Electric cars account for just over half of new vehicle registrations in Finland

Data released by the automotive information centre show that fully electric cars represented 50.4% of all passenger-car first registrations between January and September, with the September figure reaching 62.1%, up from 43.2% a year earlier. The sector’s growth makes Finland the second-highest EU country for electric-car market share, trailing only Denmark’s 80% level. New-car sales revived in the final months of the year after a lengthy lull, driven by positive economic news and heightened consumer confidence.

Approximately 6,900 passenger cars were registered in September, a 16.4% increase over the previous year, and total registrations for the nine-month span approached 57,000, 5.5% higher than the same period last year. Forecasts from the automotive information centre anticipate a roughly three-percent rise in overall passenger-car sales this year, while a consumer confidence index released by Statistics Finland indicates that 17% of shoppers were considering a car purchase within the next twelve months.