In the second quarter of 2024, new registrations of road vehicles for passenger transport increased for mopeds and motorcycles (+20.0%) and for passenger cars (+17.3%) and decreased for buses and minibuses (-2.9%) compared to the second quarter of 2023. In terms of new registrations of new road vehicles for passenger transport, rises were reported for all categories, namely: passenger cars (+37.1%), mopeds and motorcycles (+24.8%) and buses and minibuses (+8.1%).
In the second quarter of 2024, new registrations of road vehicles for goods transport rose by 17.3% compared to the second quarter of 2023. As regards new registrations of road vehicles for goods transport, rises were reported for all categories, namely: lorries (special purpose road vehicles included) (+25.2%), road tractors (+22.0%) and trailers and semitrailers (+6.4%). New registrations of new road vehicles for goods transport increased for all categories, namely: lorries (special purpose road vehicles included) (+58.1%), road tractors (+23.3%) and trailers and semitrailers (+9.8%). In the second quarter of 2024, new registrations of road vehicles for passenger transport rose by 12.9% compared to the first quarter of 2024 and the new registrations of road vehicles for goods transport were up 5.5%. At the end of the second quarter of 2024, 62.9% of road vehicles registered classified according to the European emissions standards were Euro 4, Euro 5 or Euro 6 vehicles and 10.4% were Non-Euro vehicles. In the passenger cars category, the highest share was held by Euro 4 vehicles, namely 33.8%; in the buses and minibuses category, the greatest number of vehicles (namely 23.3%) was recorded by Euro 3 vehicles; while for mopeds and motorcycles, the highest number of vehicles in this category (namely 25.1%) were classified as Non-Euro. Euro 3 vehicles prevailed in the lorries category (27.9%), the Euro 6 vehicles prevailed in the road tractors category (42.4%), and the greatest number of vehicles in the category of special purpose road vehicles (namely 23.1%) were classified as Non-Euro.
Automotive
Statistics Board: New Passenger Vehicle Registrations Surge 17.3% YoY In Q2/2024
New registrations of road vehicles for passenger transport increased by 17.3% in the second quarter of 2024 compared to the second quarter of 2023, data from the country’s statistics institute INS show on Monday (August 5, 2024).