New car registrations in Romania increased by 11.6% in 2023 compared to the previous year, a margin in which “electrified” cars registered a jump of 25.9%, up to a market share of 24.4%, shows the data of the Motor Vehicle Registration and Driving License Regime Directorate (DRPCIV), processed by the Association of Automobile Manufacturers and Importers (APIA).
According to the statistics, published on Thursday, on the national market, in the top ten brands of passenger cars and commercial vehicles, in 2023, Dacia is in first place (46,125 units), followed by Renault (15,173), Toyota (11,577), Volkswagen ( 11,050), Skoda (10,557), Ford (9,988), Mercedes Benz (9,045), Hyundai (8,978), Suzuki (4,721) and BMW (4,689), according to Agerpres.
Regarding the type of fuel of registered cars, gasoline engines show a decrease of 1.9% compared to the share held in the similar period of 2022, up to a share of 62.6%. Also, cars equipped with diesel engines registered a decrease of 0.9%, from year to year, and have a share of 12.9% of the total.
On the other hand, “electrified” cars, namely electric ones (100% and plug-in hybrids), as well as full hybrid ones (which also have electric propulsion without charging from an external source), have come to hold a market share of 24.4% last year, 11.5% above the share held by diesel engines.
The cited data reveals that fully electric cars have a 10.7% share of the market in the 12 months of 2023, compared to the previous year, when they represented 9.1%. Purchases in this category increased considerably (+25.9%), compared to the similar period in 2022. In this context, it is worth noting the significant increase in 100% electric (+31.9%) and plug-in cars hybrid (+45.2%) of all electrified cars.
Also, full hybrid cars show an increase of 14.2% compared to the 12 months of the previous year.
In 2023, in the ranking of the top five best-selling 100% electric cars are: Dacia Spring – with 6,875 units and an increase of 0.7% compared to the same period of the previous year, Tesla Model Y (2,079 units, +696, 6%), Tesla Model 3 (1,022 units, +34.7%), Renault Megane (818 units, +431.2%) and Volkswagen e-UP! (488 units, -5.1%).
For Plug-in cars, the top has the Ford Kuga in the first position – with 735 units and an increase of 126.9%, in 2023 compared to the similar interval in 2022. The following places are: Hyundai Tucson – with 379 units and an increase of 39.9%, Toyota RAV4 (371 units, +312.2%), Renault Captur (331 units, +34%) and Mercedes Benz GLE (327 units, +32.9%).
At the same time, hybrid cars, without recharging from external sources, have the first place in the top 3 Toyota Corolla – with 2,283 units, down 4.8% compared to 2022, Toyota C-HR (2,082 units, +5.3 %) and Toyota Yaris Cross (1,559 units, +100.9%).