Sales of two-wheelers fell slightly in Europe in 2022 with 1.2 million units sold (-0.9%), according to figures published Monday by the association of manufacturers (ACEM).
While the car market was paralyzed, 950,000 motorcycles (+0.1%) were registered in the first four markets of the European Union and the United Kingdom in 2022, compared to 880,700 in 2020 and 949,480 in 2021.
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Sales growth in Spain and the UK was tempered by flat figures in Italy, the EU's largest market, and Germany, and a sharp decline in France.
After a boom with the start of the Covid pandemic, scooter sales also slowed slightly (-3.4%), to 255,900 units in the six main European markets (France, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Spain).
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With 85,000 sales, the share of electric vehicles continues to increase: it represented a quarter of scooter sales in France in 2022, and almost half in Belgium and the Netherlands.
As for motorcycles, electric ones still represent less than 5% of sales, in particular because of their price, and their autonomy deemed insufficient.
