Nearly half of new passenger cars in EU electrified -ACEA::Sales of electric cars in the European Union were almost half of all new passenger car registrations in the EU between January and November 2023 and already crossed the halfway mark in the month of November alone, data showed on Wednesday. Electrified vehicles - either fully electric models, plug-in hybrids or full hybrids - accounted for over 47.6% of all new passenger car registrations in the EU as of November, up from 43% in the same period last year, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said. New-car registrations in the EU increased 6.7% in November, the 16th consecutive month of growth, with a year-on-year rise of 13.3% in the registration of electric vehicles.
Here’s more context. The government changed the requirement for fuels from 10% renewable to 6% renewable (so called “reduktionsplikt”, literally “reduction requirement”). The Swedish government agency, Naturvårdsverket, predicts that less renewable fuels will be used by drivers due to this change, and that Swedish co2 emissions will rise 10% in a single year. Companies are also mad, because they have built out renewable fuel production facilities, and this change reduces the demand of gas stations to buy renewable fuel.
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/sankt-reduktionsplikt-okar-utslappen-med-tio-procent-ar-du-saker-pa-det
Pure car-friendly, anti-climate populism from Sweden’s far-right government.
Doesn’t change the fact, that the market will decide at this point what’s going to be cheaper. The carbon tax is still in effect.
Also, Sweden is a democracy. The people voted for the government.