The number of registrations rose by 17 percent to 77,235 cars, writes Statistics Austria on Friday. There was particularly high demand for petrol hybrids and electric cars. In contrast, there were fewer new registrations for diesel cars, while petrol cars saw a small increase. Overall, 17.6 percent more vehicles were registered.

Plus 42 Percent for Petrol Hybrids

Alternative drives dominated new registrations in the first quarter of the year, with 29.5 percent more cars (plus 49,075) registered in this category compared to the same quarter last year. Petrol hybrids were in the highest demand with an increase of 42.0 percent (plus 28,460 cars), and there was also a 22.4 percent increase in pure electric car registrations. In contrast, there was a decline of 10.7 percent for diesel hybrids. Cars with pure diesel engines also found little appeal, with 9.5 percent fewer vehicles registered in the first quarter. For petrol cars, the number of registrations rose by 4.3 percent to 20,429 cars.

In March alone, a similar picture emerged as for the entire quarter. The number of car registrations increased by 27.2 percent overall, with the strongest increase in petrol hybrids (plus 48.9 percent) and a small decrease (minus 1.0 percent) in pure diesel cars.

Numerous New Vehicles Registered

In total, 100,509 new vehicles (motor vehicles) were registered in the first quarter, which was an increase of 17.6 percent compared to the same quarter last year. The number of newly registered mopeds rose particularly sharply (plus 54.5 percent to 2,091), while there were declines for N2 class trucks (minus 26.9 percent) and motorhomes (minus 10.7 percent).

(APA/Red)

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