Electric cars continue to make hasty headway in stealing markets shares in EU countries. 

This is evident in a new survey from the industry organization the Danish Car Importers Association, which represents car manufacturers in Denmark.

In April, there were almost 95,000 new registrations for electric cars. This means that more than every tenth newly registered car during the month was an electrically powered model.

Hybrids are also experiencing increased demand. Here, there were about 200,000 new registrations in April.

Gasoline cars are, however, still the most common type of car on a monthly basis. As such, about every fourth new car registration in April came from a gasoline car.

The car market as a whole continues the growth spurt that has taken place so far in 2023.

This is good news for Mads Rørvig, CEO of the association. He states in a press release that ”the market is not yet at the level seen in 2019, but growth continues month after month, which is positive.”

”However, there are still challenges on the car market, including the uncertainty that still weighs down on consumers,” he adds.

In the timespan from January to April, 3.5 million new EU cars took to the roads. 

Among the four major car markets in Europe, Spain saw the most growth in the five months. Here, sales grew by 33.7%. Then comes Italy with 26.9% growth, France with 16.7%, and finally Germany with 7.9% growth.

The January-April period of 2023 for EU car markets is still 22.8% lower than the corresponding period of 2019.