The registration figures for new passenger cars in January are unusually low. The only thing that is close to normal is the change of ownership statistics. In January, 1,860 new passenger cars were registered, 6,097 fewer (-76.6%) than in January 2022. Among the new passenger cars, zero-emission cars had a 66.5 per cent market share in January, in the same month last year the market share was 83.7 per cent.
All figures from OFV
Here are the main figures for January:
| Passenger cars |
Number in January 2023 |
Change compared to January 2022 |
| New |
1,860 |
– 76.6% |
| Used imported |
254 |
– 74.6% |
| Change of ownership |
39 107 |
– 0.2% |
916 new vans in January
| Vans/motorhomes |
Number in January 2023 |
Change compared to January 2022 |
| Totally new vans |
916 |
– 38.7% |
| New motorhomes registered as vans |
16 |
– 57.9% |
| New vans without motorhomes |
900 |
– 38.2% |
1,237 new zero-emission passenger cars
| First-time registered passenger cars with zero emissions |
Number in January 2023 |
Change compared to January 2022 |
| New |
1,237 |
– 81.4% |
| Used imported |
112 |
– 85.7% |
| Total |
1,349 |
– 81.9% |
Among the zero-emission cars, there was 1 hydrogen car, the rest were electric cars.
358 new zero-emission vans in January (Class 1 and 2)
| First-time registered vans (Kl 1+ 2) with zero emissions |
Number in January 2023 |
Change compared to January 2022 |
| New vans class 1 and 2 |
358 |
– 3.5% |
| Used imported vans class 1 and 2 |
4 |
– 60.0% |
| Total vans class 1 and 2 |
362 |
– 5.0% |
| Of which new vans class 2 |
357 |
– 2.7% |
| Used imported vans class 2 |
3 |
– 70.0% |
| Total vans class 2 |
360 |
– 4.5% |
182 new chargeable hybrid passenger cars
| Passenger cars |
Number in January 2023 |
Change compared to January 2022 |
Market share in January 2023 |
Market share in January 2022 |
| Hybrid cars not rechargeable |
263 |
– 29.1% |
14.1% |
4.7% |
| Plug-in hybrid cars |
182 |
– 66.2% |
9.8% |
6.8% |
| Total |
445 |
– 51.1% |
23.9% |
11.4% |
Fuel market share of new passenger cars
| Passenger cars |
Number in January 2023 |
Market share in January 2023 |
Market share in January 2022 |
| Petrol engine only |
36 |
1.9% |
2.2% |
| Diesel engine only |
142 |
7.6% |
2.7% |
| Hybrids all |
445 |
23.9% |
11.4% |
| Zero emissions |
1 237 |
66.5% |
83.7% |
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