2024 will be the year when the number of electric cars sold exceeds the number of petrol and diesel cars sold. This is predicted by the industry organisation Mobility Denmark.
The organisation also expects that over 70 per cent of the cars sold next year will be electric cars. According to Mobility Denmark's CEO Mads Rørvig, two primary reasons are that we in Denmark have a favourable tax on electric cars and that the models within electric cars are developing. He also expects that there will be even more electric cars in "the price ranges where Danes typically buy cars".
According to new figures from Bilstatistik.dk, electric cars account for 61 per cent of passenger car sales in Denmark in 2024 up to and including November. A total of 132,600 electric cars have been sold.
Tax Minister Rasmus Stoklund (S) expects that the figures will cover all sales in 2024.
- Since sales of electric cars have now increased so much that they account for 61 percent of passenger car sales, it would be very difficult for us not to reach our goal by also including December, the Tax Minister tells Ritzau.
In 2023, electric cars accounted for 42 percent of passenger car sales, while "conventional cars" accounted for 48 percent. The remaining 10 percent were made up of plug-in hybrids.
Although sales of electric cars in Denmark are skyrocketing, electric cars only account for 12 percent of the car stock in Denmark, while conventional cars account for 84 percent. This is according to a press release from the Ministry of Taxes on Tuesday.
jel /ritzau/
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