The EU loves electric cars

The dragging impact of the coronavirus pandemic - combined with the war in Ukraine, rising inflation, and energy and fuel costs - made 2022 a challenging year for car sales.

But the sales of electric cars were virtually untouched, and in fact broke a new record in the European Union, according to figures released this month by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA).

APV surpassed fossil fuels for the first time

Together, alternative propulsion vehicles (APVs) claimed more than half of the EU car market during the last quarter of 2022 (53.1 per cent), with more than 1.3 million cars registered in total