Cars and light vans decision page

Cars & Light Vans

Light-duty fuel is fragmented, but the volume is enormous. NTROPYX separates petrol and diesel profiles so fleets see real litres, refill intervals and net operating cost.

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Market exposed7.44 L/100 km
Recovery signal12% target
Proof contextPetrol + diesel cohorts
01 · Fleet recovery

Turn small tanks into measurable volume.

Passenger cars, service vans and light fleets become a serious case when consumption is measured across the whole population.

02 · Fuel clarity

Treat petrol and diesel separately.

NTROPYX communication stays disciplined: each fuel profile is modelled by consumption, distance and operating use.

03 · Buyer logic

Show cost per 100 km before contact.

The visitor sees the business case in familiar fleet language: litres, refill interval, net cost and scalable recovery.

Why NTROPYX here

Built for light-duty procurement.

Immediate message: fuel efficiency, cleaner combustion, lower waste and a commercial path sized to the sector.

§ 03 · Consumption reality

Europe measures the gap: 7.44 L/100 km real-world for petrol + diesel cars.

European Commission OBFCM data for 2021-registered cars reports real-world fuel use of 7.89 L/100 km for petrol and 6.88 L/100 km for diesel. Combined petrol + diesel: 7.44 L/100 km, with a 21.2% average gap versus WLTP. Switzerland adds a dense installed base: about 4.76 million passenger cars, still mainly petrol and diesel, with average annual mileage around 12 500 km.

EU real-world cars · Petrol + diesel
7.44L/100 km
Average observed fuel consumption

Derivation: European Commission COM(2024)122, Table 3, cars registered in 2021 with OBFCM real-world readings: petrol 7.89 L/100 km, diesel 6.88 L/100 km, petrol + diesel 7.44 L/100 km.

EU passenger-car fleet · installed base
~250million cars
Petrol50.0%
Diesel39.5%
Battery electric1.8%
Other8.7%
Petrol cars · EU real world
7.89L/100
+23.7% versus WLTP
Diesel cars · EU real world
6.88L/100
+18.1% versus WLTP
Swiss hydrocarbon car exposure
~4.0Bn L
Indicative annual petrol + diesel passenger-car fuel pool

Light-duty fuel facts — Europe + Switzerland

Consumption and fleet context
EU petrol real-world7.89
EU diesel real-world6.88
EU petrol + diesel average7.44
Switzerland passenger cars4.76M
Swiss average annual mileage12 500 km

Road petrol + diesel — Europe market + country by country

EU27 + Switzerland · 2023 · Million litres / year
European Union total277 943
Germany52 120
France44 751
Italy36 860
Spain30 918
Poland24 106
Netherlands9 909
Belgium9 086
Romania8 125
Austria7 802
Czechia7 590
Portugal6 511
Switzerland6 130
Greece6 095
Hungary5 358
Sweden5 245
Denmark4 326
Ireland4 319
Finland3 526
Bulgaria3 202
Slovakia2 810
Croatia2 805
Lithuania2 201
Slovenia2 035
Luxembourg1 636
Latvia1 117
Estonia916
Cyprus813
Malta274
Sources · European Commission COM(2024)122, Table 3, OBFCM real-world fuel consumption for cars. · Eurostat Complete Energy Balances [nrg_bal_c] — query FC_TRA_ROAD_E × O4652XR5210B (motor gasoline) + O4671XR5220B (gas oil & diesel), TJ, 2023. Conversion: gasoline 32 MJ/L, diesel 36 MJ/L. · Switzerland: Avenergy Suisse press release 22.03.2024 — ~6.13 Bn L road fuel, petrol + diesel. · ACEA Vehicles in use, Europe 2023 for EU passenger-car fleet scale. · Switzerland passenger-car exposure remains indicative: FSO/FEDRO vehicle stock by fuel and BFE average mileage.