CARS on Spain’s roads are getting older with a mean age of 14.5 years reported in 2024 and nearly 60% being polluting diesel fashions.
Industrial automobiles have a 15.1 12 months common whereas buses are the ‘youngest’ with an 11.5 12 months common.
The figures have been compiled for Spain’s Motor Producers Affiliation(Anfac) primarily based on information from the Directorate Common of Visitors (DGT).
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The variety of automobiles over 20 years previous is swelling to eight.7 million- 27.7% of all vehicles- up 11.2% on 2023 numbers.
The truth that the brand new car market has not recovered after the Covid pandemic is mirrored in that proven fact that automobiles beneath 5 years solely signify 16.4% of the overall, particularly in passenger vehicles, which are available in at 16.2%.
Diesel automobiles are within the overwhelming majority accounting for practically three out of 5 automobiles on the highway, although 0.5% down on 2023- coming in at 18.2 million.
Petrol automobiles account for 33.8% and regardless of all of the publicity and speak of fresh vitality, electrical and plug-in hybrid vehicles solely signify 1.6% of automobiles on Spanish roads.
Anfac basic supervisor, Jose Lopez-Tafall, stated: “The variety of vehicles over 20 years previous is very worrying as we aren’t speaking about lowering emissions, but in addition as a result of they’ve fewer security techniques than new automobiles.”
In line with the DGT figures, greater than 25% of passenger vehicles wouldn’t have an environmental sticker permitting them to enter low emission zones in cities, although the quantity has fallen by 6.9% in a 12 months.
Lopez-Tafall says folks ought to pay attention to some great benefits of a brand new automotive which may enhance their high quality of life and make motoring simpler.
“A brand new car, no matter its expertise, will at all times be higher than a car that’s greater than 10 years previous, not solely due to decrease emissions, however there are advantages to having safer and extra technologically superior automobiles on our roads in and our cities,” he said.
