New energy commercial vehicles in Europe - statistics & facts
In February 2019, the European Union set carbon dioxide emission standards for most road transports, including heavy and light-duty commercial vehicles. The volume of carbon dioxide emissions from commercial vehicles reached just over 298 million metric tons in 2019. Heavy-duty trucks and buses were the highest polluters among commercial road vehicles, representing 19.4 percent of the carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector. This was the highest carbon dioxide emissions recorded from commercial vehicles since 2015.
