With 909,000 vehicles, sales of gasoline cars fell by 22.2% over one year.

They represented 38.5% of the new market in the second quarter in the European Union, according to figures published by the association of builders, ACEA.

Diesel models meanwhile fell on all markets, with 409,000 vehicles sold in the EU (-27.7%), they only represented 17.3% of sales, against 20.2% on the same period in 2021. It would seem that internal combustion engines are particularly suffering from the shortage of electronic components.

More in any case than hybrid cars, which also saw their sales decline slightly in the EU (-2.2%).

That said, at EU level, the market share of hybrids continues to increase: these engines now represent 22.6% of sales.

In detail, however, we see that sales of plug-in hybrids are following the downward trend that began at the end of 2021 (-12.5%), with a very marked decline in France and Germany, while the actual level of their emissions of CO2 is criticized because close to that of thermal cars, for lack of correct use (their users would be too few to recharge the battery as often as possible).

They now represent 8.7% of sales, with 206,000 cars sold.

The category of 100% electric cars is the only one to progress (+11%), with 243,000 cars sold, although the conquest of the market is also slowed down by supply problems.

The electric car currently represents 9.9% of sales in Europe.

However, the electric market is still far from European objectives.

EU member states approved the Commission's plan at the end of June to de facto ban the sale of combustion engine cars from 2035, in order to help achieve the continent's climate objectives, in particular carbon neutrality at horizon 2050. However, when we know that the automobile represents a little less than 15% of total CO2 emissions in Europe, we cannot help but wonder what all this ramdam will really be for, if not is to create more economic and social inequalities.

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