Brussels, 12 March 2021 – In 2020, diesel still dominates EU truck registrations in terms of market share (96.5%), while gasoline made up just 0.1% of total demand last year. Electrically plug-in vehicles (ECV) accounted for 0.4% of all new trucks registered across the EU; All alternative energy vehicles (APV) combined accounted for a market share of 3.4% in 2020.
Diesel and gasoline trucks
Overall, in 2020, new diesel truck registrations in the EU1 fell by 25.6% to 225,854 units, with demand weakening due to the impact of Covid-19. With the exception of Greece, all EU markets recorded double-digit declines in diesel sales last year, including the four main markets: Germany (-25.3%), France (-24.7%), Spain (-21.4%) and Italy (-). 13.0%). This resulted in an EU-wide market share of 96.4% for diesel, down from 97.5% in 2019.
Meanwhile, only 210 petrol trucks were registered across the entire EU region in 2020, 95% of which were sold in three countries alone: Germany, Finland and Belgium.
Alternative energy vehicles (APV)
New EV (ECV)2 registrations in the EU rose from 745 trucks in 2019 to 984 in 2020 (up 32.1%), resulting in a market share of 0.4%. More than 90% of all electric trucks registered across the region were sold in just two markets: Germany (852 units) and the Netherlands (41 units). By contrast, in 10 EU countries not a single plug-in truck was sold last year.
In 2020, EU demand for hybrid trucks fell by 41.2% to 157 registered units in total. In fact, hybrid electric vehicles represent only 0.1% of all medium and heavy commercial vehicles sold in the EU.
Alternative fuel vehicles3 – 99% of which are powered by natural gas – made up the vast majority of alternative-powered trucks registered last year. Demand rose 5.5% to 6,841 units, with market share expanding from 2.1% in 2019 to 2.9% in 2020. This was mostly driven by strong sales of natural gas trucks in Germany, which is now the EU’s largest market for these vehicles.
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About the association
The Association of European Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) is a Brussels-based trade association of 15 major producers of cars, trucks, lorries and buses in Europe. Members of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association are DAF Trucks, Daimler Truck, Ford Trucks, Iveco Group and MAN Truck. & Bus, Scania, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Volvo Group Visit www.acea.auto for more information about ACEA, and follow us at www.twitter.com/ACEA_auto or www.linkedin.com/company/ACEA/ Contact: Francesca Piazza, Senior Director of Statistics, fp@acea.auto
About the automobile industry in the European Union
12.9 million Europeans work in the automotive sector 8.3% of all EU manufacturing jobs €392.2 billion in tax revenues for European governments €101.9 billion EU trade surplus More than 7% of EU GDP generated by the automobile industry €59.1 billion in Annual R&D spending, 31% of EU total
Fuels for new commercial vehicles
