Electric car sales had previously grown driven by the highest grants in the EU, which stood at more than EUR10,000. Registrations of electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars are, however, up in the first quarter because of the results of the first two months, when people registered the cars they purchased in December 2023, the last month with a EUR10,000 grant.
Fully electric cars accounted for 7.4% of the market in March 2024 compared with March 2023, when they accounted for 8.4%, while plug-in hybrid cars account for 4.9%, up 2.6% on the year-ago month.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)