No one in Europe loves cars like Italians, or at least no one buys this a lot. Italy is the country that has the highest density of cars throughout the European Union: 694 cars get every 1,000 people. In contrast, in Latvia, the least cars are the density: 381 cars/1000 people. This is the ACEA report, the European Car Manufacturers Association.
According to 2023 data In the European Union The car fleet increased by 1.4 percent compared to 2022, as it reached 249 million cars on the roads. The growth was the highest in Croatia, +4.3 %, while in Denmark, approximately 40 % of families do not have a car, while 31 % of French families have two.
but Electric cars make up a small percentage of the total fleet: 0.5 % in Italy and 1.8 % in the European Union. In the European Union in 2023, only four countries had more than 4 % of electric cars: Sweden, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Denmark.
Data emphasizes a very important fact: It may take years, up to decades, to replace old vehicles with cleaner and more green models. The shift in Europe does not go at the required speed. The system must become more attractive to customers and review the current organizational framework to provide wider conditions, such as imposing fees on infrastructure, taxes and purchase to encourage demand for new, cleaner and more green models, “Sigrid de VRIES, ACEA manager.
Source: Europa.today.it
