remained the most popular alternative-fuel vehicle in the European Union, with customers registering more than 2 million of the vehicles last year. This means that one in every 4.5 vehicles sold in the EU in 2022 was a hybrid.
All of which helped contribute to the shrinking market share of diesel and gas-powered vehicles. Although they remained the most popular segment, gas vehicles went from controlling 35.5 percent of, too, struggled in 2022. Their overall sales were down nearly 20 percent last year, meaning that they were outsold by hybrid vehicles. In terms of market share, diesels captured just 16.4 percent of all new vehicle registrations in 2022.
The latest in a trend of shrinking gas and diesel vehicles sales, in 2021, they made up nearly 60 percent of sales in Europe. In 2022, that figure fell to nearly 53 percent of all new vehicle registrations. In the fourth quarter of 2022, though, gas and diesel vehicles accounted for less than half of all new registrations, with alternative fuel vehicles combining for 53 percent of all sales, pointing to a growing appetite in the market for electrified vehicles.