Newly licensed motor vehicles put on the road during the fourth quarter of last year amounted to 5,483, the National Statistics Office said today.

During the same period, the stock of licensed motor vehicles increased by 2,560 over the previous quarter. Average newly licensed motor vehicles per day amounted to 60.

The NSO noted that the majority of newly licensed motor vehicles, 3,658 or 66.7% of the total, were passenger cars, followed by motorcycles/E-bikes/PA-bikes with 967 or 17.6%.

Petrol-powered engines accounted for 58.1% of the total, followed by diesel-powered engines, and electric and plug-in hybrid engines at 35.7 and 3.9% respectively.

The NSO said that compared to the third quarter of 2023, increases of 29.3%, 7.9% and 6.7% were registered in plug-in hybrid (diesel-electric), mild hybrid (petrol-electric) and electric motor vehicles respectively.

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