Electric car registrations in Europe increased by 54 percent in August

The August bulletin prepared by Brussels-based E-Mobility Europe, which represents the electric vehicle industry, and New AutoMotive, an independent transportation research organization, has been published.

Accordingly, 202 thousand 833 new fully electric cars were registered in August in the 16 European countries followed. Electric car registrations increased by 54.2 percent compared to the same month last year.

While the share of fully electric cars in new vehicle sales in these markets reached 30.5 percent, the market share in the European Union (EU) was predicted to be 31.2 percent.

The number of fully electric cars registered from the beginning of the year to the end of August increased by 33.1 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching 1 million 673 thousand 856. The market share of electric cars in this period was 22.5 percent.

Germany and France led the growth in the European electric car market.

While the market share of fully electric cars in France reached 38.3 percent in August, registrations increased by 72.2 percent on an annual basis. While 68 thousand 980 electric cars were registered in Germany, the market share of these vehicles was determined as 32.5 percent.

The share of fully electric cars in new vehicle sales was recorded as 98.7 percent in Norway, 85.9 percent in Denmark, 52.3 percent in Finland and 48.9 percent in the Netherlands.

The research covers new car registrations in Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, which make up approximately 90 percent of the EU car market.