In January-July, sales of cars in Turkey increased by 6.68% compared to the same period last year and amounted to 572 198 units. Sales of light commercial cars increased by 5.77% and reached 143,497 units.
such data “Anadola” cites a report of the Association of Distributors and Mobility (ODMD).
during the indicated period in the Turkish automobile market, 266 095 gasoline cars and 153 363 hybrids were sold. Sales of diesel vehicles amounted to 45,678 units, cars on Avtogaz – 3,752 units. The number of fully electric cars operating only on electricity amounted to 102,160.
, taking into account cars with the “expanded stroke reserve” system (where the gasoline generator recharges the battery and the movement is provided by an electric motor), the total number of sold electric vehicles reached 103,310. Thus, the sales of electric vehicles in Turkey first exceeded the mark of 100 thousands.
Cars with an extended margin of move are also classified in customs tariff statistics as “electric”.
a decrease in sales of gasoline and diesel vehicles
over the first seven months of the year of gasoline cars decreased by 23.8%, and diesel – by 21.7%. Sales of cars on Avtogaz, on the contrary, increased by 5.2%. In the same period, sales of hybrid cars increased by 92.4%, and completely electric – by 146.9%.
the main reason for reducing sales of diesel cars is considered to be the continuing refusal of world car manufacturers from their production, which led to the absence of new models on the market. 17.9%
the share of gasoline cars in sales, which was 65.1% in January-July last year, decreased to 46.5% this year. The share of diesel cars decreased from 10.9%to 8%, and the share of cars on the car gas remained at the level of 0.7%.
over the same period, the share of fully electric cars in the total volume of sales increased from 7.7%to 17.9%, and hybrid ones from 14.9%to 26.8%.
if we consider cars in categories – fully electric, with all electric ones, with a fully electric one, with. The expanded margin reserve and hybrid, it is clear that 44.9% of the total market are cars with an electric engine. The total number of such vehicles sold reached 256,673. Thus, 4 out of every 10 cars sold in Turkey are electrified (electric or hybrid) vehicles.
in the category of hybrids, the number of connected hybrids (Plug-in Hybrid) reached 30,013 units, which is 5.2% of the market. Compared to the same period last year, growth amounted to 1499%.
in July 17,225 fully electric cars were sold, the share of which was 20.5%in the market. In the same month, 21,656 hybrid cars that occupied 25.7% of the market were sold.