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Electric and hybrid cars reach 51.9% of Türkiye’s auto market
A total of 326,035 electric and hybrid cars were sold in Türkiye from January to September. Overall car sales fell 15.45% to 627,977 during the same period, while electric cars’ market share rose to 19.3%.
Electric and hybrid cars accounted for 51.9% of total car sales in Türkiye from January to September. Sales of electric and hybrid vehicles reached 326,035 during this period.
Car sales declined
Car sales fell 15.45% year on year to 627,977. Light commercial vehicle sales also declined by 5.12% to 175,488.
During the nine-month period, 258,453 gasoline-powered and 204,956 hybrid cars were sold. Diesel car sales totaled 34,520, while sales of LPG-powered cars reached 8,969.
Sales of fully electric cars powered solely by an electric motor totaled 120,329. Including extended-range vehicles, in which a gasoline generator charges the battery and the electric motor provides propulsion, electric car sales rose to 121,079, bringing their market share to 19.3%.
Electric and hybrid market shares increased
Electric cars’ share of total sales rose to 19.3% from 18% in the same period last year. The share of hybrid cars also increased from 27.8% to 32.6%.
Gasoline-powered cars’ market share fell from 45.5% to 41.2%, while the share of diesel cars declined from 7.8% to 5.5%. The share of LPG-powered cars rose from 0.8% to 1.4%.
During the nine-month period, gasoline-powered car sales fell by 23.5%, diesel sales by 40.7%, electric car sales by 9.5% and hybrid sales by 0.8%. LPG-powered car sales, meanwhile, increased by 44.7%.
Experts attribute the decline in diesel car sales to the continued phaseout of diesel vehicle production by global manufacturers and the lack of new diesel models entering the market.
Electric car sales increased in September
A total of 15,128 electric cars were sold in September. Monthly electric vehicle sales increased by 17.1% compared with the same period last year, giving them a 23.7% market share.
Hybrid car sales totaled 17,911 in the same month. Hybrid cars’ market share in September was calculated at 28.1%.
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