State of European Transport 2025
State of European Transport 2025

Energy

Europe is still heavily reliant on fossil fuels, but electric vehicles are on the charge. Powering our transport with home-grown electricity means less money spent on importing oil.

  • Share of electricity in EU transport (2024) 1.8%
  • Share of biofuels in EU transport (2024) 5.1%
  • Share of fossil fuels in EU transport (2024), leading to a €250 bn bill for imported crude oil 93.2%

The growth in electric vehicles means Europe has probably passed the high-water mark for fossil fuels in transport.

The EU’s biofuels policy has been a disaster leading to the massive uptake of deforestation-driving palm and soy. However, the use of the worst biofuels feedstocks is decreasing.

Sources
For the 3 numbers on top of the page: T&E analysis based on Eurostat data