In the first eight months of this year, sales of electric vehicles in Turkey reached 120,857 units, which corresponds to 18.5% of the market and reflects steady growth.
according to the Association of Distributors and Mobility (ODMD) assembled by the Anadole correspondent, sales of cars in January-Augustus increased by 8.05% compared to similarity last year and amounted to 654,413 units. Sales of light commercial cars increased by 4.1% and reached 162,932.
in the same period, 304,618 cars with gasoline engines were sold in the Turkish market, 172 366 – hybrid, 52,253 – diesel and 4,319 on Avtogaz. Sales of fully electric machines amounted to 119,640 units.
, taking into account cars with the “expanded stroke reserve” system, when the gasoline generator recharges the battery, and the movement provides an electric motor, the total number of electric vehicles sold reached 120,857, which corresponds to 18.5% of the market. Such cars are also classified as “electric” according to customs tariff statistics.
reducing sales of gasoline and diesel cars
over eight months of gasoline vehicles, diesel cars – by 21.7%, car in car gas – by 0.5%. At the same time, sales of hybrids increased by 80.9%, and completely electric – by 154.4%.
a decrease in sales of diesel machines is explained by the fact that world manufacturers continue to turn the production of diesel models, and new cars of this type do not actually enter the market. January-August last year, the share of gasoline cars was 64.1%, then this year it decreased to 46.5%. The proportion of diesel ones fell from 11%to 8%, and the share of cars on auto gas remained at 0.7%. At the same time, the share of fully electric cars increased from 7.8%to 18.3%, and hybrids – from 15.7%to 26.3%.
in general, cars with an electric motor (fully electric, with extended walking and hybrids) They occupied 44.4% of the market, their sales reached 293,223 units. Thus, each 4 car sold in Turkey turned out to be either electric or hybrid.
Among hybrids, connected models (Plug-in Hybrid) reached 31,975 sales, which corresponds to 4.9% of the market. The growth compared to last year amounted to 1266.5%.
in August, 17,480 fully electric cars (21.3%of the market) and 19 002 hybrid (23.1%) were sold.
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