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A ban on all petrol and diesel-powered vehicles made its way through the European Parliament on Tuesday, February 1. Proposed in July 2021, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Romania all pushed to delay the sales ban in mid-2022.
Of the five-digit sales markets, notable performances were recorded in Hungary (up 19.4%), Romania (up 17.3%) and Portugal (up 13.3%). Hungary and Romania saw volumes rise 16.4%, followed by Portugal (up 14.9%), Austria (up 11.1%), Ireland (up 6.5%), Poland (up 4.9%) and Denmark (up 2.7%). Volumes surged 87.4% with 4,941 registrations.
Meanwhile, the Czech Republic (up 8.5%), Romania (up 7.9%), Austria (up 7.6%) and Denmark (up 2.5%) also increased volumes. The gap to petrol shortened too, going from 11.8pp one year ago to 5.5pp. This was almost 5pp ahead of the internal-combustion engine ( ICE ) market. was recorded in Romania. respectively.
Elsewhere, Poland (up 14.8%), Romania (up 8%), Portugal (up 2.5%), the Czech Republic (up 2.3%) and Denmark (up 1.5%) saw growth. However, Romania improved diesel deliveries by 29.4%, as Poland and Ireland were both up 1.8%. Puzzling PetrolPetrol did not fare much better than its internal combustion engine (ICE) counterpart in August.
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