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Cars: Romania among the EU member states where most cars have petrol engines
In 2017, in 13 out of 24 Member States for which data are available, over half the cars ran on petrol. This share was largest in Cyprus (84%) ahead of Finland (74%) and Denmark (69%).
Diesel-driven cars exceeded the 50% threshold in France (68%), Lithuania (67%), Luxembourg (62%), Belgium (58%), Spain and Austria (both 57%), Latvia and Portugal (both 56%) as well as in Ireland (53%).
According to data from 2015, in Romania there were 5.155 million cars, of which 3.242 million (62.8%) were equipped with petrol engines and 1.906 million with diesel engines.
The use of alternative fuels, such as electricity, natural gas, biofuels and others, was highest in Poland (15%), Lithuania (9%), Italy and Latvia (both 8%).
At this point, Romania is at the bottom of the ranking, as in 2015, there were only 7,000 cars using alternative fuels, ie less than 1% of the 5.155 million cars.