The slow death of the diesel engine – market shares continue to fall

Fewer diesel customers at the petrol stations

Diesel at a jet filling station: The market shares for the diesel are declining. Electric cars are increasingly filling the gap.

(Photo: IMAGO/UJ Alexander)

Dusseldorf The decline in importance of the diesel engine continues unchanged. According to an analysis by the market research company LMC Automotive, a good 1.7 million diesel cars were sold in Western Europe in the first eleven months of 2022. That was around 440,000 fewer than a year ago – around 20 percent. According to the European manufacturers’ association Acea, the entire car market has fallen by just under six percent.

In Germany, too, diesel is on the decline. So far, around 580,000 new diesel cars have found buyers in Germany in the past year, which represents a drop of almost eight percent. According to the registration statistics of the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA), the German car market has shrunk by 2.4 percent so far in 2022.

The share of diesel in new registrations is falling every year across Europe. According to the KBA, it is currently (until the end of November) in Germany only about 18.8 percent. In 2012, the share of diesel in Germany peaked at almost 50 percent.

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