During the third quarter of this year the stock of licensed motor vehicles increased by 4,633 over the previous quarter, according to the data released today from the National Statistics Office today.
The stock of licensed motor vehicles increased at a net average rate of 50 motor vehicles per day.
The majority of newly licensed motor vehicles, 4,198 or 58.% of the total, were passenger cars, followed by motorcycles/E-bikes/PA-bikes with 2,162 or 29.9%.
The NSO data also revealed that petrol-powered engines accounted for 57.9% of the total stock, followed by diesel-powered engines (33.2%), and electric-powered engines (4.1%).
The NSO said that compared to the previous quarter, increases of 6.4%, 5.9% and 4.2% were registered in electric, mild hybrid (petrol-electric) and plug-in hybrid (diesel-electric) motor vehicles respectively.
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