Indicator Fact Sheet

Uptake of cleaner fuels and numbers of alternative-fuelled vehicles

Indicator Fact Sheet

Prod-ID: IND-28-en

Also known as: TERM 031

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Topics: Transport

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Assessment made on 01 Jan 2001

Generic metadata

Classification

Topics:

Transport

DPSIR: Driving force

Identification

Indicator codes

TERM 031

Contents

Policy issue: Switch to cleaner and renewable fuels

Figures

Unleaded fuel use in the EU

Key assessment

The introduction of unleaded petrol is a major success story in the EU (total inland deliveries rose from 0 % in 1985 to over 80 % in 1999). Leaded petrol is expected to be completely phased out by 2005.

Despite efforts at the EU level to promote alternative (electricity, natural gas, fuel cells) and renewable energy sources (biofuels) for transport, these still have a low penetration.