Bulgarians drive the oldest cars in Europe – diesel 20 years

Bulgarians drive the oldest cars in the European Union. A typical car for every second is a 20 year old diesel. There is aggregated data from Eurostat and the Automobile Manufacturers Association ( ACEA ) for the EU fleet in 2017, quoted by BTA Friday

. an average of about 100,000 cars a year, mostly second hand. Last year, the number of cars registered was about 3.4 million, or about 450 cars per 1,000 Bulgarians, according to Eurostat

. In the first half of this year, some 18,000 new cars were sold in Bulgaria. For the whole of the EU, the number is 8 million, according to the latest data from the ACEA

Almost half of the cars registered in Bulgaria are over 20 years old, namely . about 1.5 million cars. About 35% were up to 15 years million, ), and up to 10 years accounted for 10% of the fleet ( 350

According to ASEA data, new cars in Bulgaria – up to 5 years, account for about 5% of the fleet, or about 160 000. On average, 25 to 30,000 new cars are bought each year in Bulgaria.For the year 2017, according to ASEA data, 38,000 new cars have been sold in our country, the best-selling brand being Dacia.

Bulgarian Bulgarian drives diesel cars – nearly 1.7 million cars or more than 50% of the fleet

Gasoline cars are almost the same number, with many of them equipped with one gas system

The presence of ecological cars on national roads is almost symbolic – only 2474 hybrid cars are reported [19659005] ) and only 274 electric vehicles, or 0.009% of the fleet [19659002] The latest cars in Belgium

The newest cars in the EU drive the Belgians – a average of 7 years, followed by residents of Denmark, Great Britain and Germany – a fleet of 8 years France and Italy are nine years old.

In addition to Bulgaria with more than 50% of registered cars of 20 years, the oldest cars are reported in Poland – almost 40% of the fleet, as well as in Latvia, Lithuania and Romania – more than a third of a fleet in these countries, etc.

The highest share of cars per capita is recorded in Luxembourg – 66 2 cars per 1000 inhabitants, and at least 260 cars per 1000 inhabitants in Romania

More than half of cars in the EU have gasoline engines – 56%. About 40% of pbadenger cars are diesel and only 4% are powered by alternative fuels or electricity

Last year, over 800,000 alternative fuel vehicles were sold in the United States. EU, with similar vehicle registrations almost doubled in Spain and Germany – a growth of 90%, followed by the UK and France – a growth of 48% and France and Italy – a growth of 33%

European car industry before the United States and China

About 26 million car manufacturers are produced each year in the European Union What sets this industry number one world ahead of the United States and China

About 30% of the EU's auto production is exported to the United States, with exports of 37 billion euros last year . The main destinations of European automotive exports were China – 22 billion euros, Japan – 8 billion euros and Switzerland – 7 billion euros

. In the United States, European carmakers produced about 2.9 million cars, with about 120,000 Americans hired, according to ACE data A.

About 12 million people in the EU, accounting for 5, 7% of the EU labor force, work in the automotive sector

The automotive sector generates around 400 billion euros in turnover and a trade surplus of around 90 billion euros for the EU, read more data ASEA