For the first time, more electric cars than diesel vehicles have been registered in Europe. According to new figures, a total of 175,500 e-cars were registered in December 2021, which corresponds to a new monthly record.

E-car instead of diesel: Europe drives electrically

According to an analysis, for the first time ever, more purely electrically powered cars than diesel vehicles (with or without hybrid drive) have been registered in Europe. A new monthly record was set in December 2021 175,500 newly registered electric cars be set up. You are compared to only 161,000 diesel cars. The previous e-car record from December 2020 was 165,600 purely e-vehicles (source: Electric Car News).

Overall, e-cars will have one in December 2021 Share of 20.4 percent of all cars registered in Europe. The proportion is likely to increase further in the current year. According to the European Electric Car Study, e-cars could account for almost 30 percent. Here, however, it is assumed that the overall market will pick up in the second half of the year. The huge German Tesla factory, where production is just starting, could also further accelerate sales of electric cars in this country.

However, analysts also assume that the electric car market in Europe will grow between 2022 and 2024 won’t grow as much as until now. In western EU countries, the proportion is likely to be noticeably larger than in newer member states.

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Environmental bonus for e-cars: Different rules from 2023

In Germany there is another one Promotion when buying an electric car to get. Also in 2022 there will be a subsidy of up to 9,000 euros. From next year, however, the rules of the game will change, because blanket support for all e-cars will be abolished. Vehicles must then have “demonstrably a positive climate protection effect” in order to be further funded.