models, demand follows. But the regulation takes the pressure off manufacturers this year, so we might see a revival of polluting fossil fuel car sales already.
The market share of plug-ins was 18.0% in 2021 — with battery electric vehicles at 9.1% and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales at 8.9%. Their combined sales share has multiplied by six since 2019 in the EU27 thanks to the EU car CO2 standards.T&E analysis shows. Without setting more ambitious carmaker goals from 2025 onwards — including an intermediate goal in 2027 and an 80% car CO2 cut in 2030 compared to today — it will be very hard for member states to reach their proposed national climate goals by 2030.The largest BEV markets remain Germany , France and Italy but, in terms of sales share, the Netherlands leads with 20%, followed by Sweden and Austria . BEV sales surged fastest in Greece with a 220% increase in 2021.
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