Fuel consumption in 2023: This is how much fuel Switzerland burns

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In fact, a lot of fuel is used in Switzerland. Avenergy Suisse, the association of fuel oil importers, announced last year’s figures. Overall fuel sales reached 6.1 billion liters! This is 0.9 percent more than in 2022. The main reason for this increase was gasoline and biofuels; Despite the overall increase, diesel was sold less, falling 1.3 percent compared to the previous year.

Avenergy also collected data from major Swiss-branded gas stations. A slightly different picture emerged there. Average sales per fuel station remained constant at 1.21 million litres, but showed a slight downward trend compared to the previous year (1.23 million). The falling figures may also be a result of the increasing electrification of passenger transport.

More electric vehicles, fewer internal combustion engines

A total of 255,981 new passenger cars were introduced to traffic in Switzerland last year. This is 11 percent more than in 2022 and only 18 percent less than in the pre-Corona 2019, when around 300,000 cars were newly registered. The proportion of electric cars among new registrations rose again: more than 20 percent were fully electric vehicles, accounting for 52,728 vehicles; this trend increased again compared to the previous year (+17.7 percent). However, this year electric cars started with a decline.

Despite the increase, electric vehicles still rank third among the most popular rides, behind gasoline engines and hybrids. The latter were also sold more in 2023: There were 22 percent more regular hybrids and even 30 percent more plug-in hybrids compared to the previous year; This means plug-in hybrids are experiencing the largest growth of all drives.

Internal combustion engines are among the clear losers compared to the previous year: Gasoline engines were sold 1.3 percent less, and diesel engines were sold 10.6 percent less. However, gasoline engines still lead in sales with 85,205 units, followed by regular hybrids with 70,732 units. A total of 23,940 diesel vehicles were sold; This figure is slightly more than plug-in hybrids at 23,094 units.

Shell trusts Stromer

Avenergy offers more interesting figures regarding the charging infrastructure of electric cars at gas stations: In last year’s survey, the increase in electric charging points was a whopping 50 percent. This was followed by a 20 percent growth in 2023. In total, 163 fuel stations offer at least one fast charging station.

The expansion of charging networks can also be seen internationally. Industrial giant Shell also recently announced a plan to close 1,000 gas stations by 2025 to expand its charging network. The company wants to use its strategic locations to offer public fast charging stations to its customers. Shell is also on the rise as a charging provider in Switzerland: Just last year, Evpass, then the largest charging station operator in Switzerland, was acquired.

Roland Bilang, Managing Director of Avenergy Suisse, comments confidently on what happened in the survey: “The trend towards greater electromobility, manifested by the sharp increase in fast charging stations, is unlikely to result in a predatory war; More precisely, it contributes to completing the range of services at gas stations.”

Source: Blick