Car statistics for Italy

In 2024, 1,592,098 new passenger cars were registered in Italy, of which 4.2% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 13.5%.

New cars (2024)
1,592,098
EV share
4.2%
Total car fleet (2024)
41,340,516

EV share of new cars over time

Electric vehicle share of new passenger cars in Italy per year
20130.1%
20140.1%
20150.1%
20160.1%
20170.1%
20180.3%
20190.5%
20202.2%
20214.6%
20223.7%
20234.2%
20244.2%

New passenger cars by fuel (2024)

New passenger car registrations in Italy by fuel (2024)
Hybrid635,606 (39.9%)
Petrol468,763 (29.4%)
Diesel221,402 (13.9%)
Gas147,922 (9.3%)
Electric66,606 (4.2%)
Plug-in hybrid51,784 (3.3%)
Other4 (0.0%)
Hydrogen1 (0.0%)

New registrations per year

New passenger car registrations in Italy per year
20131,311,334
20141,376,185
20151,593,857
20161,848,841
20171,993,826
20181,944,312
20191,948,479
20201,437,259
20211,518,876
20221,335,690
20231,581,156
20241,592,098

Car fleet by age (2024)

58.9% of passenger cars in Italy are older than 10 years.

Passenger cars in Italy by age (2024)
Under 2 years3,415,488 (8.3%)
2–5 years6,411,620 (15.5%)
5–10 years7,179,158 (17.4%)
10–20 years24,334,250 (58.9%)

Car fleet by fuel (2024)

Of 41,340,516 registered passenger cars in Italy, 48.8% run on petrol, 40.6% on diesel and 10.6% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in Italy by fuel (2024)
Petrol20,178,631 (48.8%)
Diesel16,796,038 (40.6%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)4,365,847 (10.6%)

CO2 emissions of new cars (2024)

New passenger cars in Italy emitted on average 119.8 g CO2/km in 2024. The EU average was 107.9 g/km, so Italy is above the average.

Average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in Italy (g/km)
2010132.7 g
2011129.6 g
2012126.2 g
2013121.1 g
2014118.1 g
2015115.2 g
2016113.3 g
2017137.3 g
2018140.5 g
2019144.7 g
2020132.5 g
2021120.3 g
2022119.2 g
2023120.1 g
2024119.8 g

EV charging stations

Italy has 8,997 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 15.3 per 100,000 inhabitants). See the EV charging ranking.

Road safety (2024)

Italy recorded 5.1 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (3,030 in total) in 2024. The EU average was 4.4 per 100,000, so Italy is above the EU average. See the road safety ranking.

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