Sales of combustion-engine vehicles have fallen by 30% since 2017.

Omissions

• The claim's geographic scope is ambiguous ('International'). The EU data used here shows a decline of roughly 60–70% since 2017, more than double the claimed 30%; if the intended scope were global sales, the picture would differ (global ICE sales have declined less steeply), but no source was found supporting a 30% figure for any scope.
• Exact absolute volumes (e.g. ~15.6 million registrations in 2017 vs ~10.8 million in 2025) were not retrieved from the sources; the conclusion rests on market-share data from ACEA and Tagesschau, which already show the decline is much greater than 30%.
• The Tagesschau article (secondary source citing ACEA, 35.5% combined share) could not be precisely dated; it reflects full-year 2025 data, published before the session date of 2026-07-07, so the MEP could have known it.
• If 'combustion engines' is interpreted to include hybrids and plug-in hybrids (which also have combustion engines), the decline since 2017 is still around 40% (from ~93% to ~79% of registrations), i.e. still greater than 30%.

Sources

• PrimaryACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers' Association) — New car registrations: +1.8% in 2025; battery-electric 17.4% market shareWith 2,880,298 new cars registered in 2025, the market share for petrol fell to 26.6% from 33.3% a year earlier. The diesel car market continued [to decline].
• PrimaryACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers' Association) — Economic and Market Report: key takeaways about the EU auto industry, Q3 2017In 2017, diesel's market share fell from 49.9% to 44.8% of total passenger car registrations in the EU-15 compared to 2016. With a 48.7% market share, petrol vehicles are now the most sold car type in the EU-15.
• SecondaryTagesschau — ACEA: Weniger Verbrenner in Europa zugelassenBenzin- oder Dieselautos ohne elektrische Unterstützung kommen zusammen nur noch auf 35,5 Prozent Marktanteil (petrol or diesel cars without electrical support together reach only 35.5% market share).