According to the latest information from the Association of European Automobile Manufacturers, during the first summer month of this year, sales of new cars in our country decreased while the EU grew.
Compared to June 2023, new cars were registered in Lithuania by nine percent less, while in the European Union it was 4.3 percent more. As for the largest EU markets, in Italy this indicator grew by as much as 15.1 percent, in Germany by over six percent, in Spain by 2.2 percent, while in France it fell by about five percent.
Last month, sales of new electric cars in our country shrank by as much as 42 percent, while in Europe it fell by only one percent, hybrid plug-in sales rose by 36.6 percent and fell by almost a fifth, hybrid-electric vehicles fell by 1.4 percent and grew by 26.4 percent. During the mentioned period, sales of new gasoline-powered cars fell by 2.4 percent in Lithuania, and by about one percent in the EU, and by 35.4 percent and 0.9 percent, respectively, of diesel cars.
Among individual car manufacturers, in June, the Toyota group increased its sales in the union the most in quantitative terms (13.7 percent). Sales of Renault group grew by 6.2 percent, Volkswagen group – 4.7 percent, and Stellantis – 0.4 percent. Meanwhile, the sales of the Hyundai group fell by seven percent, the BMW group – 4.6 percent, and Mercedes-Benz decreased by 2.7 percent.
In total, almost 5.7 million new cars were registered in the European Union in the first half of this year, which is 4.5 percent more than in the same period a year ago, when this indicator grew only symbolically in our country. Among the large markets of the Old Continent, during the mentioned period, sales grew the fastest in Spain (5.9 percent), Germany (5.4 percent), Italy (5.4 percent) and France, where it grew by about three percent.
