Political Report Card Logo * What we do * Who we are * Newsletters * Book * Support us * fb * tw * ig Near Support us Menu backwards ## Cingolani doesn't know how many polluting cars there are in Italy by Editorial Staff | 01 October 2021 ![\\"Report card](\\"\\") Roberto Cingolani The declaration «We have 13 million euro 0 and euro 1 cars» Source: La Stampa | October 1, 2021 facebook twitter whatsapp email ![\\"Handle\\"](\\"\\") Handle Brief verdict Pinocchio going On 1 October, in an interview with La Stampa, the Minister of Transition ecological Roberto Cingolani declared that in our country there are «13 million cars" that belong to the euro 0 and euro 1 categories. These two categories refer to the most polluting vehicles, registered respectively before 1993 and before 1997. We have verified what the numbers say and the minister is wrong (and it's not the first time he falls into this error). What cars are there in Italy According to the data most updated by the Automobile Club of Italy (Aci), in 2020 in our country there were over 39.7 million cars [1]. Of these, almost 4 million e 540 thousand were Euro 0 cars (over 3.6 million) and Euro 1 (almost 923 thousand): 11.3 percent of the total (Table 1). Table 1. Distribution of cars in Italy by year and euro standard – Source: Aci Therefore Cingolani is almost three times wrong when he talks about "13 million". these two categories. If you take all the vehicles registered in 2020 in Italy - therefore also considering buses, motorcycles and more - the data of euro 0 and euro 1 rises to around 8.8 million, 16.7 percent on the total, a number once again lower than the "13 million" indicated by Minister of Ecological Transition. It is probable that Cingolani, in his interview with La Stampa, a piece was missed. Last July, at an event in Parma, the minister had in fact spoken of "13 million" cars in Italy in the categories not only euro 0 and euro 1, but also euro 2. Even with this one third category, the data are imprecise: if we also consider the euro 2, in In Italy in 2020 there were 7.5 million cars in these three categories: just over half of «13 million». Even before that, Cingolani had made a mistake similar. In June the minister had in fact spoken in a webinar on «13 million" of cars only in the euro 0 category, when in reality there are approximately 3.6 million, as we have seen. The verdict According to Roberto Cingolani, in In Italy there are "13 million" cars that fall into the Euro 0 ed categories euro 1. We have checked and this data is wrong. In 2020 there were more 4.5 million euro 0 and euro 1 cars in Italy, a number almost three times more smaller than that indicated by the Minister of Ecological Transition. Also considering euro 2 cars, the number rises to 7.5 million, still lower than «13 million». In conclusion, Cingolani deserves a “Pinocchio andante”. [1] Select the year 2020 from the drop-down menu, "Euro" in the "Dimensions" section and “Cars” in the “Categories” section. [2] Select from the drop-down menu the year 2020, “Euro” in the “Dimensions” section and “Select all” in the “Categories” section. * Cars * Pollution ## SUPPORT REPORT CARD Politics without small talk. Help us realize our project for one new political information in Italy. join us ![\\"Report card](\\"\\") Share facebook twitter whatsapp email READ OUR CORRECTIONS POLICY ![\\"Report card](\\"\\") Preview Newsletters #### Europe's Money On Mondays, every two weeks On Monday, things to know about the over 190 billion euros that the Union European Union will give to Italy by 2026. sign up I have read the privacy information #### Latest fact-checking * Go to the verdict ### «In the Structural Budget Plan it is written that excise duties on diesel fuel will increase" September 30, 2024 Source: Tagadà – La7 Read the article ![\\"Report card](\\"\\") #### Matteo Renzi Italia Viva * Go to the verdict ### «Fitto will have two important mandates and will be an executive vice president, result that Italy had never achieved" September 17, 2024 Source: Radio Radicale Read the article ![\\"Report card](\\"\\") #### Giovanni Donzelli Brothers of Italy * Go to the verdict ### «With the second Conte government, the first thing we did was change the “Safety” decrees» September 16, 2024 Source: La Stampa Read the article ![\\"Report card](\\"\\") #### Giuseppe Conte 5 Star Movement * Go to the verdict ### «With the two years of Meloni, fixed-term contracts have increased» September 13, 2024 Source: la Repubblica Read the article ![\\"Report card](\\"\\") #### Elly Schlein Democratic Party Fact-checking and political information since 2012. * * * * * * who we are * poster * editorial team * projects * contact us ![](\\" ![](\\"/_nuxt/img/member.ffed322.png\\"/) © Political Report 2012 - 2024 Pagella Politica is a newspaper registered with the Court of Milan, n. 55 dated March 8, 2021. ISSN 2974-9387 * Privacy policy * Cookie policy
We have 13 million euro 0 and euro 1 cars