In November, 3954 new electric and plug-in hybrid cars arrived on Danish roads. As a result, just over one in five newly purchased cars – more precisely 21.8 per cent – in the past month has been rechargeable.
This is a marked increase compared to last year, when green cars accounted for 4.2 percent of new sales in November.
Sales of electric and plug-in hybrid cars in isolation have surpassed themselves by large lengths in November compared to the same month last year.
While sales of electric cars increased by 364.4 percent compared to the previous year, sales of plug-in hybrid cars increased by 413.1 percent.
According to Mads Rørvig, CEO of De Danske Bilimportører, there are several reasons why sales of the green cars have exploded this year.
– One of them is that the selection of green cars has improved significantly, and in addition, the charging infrastructure is improving month by month, says the director in the press release.
The big increase in sales of green cars is happening at a time when new car taxes are being negotiated. These are negotiations that have been going on since September among the parliamentary parties.
The car importers hope that an agreement will soon be reached on new green taxes for passenger cars, so that they can maintain the green momentum they have experienced in sales in recent months.
– We are approaching the turn of the year, where taxes are set to increase significantly if politicians do not intervene, says Mads Rørvig.
One of the reasons why the political negotiations have dragged on is that the government and the other parties have not been able to get more ends to meet.
There have been particularly divided opinions about how many green cars you want on the Danish roads in 2030, and how the road to it should be financed.
Source: The Nordic Page