More than half, 57.3 percent, of all rental cars newly registered in Europe in the first half of 2024 were petrol cars, while over a quarter were diesel cars. Meanwhile, only 3.8 percent of registered rental cars had exclusively electric engines.
Includes data for Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, Portugal, Poland, Finland, Iceland, Czechia, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovakia.
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Dataforce. (August 5, 2024). Share of new registrations of rental cars in selected countries in Europe in the first half of 2024, by propulsion type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484792/rental-car-vehicle-registrations-by-engine-type-europe/
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