The number of electric cars purchased in Romania passed the threshold of 10,000 units in 2022, and new car registrations increased by 7% year-on-year, according to a market analysis carried out by an online car platform.

According to the data centralized by Autovit.ro, on the new car market, the volume of registrations in Romania reached, at the end of last year, 129,328 units and only in the first half of 2022 this segment had the largest increase in registrations at the level of the European Union (EU), with 58,712 copies entered on the local market, 23% more compared to the same period of the previous year, according to Agerpres.

Compared to the pre-pandemic period, the car market for new cars decreased by 20% compared to 2019 (minus almost 33,000 units).

In 2022, Dacia Logan was the best-selling car, the next in the Top 5 being Duster, Sandero, Spring and Ford Puma.

Regarding electric cars, Autovit.ro’s analysis shows that sales in 2022 were three times higher, and the Dacia Spring model had over 50% of this market. Thus, overall, the previous year ends with over 10,000 electric cars sold.