Passenger cars are on average 12.3 years old in the European Union (2022), up from 10.9 in 2013, indicating their potential longer use

References and footnotes

  1. ACEA, March 2024, Economic and Market Report, Global and EU auto industry: Full year 2023
  2. Czechia, Estonia, Ireland, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Netherlands, Romania and Sweden
  3. EC, DG CLIMA, “Determining the environmental impacts of conventional and alternatively fuelled vehicles through LCA”, 2020, Ricardo-AEA