{"id":3393,"date":"2025-01-21T14:02:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T14:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=3393"},"modified":"2025-01-21T14:02:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T14:02:22","slug":"romanian-car-market-registers-sharpest-decrease-in-new-fully-electric-vehicles-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=3393","title":{"rendered":"Romanian car market registers sharpest decrease in new fully electric vehicles in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania saw the largest percentage decrease in new fully electric cars registered in 2024, a nearly 33% drop, according to data from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acea.auto\/pc-registrations\/new-car-registrations-0-8-in-2024-battery-electric-13-6-market-share\/\">European Automobile Manufacturers Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fully electric cars represented 10.1% of new cars sold in Romania in 2023. Last year, the figure dropped to 6.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Across Europe, 1.44 million new fully electric cars were registered last year, a 6% drop compared to 2023. The largest market, Germany, experienced a 27% decline, down to 380,000 units, while the second-largest market, France, saw a 2.6% decrease.<\/p>\n<p>The primary reason for the decline in fully electric vehicles was the reduction or elimination of government subsidies for purchasing such cars.<\/p>\n<p>In Romania, the decrease was from over 14,000 to under 10,000 registrations. However, hybrid and diesel cars performed well, with diesel registrations increasing by 15%.<\/p>\n<p>Some smaller markets also saw declines of over 20% in fully electric vehicles, but several countries reported significant growth: Belgium (37%), the Netherlands (16%), Spain (11%), and Hungary (47%).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among non-EU countries, two stand out for electric car sales: the UK, with 381,000 units last year (a 21% increase), and Norway, with 114,000 units (a 9% increase).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Overall, 10.6 million new cars (gasoline, electric, hybrid, diesel, LPG) were registered in the EU in 2024, up by 0.8%. Spain continued to show resilience with a solid 7.1% growth rate. In contrast, declines were observed in France (-3.2%), Germany (-1%), and Italy, with a slight drop of 0.5%.<\/p>\n<p>The Volkswagen brand held an 11% market share, while Toyota accounted for 7.5%. Dacia increased its market share compared to 2023, reaching 5.1% from 4.9%. Skoda held 6.2% of the market, Renault 5.9%, and BMW 5.8%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several brands saw registration declines exceeding 20%, including Fiat, Mini, smart, Jaguar, and Lancia\/Chrysler.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:radu@romania-insider.com\">radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source:\u00a0Nicola Ferrari | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania saw the largest percentage decrease in new fully electric cars registered in 2024, a nearly 33% drop, according to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. Fully electric cars represented 10.1% of new cars sold in Romania in 2023. Last year, the figure dropped to 6.5%. Across Europe, 1.44 million new fully electric cars [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}