THE increase in the price of gasolinenot only in Hellas but also throughout Europefocuses consumers on buying cars with alternative fuels. The primary goal is to reduce travel costs and then environmental sensitivity.
Many European countries have seen an increase in sales of alternative fuel vehicles. For example the Sweden recorded an increase of 14.625%, selling 589 cars out of the only 4 it had sold in the corresponding period last year. There were also large increases in Ireland with an increase of 2.104.2%, in Germany with an increase of 287.7%, in Slovakia with an increase of 280.7%, in Czech republic with an increase of 197.1%, in Latvia with an immune 150%, in Lithuania with an increase of 144% and in Portugal with an increase of 117.3%.
In our country, the sales of cars that run on alternative fuels increased by 222%, with a total of 673 sales, when in the corresponding period last year the sales were 209.
On the contrary, the sales of cars with basic fuel the gasoline or diesel they know reduction across the EU. At least that is the case in Europe’s major markets. Electricity, which although has risen sharply, remains more economical than liquid fuels. This is the reason why the total registrations of new electric vehicles increased in the first three months of the year. The electric vehicles doubled their market share compared to the same period last year and now account for 10% of total sales, surpassing plug-in hybrids, representing 8.9% of the EU market.
In Greece, during the corresponding period, they took to the streets of Greece 505 electric vehicles, recording an increase of 20.5% compared to the same period last year, according to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). The percentage can be considered satisfactory, but ubelow the EU average which is 53.4% ​​with a total of 224,145 units. In our country the hybrid cars with low electrical autonomy saw a large increase (+ 45.1%) with a total of 1,274 cars registered. The corresponding percentage in the EU was negative (-5.3%) with 199,107 points. Hybrid cars (+ 22.3%) also increased with a total of 6,187 units, while the category in the EU increased by 5.3% with a total volume of 563,030 cars.
Sales decreased gas cars in our country. The surge in gas, but also the lack of cars for immediate delivery, prevented Greek consumers from turning to this category. Thus in the first quarter of the year sales fell by 39.5%, selling only 196 cars. The corresponding percentage in the EU was also reduced, as the losses reached 56%.
In all EU countries car sales with essential fuel oil they experienced a fall. Specifically in the period January-March 2022 the fall was 33.2%, reaching a total of 378,009 units. Consequently, the market share of diesel cars has shrunk by 5.3 percentage points compared to the first quarter of last year. All EU markets fell sharply, including the big four: France (-44.1%), Italy (-39.2%), Spain (-30.8%) and Germany (-20.2%). The only exception across the EU was Iceland, which grew by 5.4%.
Likewise, their market share gasoline cars decreased significantly over the same period, from 40.8% to 36%. Despite this decline, gasoline-powered cars remained the most popular in volume (808,039 units). In our country, 10,153 petrol cars were registered in the first quarter of this year compared to 11,501 in the corresponding period last year (-11.7%).
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