Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

In January, diesel penetration rose 0.7 percentage points to match its second highest level ever (45.6%), but diesel volumes still fell by 29.7%. A number of EU member states have launched scrappage incentive schemes, which have the benefit of boosting consumer confidence and delivering significant environmental improvements.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2019

Conversely, registrations were up by a huge 36% in Romania, due to the Government’s scrappage scheme in Q4-18, which led to an increase in vehicle deliveries in Q1-19. Meanwhile, diesel registrations fell once again in February, although their market share did stabilize at 34%.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2009

While fleet renewal schemes (vehicle scrappage) have helped segments of the passenger car market in some countries, overall vehicle demand in Europe went further down as well. In Austria, production went down by 69.2%. These trends were accompanied by a drop of diesel cars market penetration to 46.1%, and that of 4x4s to 8.4%.

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