E-cars: Austria in third place in the EU
After Sweden and the Netherlands, Austria has the third-highest share of e-cars among new registrations in the EU, as a VCÖ analysis shows.
Europe’s front runner is Norway, where 60 percent of new cars are powered exclusively by electricity. The total energy consumption of electric cars in Austria per vehicle kilometer is on average 42 percent lower than that of cars with internal combustion engines.
There are big differences in new registrations of electric cars within the EU. While only 0.4 percent of new cars in Cyprus run exclusively on electricity, the EU frontrunner Sweden already has 16.4 percent. The EU average is 7.7 percent.
13.5 percent in Austria
Behind the Netherlands, Austria is already in third place in the comparison period from January to October with 12.6 percent, the latest data up to the end of November in Austria is already 13.5 percent.
“That and the Netherlands before Austria, Sweden is no coincidence. With the CO2 tax, Sweden has a strong incentive to buy e-cars, the Netherlands has high registration taxes for combustion engines and significantly higher fuel prices than Austria,” said Michael Schwendinger positively. The Verkehrsclub thinks it is realistic that Austria will be as far along as Norway is today in five years. Also because the car manufacturers are relying fully on electric cars and have recognized that internal combustion engines no longer have a future.