3,500 electric cars registered in the first half of 202121/7/2021|Press releasesIn the first six months of 2021, 112,000 of new vehicles were registered. A share of 4.3% (3,454) belongs to electric and gas-fuelled cars. Registrations increased by 65% on a year-on-year basis compared to the same period in 2020. “In total, 4,864 electric and gas-fuelled vehicles were registered, which represents a 65% increase on a year-on-year basis. Out of new passenger electric and gas-fuelled vehicles, the mostly registered car brand was Škoda with 774 PHEVs, 461 BEVs and 341 CNG vehicles. It was followed by Dacia with 864 LPG vehicles and 3 BEVs and Mercedes-Benz, which registered 280 PHEVs and 75 BEVs. In the past six months, 30 brands registered electric and gas-fuelled vehicles, representing a 4.3% share in the total number of registrations”, said Jindřich Frič, director of the Transport Research Centre. Between January and June 2021, 112,805 of new passenger vehicles were recorded in the Central Registry of Vehicles, which means an increase by 17,775 registrations (i.e. 18.7%) on a year-on-year basis. Registration of new clean passenger cars between January and June 2021: • 2,192 PHEVs (plug-in hybrid vehicles), i.e. 1.94% share; • 1,262 BEVs (battery electric vehicles), i.e. 1.12 % share; • 996 LPG vehicles (liquefied petroleum gas), i.e. 0.88 % share; • 413 CNG vehicles (compressed natural gas), i.e. 0.37% share; • 1 FCEV (fuel cell electric vehicle). The diagram above shows number of registered clean vehicles. This year, we can see a record number of registered PHEVs and LPG vehicles, while the number of registered BEVs remained the same. However, the number of registered CNG vehicles significantly dropped. Registration of new passenger cars in the Czech Republic (January-June 2021) Note: Vehicles from Tesla are not included in the diagram. The source data does not contain brand label. The same applies to vehicles with fuel type “not allocated”. Source of diagrams and tables: Transport Research Centre For more information, visit CIVINET and Transport Research Centre websites.