The number of new passenger car registrations in Hungary rose 10.5% year-on-year to 48,291 in January-April, data compiled by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) show.
Hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles accounted for 61% of sales, cars with petrol engines made up 20% and vehicles with diesel engines 9%. Fully-electric vehicles accounted for close to 10% of sales.
Sales of battery electric vehicles climbed 48.4% to 4,617 during the period.
Alone in the month of April, new passenger car registrations rose 9.7% year-on-year to 11,832. Sales of BEVs surged 101.7% to 1,420.
Over the four-month period, 746,899 new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were registered, accounting for 19.7% of the total EU car market—up from 15.3% a year earlier. BEV registrations grew strongly in three of the EU’s four largest markets: Italy saw a 73.1% increase, France a 48.2% increase, and Germany a 41.3% increase. In contrast, Belgium saw only a modest 1.1% increase.
The market share of hybrid-electric (HEV) vehicles in the EU rose from 35.3% to 38.2%. Meanwhile, the market share of gasoline-powered cars fell from 28.5% a year ago to 22.5% in April of this year, while that of diesel-powered vehicles shrank from 9.6% to 7.7%.
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